Qin and Han · Scholar

Fan Sheng 範升

Attested AD 25 - AD 60

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Fan Sheng was a scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 25 to AD 60 中興之後
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 40, passage 186

Events and relationships

Debated old versus new learning
Scholarly · Debater
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passage 186

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 40Volume 35: Biographies of Zhang, Cao, Zheng · 1 passage

初，中興之後，範升、陳元、李育、賈逵之徒爭論古今學，後馬融答北地太守劉瑰及玄答何休，義據通深，由是古學遂明。 Earlier, after Guangwu, Fan Sheng, Chen Yuan, Li Yu, and Jia Kui had wrangled old versus new learning; later Ma Rong answered Liu Gui, prefect of Beidi, and Zheng Xuan answered He Xiu—with such depth that old-text scholarship carried the day.