A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Fan Ch'un-jen

by Herbert A. Giles

534 Fan Ch'un-jen 范純仁 (T. 堯夫). Son of Fan Chung-yen. On one occasion, when returning home with a boatload of grain, he fell in with a friend, named Shih Yen-nien; and learning that the latter was in difficulty about the burial of three relatives he at once presented him with all the grain, to help defray expenses. Further, when he heard that two of Shih's daughters were still unmarried he handed over the boat too as a contribution to their dowry. Arriving at his home, he reported all this to his father who at once approved of what he had done.