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（989—1052）宋代文学家。字希文，苏州吴县（今属江苏）人。曾任参知政事，建议改革政治，但遭反对，未能实现。工诗词散文，文章有较丰富的政治内容。有《范文正公集》。

also writer and author of On Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼记; Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song, led failed reform of 1043