Li Fang (Song dynasty)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.

Li Fang (Chinese: 李昉; pinyin: Lǐ Fǎng; 925–996), courtesy name Mingyuan (明远), was a Chinese scholar, compiler and government official of the Song dynasty known for leading the compilation of three of the Four Great Books of Song. He was born in what is now Hengshui, Hebei and once served the Later Han and Later Zhou.

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