page_title: Fan Qin
hierarchical_section_title: Fan Qin
caption_attribution_description: English: Fan Qin, politician and bibliophile of the Ming Dynasty. 中文: 范欽（1506年－1585年），字堯卿，號東明，明朝官員，藏書家。浙江鄞縣（現屬寧波）人。建有天一閣。 天一阁藏。纸本，纵164、横95.5厘米。画像为范氏历代子孙在每年正旦、冬至祭祖悬挂用。图上个色颜料，为天然矿物质，永不褪色。此为范钦惟一肖像，历四百年，保存完好，弥足珍贵。
context_page_description: Fan Qin was a politician and bibliophile of the Ming Dynasty.
  Born in Ningbo in 1506, Fan Qin succeeded in the highest level of the Imperial examination in 1532 and obtained jinshi degree. In 1560, he was appointed right vice-minister of war under the Jiajing Emperor. Later, he resigned because of the dissatisfaction to Yan Song, the corrupt chancellor.
  In 1561, Fan Qin founded Tianyi Chamber in Ningbo city, which is now the oldest existing library in China.
context_section_description: Fan Qin (simplified Chinese: 范钦; traditional Chinese: 范欽; pinyin: Fàn Qīn, 1506 - 1585, courtesy name: Yaoqing (堯卿), pseudonym: Dongming (東明)) was a politician and bibliophile of the Ming Dynasty.
  Born in Ningbo in 1506, Fan Qin succeeded in the highest level of the Imperial examination in 1532 and obtained jinshi degree. In 1560, he was appointed right vice-minister of war (兵部右侍郎) under the Jiajing Emperor. Later, he resigned because of the dissatisfaction to Yan Song, the corrupt chancellor.
  In 1561, Fan Qin founded Tianyi Chamber in Ningbo city, which is now the oldest existing library in China.
caption: Portrait of Fan Qin
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