to thrive across a variety of different domains. The family's hometown is considered to be 40 miles northwest of Jingxian in Shandong province. Some families of this name are derived from the Mǐ (芈) surname. From Jurchen 孛鲁术氏 From Manchu The corresponding Vietnamese version is Phạm. From some ancient people in Champa (Linyi, 林邑), Vietnam. Notable people with the surname Fàn (范) Historical figures See House of Fàn, Fàn family or Fàn Clan Shi Hui, Sui Hui or Fàn Hui (范会), also known as Fàn Wu Zi, Duke of Fàn, Duke of Sui, progenitor of the aristocratic Fàn family and Commander in Chief of the Jin army Fàn Li (范蠡), advisor to the king of Yue state, chancellor of Qi and ancestor of Fàn Lübing (ancestor of Fàn Zhongyan) Fàn Lishe, leader of the military-aristocratic Fan Clan who fought during the War of the Clans. See Duke Ding of Jin Fàn Ju, chancellor of the Qin dynasty Fàn Kuan, considered among the great master Song artists of the tenth and eleventh centuries Chen Fan (陳蕃), Grand Commandant during the reign of Emperor Huan and Grand Tutor during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han dynasty Fàn Jian (樊建), official of the state of Shu Han and Jin dynasty Fàn Yun (范雲), poet, friend and de facto chancellor of the Southern Qi dynasty during the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang Fàn Tai (范泰), military general of the Eastern Jin dynasty, father of Fàn Ye Fàn Ye (范曄), historian and politician of the Liu Song dynasty, son of Fàn Tai Fàn Zhen (范縝), philosopher and court official of the Southern Qi dynasty Fàn Lübing (范履冰), chancellor of the Tang dynasty during the first reign of Emperor Ruizong, ancestor of Fàn Zhongyan Fàn Dongfen (范冬芬), ancestor of "the Fans of Huizhou", state bureaucrat of the Tang dynasty, son of Fàn Lübing Fàn Dongqian (范冬倩), state bureaucrat of the Tang dynasty, son of Fàn Lübing Fàn Dongchang (范冬昌), state bureaucrat of the Tang dynasty, son of Fàn Lübing Fàn Sui (范隋), 6th generation grandson of Fan Lübing and 5th generation ancestor of Fàn Zhongyan, county magistrate of Lishui during the reign of Emperor Yizong of Tang Fàn Shouyu (范守遇), staff supervisor (判官) serving the Later Liang dynasty, father of Fàn Zhi, Fàn Zhi (范質), first chancellor of the Song dynasty, Duke of Lu Fàn Mengli (范夢齡), Fàn Zhongyan's great-grandfather, conferred as