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Fan Hong (Chinese: 范弘; pinyin: Fàn Hóng; Vietnamese: Phạm Hoằng; died 1449) was a Ming dynasty eunuch, who served as Eunuch Director of the Directorate of Ceremonial (司禮監太監) during the reign of the Xuande Emperor. He was a native of Jiaozhi Province (present-day northern Vietnam), born as Phạm An (范安; Fan An).

During the reign of the Yongle Emperor, he was selected by Zhang Fu, Duke of Ying, and sent to the court, where he was favored by the emperor, who ordered him to read and dabble in history. Later, he served Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi in the Eastern Palace. During the reign of the Xuande Emperor, he was promoted to the position of Eunuch Director of the Directorate of Ceremonial and was granted a pardon from death. During Emperor Yingzong's first reign, he received favor from the emperor and followed him on a northern expedition, but died during the Tumu Crisis.

References

Citations

1. Zhang (1739), vol. 304.
2. Ming ren zhuanji ziliao suoyin 明人傳記資料索引 [Index to Biographical Materials of Ming Figures] (in Chinese). Vol. 1. Taipei: National Central Library. 1965. p. 361.

Works cited

• Zhang, Tingyu (1739). Ming Shi 明史 [History of Ming].

• Ming dynasty eunuchs
• 1449 deaths