方信及其家世友人考

Research on Fang Xin and His Family Background and Friends

方信是明代徽州人,太学生,生活于弘治到嘉靖年间,他编纂的《新安志补》,主要是对《新安志》和《徽州府志》这两部方志进行补正,具有较高的学术和实用价值。一直以来,对于方信的生平知之甚少,甚至无法考证。本文将据有限的资料,对方信的家世、生卒年代及友人进行逐一考证。

Fang Xin was a scholar of the Imperial College who was born in Huizhou in the Ming Dynasty and lived between the Reign of Emperor Hongzhi and Emperor Jiajing.He compiled Xin'an Zhi Bu(Supplements to Xin'an Records),mostly to supplement and correct mistakes in Xin'an Records and Huizhoufu Records.The book has fairly high academic and practical value.For a long time,we know very little about Fang Xin's life story to do any serious study.This article one by one studies Fang Xin's family background,his birth and death,and his friends,using limited reference materials we have at hands.