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Fan Jingyi has long since been a name well known among journalists.And now his reputation has spread beyond journalism and he is a cultural celebrity.A brief look at his ancestry and career is very revealing.Born in Suzhou in 1931,Fan Jingyi is a 28th-generatio grandson of Fan Zhongyan,a prominent statesman and man of letter of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).Fan Jingyi graduated from an academy of classic learning in Wuxi and then from Shanghai-based Saint John's University.