During the reign of King Wu of the Western Zhou, a woman surnamed Fan came from the northwest and taught local people to extract cinnabar along the ore veins in the cliffs.
The source says that the Dictionary of Surnames states that the origin of the Fan surname is related to Buddhism, while also noting that the basis is unknown.
The Fan clan presented cinnabar to King Wu of Zhou. After taking it, his palpitations and restlessness were cured, and he became clear-minded, rosy-cheeked, and stronger.
The source states that the Xu Tongzhi, section on clans and surnames, records the surname. It presents the Buddhist-origin claim as a statement attributed to the Dictionary of Surnames, whose basis is unspecified.
The source lists present-day distribution in Hejiang, Sichuan, and in Datong, Xinzhou, and the Yanbei area of Shanxi. It provides no population figure with a stated year or statistical basis.
The source records Fan Yuyu as a person from Lianjiang, Fujian, in the Song period, and describes him as a jinshi associated with Shaoxing. The entry does not state that he belonged to a shared genealogy with other people named Fan.
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