Achilles Chih-t'ung Fang was a prominent Chinese scholar, translator, and educator born on August 20, 1910, in Japanese-occupied Korea. He was renowned for his contributions to Chinese literature and comparative literature. After studying in mainland China, he worked for Monumenta Serica and later moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to study and teach at Harvard University. Fang specialized in comparative literature, focusing on Chinese and German literature. His correspondence with Ezra Pound notably influenced the latter's understanding of Chinese topics, and Fang’s doctoral dissertation on Pound remains a key resource for scholars.
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Meaning of the name - Achilles
Possibly means 'pain' or 'lipless'.
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Achilles Fang belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: Korea under Japanese rule
Place of Death: Cambridge
Educated At: Tsinghua University | Harvard University
Occupation: literary scholar | sinologist | linguist | man of letters | university teacher | translator
Employers: Harvard University
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on August 20, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for August 20, 2025 |
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| Sun | 26 Leo 46 | 27 Leo 55 | 20 Sagittarius 50 |
| Moon | 25 Aquarius 34 | 26 Cancer 17 | 12 Taurus 18 |
| Mercury | 22 Virgo 0 | 9 Leo 26 | 7 Capricorn 24 |
| Venus | 1 Leo 47 | 24 Cancer 4 | 25 Sagittarius 0 |
| Mars | 9 Virgo 17 | 8 Libra 39 | 25 Scorpio 17 |
| Jupiter | 12 Libra 33 | 15 Cancer 46 | 6 Scorpio 13 |
| Saturn | 7 Taurus 9 | 0 Aries 37 | 0 Taurus 39 |
| Uranus | 21 Capricorn 55 | 1 Gemini 22 | 23 Capricorn 21 |
| Neptune | 20 Cancer 27 | 1 Aries 37 | 20 Cancer 56 |
| Pluto | 27 Gemini 40 | 1 Aquarius 58 | 27 Gemini 2 |
| Rahu | 23 Taurus 29 | 19 Pisces 13 | 17 Taurus 24 |
| Ketu | 23 Scorpio 29 | 19 Virgo 13 | 17 Scorpio 24 |
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