A pearl merchant in Jinling who chose Xu Yiming as a son-in-law. When Xu Yiming failed the College Examination, Fang sent him to study at Jinling Academy and had his household registration transferred to Yingtian Prefecture. After Xu Yiming failed twice in a row and Fang's daughter died of illness, he was willing to let Fang Guniang be buried in the Xu family's plot. The Fang family gave Xu Yiming the one thousand taels of dowry money they had prepared for their daughter.
