See Also: review(1)(dictionary)
Review(medicine)
review(2)(dictionary)
Blind review(health)
Progress review(finance)
Technical Review(money)
Progress review(money)
Peer Review(money)
Design Review(money)
Peer review(health)

Fan Zhongyen (sh) and review(2) (iou)


Fan Zhongyen (sh)




or Fan Chung-yen

born 989, Wu, Jiangsu province, China
died 1052, China

Chinese scholar-reformer whose reforms anticipated those of Wang Anshi.

He attempted to abolish nepotism and corruption, reclaim unused land, equalize landholdings, create a strong local militia system, reduce corvee labor, and reform the civil-service examination system. He proposed establishing a national school system to train men to deal with the problems of history and Politics; the proposal was adopted in 1044. See also Neo-Confucianism; Song dynasty.


review(2) (iou)



review verb trans. In sense 2 also re-view. L16.
[from RE- + VIEW verb, or from REVIEW noun, after French revoir.]
Hold a review of (military or naval forces). L16.
J. Dos Passos General Miles..reviewed the parade.
View, inspect, or examine a second time or again. Formerly also, see again. L16.
L. Sterne How they viewed and re-viewed us as we passed over the rivulet! W. Falconer Anxious to review his native shore.
Survey; take a survey of; look back on; survey in retrospect. L16.
T. Jefferson When I review his dispositions, and..his conduct, I have little hope. J. Galsworthy He reviewed the revolution which had restored his Party to power. K. Amis He decided not to review his financial position.
Law. Submit (a sentence, decision, etc.) to review. L16.
Law Times The court..can review the Exercise of his discretion by the County Court Judge.
Look over or through (a book etc.) in order to correct or improve; revise. Also (rare), re-examine; reconsider. E17-E18.
W. Petty Those who think 154,000 were..destroyed ought to review the grounds of their Opinion. J. Edwards Ezra..reviewed the copies and amended all errata's.
Write a review of (a (new or recent) book, play, Film, product, etc.). L18.
E. Waugh I am reviewing an American book of Etiquette for the Atlantic Monthly. M. Forster Paracelsus had been published..and..been well reviewed.
reviewa'bility noun the quality or state of being (esp. judicially) reviewable E20.
reviewable adjective (a) that may be reviewed; (b) spec. subject to judicial review: L18.
reviewal noun the action or an act of reviewing something; an instance of this, a review: M17.