What's in a name Fan Kuan, whose original name was Fan Zhongzheng, was a flouter of convention who had a fondness for drink and for Taoism. In Shaanxi dialect, "kuan" was a term used to describe those who were bedraggled or down and out, and locals began to use the term to describe Fan.
范寬原名叫中正，為人落拓不羈，嗜酒好道。因為晉陝一帶的土語稱呼一個人落魄邋遢為「寬」，於是當地人便給他取了「范寬」這一個綽號。