Li Ren-FangDuring the Nan-Bei Dynasty (420-589 AD), in the seventh year of Tian-Bao (556 AD), Li Ren-Fang was annexed to the Bhuddist Monastry in Henan Province. This was the first recorded leprosy asylum in China.[Leprosarium][China]
845
In 845 AD, the Imperial Court of Tang took over all the different leprosy asylums: Li Ren-Fang, Yang Bing-Fang, Bei Tian-Yuan managed by the monastries. (Extracted by H Y Li from a publication edited by Lu Jian-Min and Ye Gan-Yun, Hubei Scientific Technology Press, 1991)[Other][China]