[1][2] He taught at universities and colleges in both cities of Beijing and Nanjing after returning to China.
[1][2] He later went to the University of Paris in France to follow the sinologist Paul Pelliot study the history of oriental nationalities.
[1][2] In 1936, Fang joined the faculty of Wuhan University, and taught there until 1949.
[1][2] After the founding of the Communist State, in 1950, Fang became deputy director of the Cultural Relics Division of the Department of Culture of the Central-South Military and Administrative Commission [zh], in addition to serving as president of Central South China Library since 1951.
[1][2] He was chosen as deputy director of the Hubei Provincial Commission for the Administration of Cultural Relics in 1965.