Vincent Fang (Chinese: 方文山; pinyin: Fāng Wénshān; born 26 January 1969) is a Taiwanese lyricist, best known for his collaboration with singer-songwriter Jay Chou.

[1] He is considered to be at the forefront of China Wind music, with his works often treated as poetry of artistic merit that garners high critical regard.

Fang's lyrics are noted for covering a wide of issues from family to war, beyond what is normally discussed in love ballads.

[6] After completing his military service in 1991, he worked over 20 odd jobs over the following 7 years, including newspaper deliveryman, electronics repairman, factory worker, security alarm serviceman, and truck driver.

To contact record producers, he searched the CD liner notes of popular Chinese singers for mailing addresses and sent his entire lyrics collection to them.

Of more than 100 mails sent, only a single person replied: Jacky Wu, an influential television show host in Taiwan who was looking for new talent to join his record company.

Wu arranged Fang to work with Jay Chou,[8] a newly hired composer who just graduated from secondary school.

Over a two-year period, their work was incorporated into various albums of hit singers and bands, such as Landy Wen, Valen Hsu, Leo Ku, S.B.D.W, and Jacky Wu.