Hé Jǐngmíng 何景明 (1483–1521), zì Zhòngmò 仲默, hào Dàfù 大復, of Xìnyáng 信陽 (Hénán) — therefore commonly called Xìnyáng in mid-Míng critical tradition. Hóngzhì 15 / rénxū (1502) jìnshì, at age 19; appointed Zhōngshū shèrén. Later Shǎnxī tíxué. Míngshǐ Wényuàn zhuàn. The second principal of the QiánQīzǐ (Former Seven Masters) — with Lǐ Mèngyáng (李夢陽) the LǐHé (Lǐ-and-Hé) pairing that defined mid-Míng literature. Hé’s verse-style — liàngjié jùnyǔ chū yú tiānxìng (clear-clean conduct, elegant language out of natural disposition) — was the Wùzhōng (Wú-region) counter-pole to Lǐ Mèngyáng’s Guānzhōng (Shǎnxī) juéjiāng (firm-resolute) line; the two famously exchanged poetry-discussion letters preserved in both their collections (cf. KR4e0150). Died young at 38. His writings are gathered in the Dàfù jí in 38 juǎn (KR4e0162) — compiled by Kāng Hǎi 康海 (康海, KR4e0159) in Jiājìng 3 (1524), with second preface by Wáng Shìzhēn 王世貞. CBDB id 34648, 1483–1521.