Zhōu Shìxiū 周是修 (1354–1402), original name Dé 德, went by his zì Shìxiū, posthumous title (Qiánlóng 41 / 1776) Zhōngjié 忠節. Native of Tàihé 泰和 (Jíān, Jiāngxī). Raised by míngjīng recommendation in the Hóngwǔ era to Huòqiū xùndǎo 霍邱訓導, then Zhōufǔ jìshàn 周王府紀善 (composing his Xiūjǐ shízhēn and Bǎoguó zhíyán in remonstrance against the unruly Zhōu prince), then alone exempted from the Zhōu prince’s downfall and reassigned Héngfǔ jìshàn 衡王府紀善, then entered Hànlín in attendance and on the editorial staff. In Jiànwén 4 (1402), with Yáng Róng 楊榮 (楊榮), Yáng Shìqí 楊士奇 (楊士奇), Hú Jìng 胡靖 (= Hú Guǎng 胡廣), and Jīn Yòuzī 金幼孜 (金幼孜), made a sworn pact to die together as the Yān army closed on Nánjīng. When the Yān troops entered, the others raced to acclaim the new ruler; Zhōu alone went up the Zūnjīnggé 尊經閣 and hanged himself (Yáng Shìqí’s 1429 biography places the suicide at Yìngtiān fǔxué 應天府學). Míng shǐ j. 143 (Lièzhuàn 31). Surviving works are KR4e0077 Chúráo jí. CBDB id 34449 (1354–1402).