Xú Zhēnqīng 徐禎卿 (1479–1511), zì Chānggǔ 昌穀 (also zì Chāngguó 昌國), hào Dígōng 迪功 (after his post), of Wúxiàn 吳縣 (Sūzhōu, Jiāngsū) — one of the Wúzhōng sìcái 吳中四傑 (Four Talents of Wúzhōng) with Táng Yín 唐寅, Wén Zhēngmíng 文徵明, Zhù Yǔnmíng (祝允明). Hóngzhì 18 / yǐchǒu (1505) jìnshì; appointed Dàlǐsì zuǒ sìfù; zuò shīqiú (because of escape-of-prisoner) demoted to Guózǐjiàn bóshì; died at 33. Míngshǐ Wényuàn zhuàn. Earliest Sūzhōu member of the QiánQīzǐ (Former Seven Masters); his exchange-of-letters with Lǐ Mèngyáng (李夢陽) and his treatise Tányì lù 談藝錄 are foundational documents of QiánQīzǐ poetics. Famous for lǜdàn ér sī shēn (thought-calm and reflection-deep), the opposite pole of Lǐ Mèngyáng’s aggressive fùgǔ. Wáng Shìzhēn’s parallel of Xú’s 300-poem Dígōng jí self-edition with Huáng Tíngjiān’s 300-poem self-edition of his Jīnghuá lù is a documented critical pairing. His writings are the Dígōng jí in 6 juǎn + appended Tányì lù in 1 juǎn (KR4e0166). CBDB id 33842, 1479–1511.