Lǐ Mèngyáng 李夢陽 (1473–1529; CBDB 34624 gives 1473–1529 — preferred over the catalog meta’s 1472–1529 as in standard modern reference works), zì Xiànjí 獻吉, hào Kōngtóng 空同 (after Kōngtóngshān in his native Qìngyáng), of Qìngyáng 慶陽 (Shǎnxī; native registration). Hóngzhì 6 / guǐchǒu (1493) jìnshì; rose only to Jiāngxī tíxué fùshǐ. The principal figure of the QiánQīzǐ 前七子 (Former Seven Masters) of mid-Míng literature — the fùgǔ (return-to-antiquity) movement that pronounced wén bì QínHàn, shī bì shèngTáng (in prose follow QínHàn; in poetry follow High-Táng) and refused books after the Táng. As Hùbù lángzhōng impeached Shòunínghóu Zhāng Hèlíng 張鶴齡 (uncle of Empress Zhāng); helped Hán Wén 韓文 draft the memorial against Liú Jǐn 劉瑾 — and so was nearly destroyed in the Liú Jǐn purges. Míngshǐ Wényuàn zhuàn. Famous for an unforgiving textual rigorism — he reportedly deleted his own Huánghé shuǐ rào Hàn gōng qiáng poem because the ending mentioned Guō Fényáng (Táng-era Guō Zǐyí), thus shèyòng Tángshì (touching on Táng-period material). Even Hé Jǐngmíng (何景明) and Xuē Huì (薛蕙) — his fellow QiánQīzǐ — disagreed with him. His writings are the Kōngtóng jí in 66 juǎn (KR4e0150). CBDB id 34624, 1473–1529.