Wáng Pìzhī 王闢之 (1032–1098 per CBDB; c_fl_latest_year 1097), zì Shèngtú 聖塗. Native of Línzī 臨淄 (Qízhōu, modern Shāndōng). Jìnshì of Zhìpíng 4 (1067). Held a succession of provincial posts and ended his career as Magistrate (zhīzhōu) of Qízhōu, where after retirement he composed his KR3l0031 Shéngshuǐ yàntán lù 澠水燕談錄 (10 juàn, 15 categorical sections, 360+ entries originally; 285 in the present edition). CBDB id 10760 records the lifedates 1032–1098. The Sòng shǐ Yìwén zhì corrupts his name to “Wáng Guānzhī” 王闗之 (graphs 闢 / 闗 easily confused); the Wénxiàn tōngkǎo drops the 之 entirely. His sole surviving prose work is the Shéngshuǐ yàntán lù; no other prose, poetry, or memorial collection survives. He is a typical mid-level Northern-Sòng shìdàfū who came to lasting fame solely through one bǐjì.