Pí Rìxiū 皮日休 (fl. 834–883?; zì Xíměi 襲美), of Xiāngyáng 襄陽 (Húběi). Lived as a recluse on Mt. Lùmén 鹿門 (associating himself with the late-Hàn / Three Kingdoms recluse Páng Dégōng); self-titled Lùmén shānrén and Zuìyín xiānshēng 醉吟先生 (the latter sobriquet earlier used by Bái Jūyì). Jìnshì of Xiántōng 8 (867); appointed Tàicháng bóshì (Doctor of the Court of Sacrifices). His subsequent fate is one of the most-debated late-Táng biographical questions:
- Xīn / Jiù Tángshū: surrendered to Huáng Cháo during the rebellion (881), was eventually executed by Cháo.
- Yǐn Zhū’s 尹洙 Hénán jí (citing the Dàlǐsì chéng Pí Zǐliáng mùzhì, by Pí’s grandson) and Lù Yóu’s Lǎoxué ān bǐjì (citing the Pí Guāngyè bēi): avoided the Guǎngmíng turmoil by fleeing to the Qiánshì (WúYuè) court; his son Pí Guāngyè 皮光業 became WúYuè chéngxiàng; great-grandson Pí Zǐliáng 皮子良 served the early Sòng.
Pí’s primary literary partner was Lù Guīméng 陸龜蒙 (= KR4c0089, KR4c0090); the Sōnglíng chànghé jí records their joint verse. Pí’s most influential single texts are the social-political memorials: the Qǐng Mèngzǐ lì xuékē shū (the call to make Mencius an examination subject) and the Qǐng Hán Yù pèixiǎng tàixué shū (the call to enshrine Hán Yù in the imperial Tàixué — directly producing the Northern-Sòng Yuánfēng 6 (1083) decree under Shénzōng).
Principal work in the corpus: Pízǐ wénsǒu KR4c0088 in 10 juǎn, self-compiled in Xiántōng bǐngxū (866). CBDB has no matching entry.