Zhān Chū 詹初 (zì Yǐyuán 以元 according to the original preface, written Zǐyuán 子元 by Lì È 厲鶚 in Sòng shī jìshì 宋詩紀事 — the Sìkù editors take Yǐyuán to be correct on the testimony of his descendants) was a native of Xiūníng 休寧 in Huīzhōu 徽州 (modern Ānhuī). He began his career as a county constable, then on recommendation entered the Imperial University (太學) as Recorder (學錄). His memorial Qǐ biàn xié zhèng shū 乞辨邪正疏 antagonized Hán Tuōzhòu 韓侂胄 and led to his dismissal. He retired to his native place, “Liútánglǐ” 流塘里, after which his original collection had been called the Liútáng jí 流塘集. His writings combine philosophical essays — modelled on the order of the Yì jīng hexagrams in the so-called Yì xùguà style — with poetry. The Sìkù editors note that his thought wavers “between Zhū Xī and Lù Jiǔyuān” (介於朱陸之間), suggestive of the Míng “harmonization” school, and they raised cautious doubts about the authenticity of the late-emerging text. Reorganized into three juàn under the new title Hánsōnggé jí KR4d0336 by his descendants Zhān Jǐngfèng 詹景鳯 and Zhān Bì 詹璧 in Jiājìng 38 wùwǔ 戊午 (1559).