Hè Zhù 賀鑄 (1052–1125), zì Fānghuí 方回, hào Qìnghú yílǎo 慶湖遺老 (“the Surviving Elder of Qìnghú / Mirror Lake”), of Wèizhōu 衛州 (Hénán). Descendant of the Táng remonstrator Hè Zhīzhāng 賀知章 (the Mirror-Lake poet of Yuèzhōu); under Xuánzōng, Mirror Lake (Jìnghú 鏡湖, originally Qìnghú 慶湖, named after Wáng Zǐqìngjì) was bestowed on Zhīzhāng — Hè Zhù’s hào alludes to this lineage. Born of imperial-clan marriage; through yīn (privilege) made Yòubān diànzhí. Yuányòu mid-period, Lǐ Qīngchén 李清臣 memorialised exchanging him to Tōngzhíláng, Tōngpàn Sìzhōu and Tàipíngzhōu. Renowned as the foremost cí-poet of his generation: his Qīng yùàn 青玉案 — with the line méizǐ huáng shí yǔ 梅子黄時雨 (“rain at the time the plums turn yellow”) — earned him the nickname Hè Méizǐ 賀梅子 (“Plum-Hè”). Strikingly ugly (Lù Yóu’s Lǎoxuéān bǐjì: zhuàngmào qí chǒu, sú wèi zhī Hè guǐtóu — “his bearing strangely ugly, commoners called him Ghost-Head Hè”). Devoted bibliophile — never without red and yellow proofreading-marks. Author of Qìnghú yílǎo shījí 慶湖遺老詩集 KR4d0122 in 9 juǎn (front-collection only; hòují lost in war); the famous Hè Fānghuí cí 賀方回詞 (cí-collection) circulates separately. Biography: Sòng shǐ j. 443 (Wényuán). Lifedates 1052–1125 confirmed by CBDB; the catalog gives 1063–1120, less reliable.