Biān Gòng 邊貢 (1476–1532), zì Tíngshí 廷寔, hào Huáquán 華泉, of Lìchéng 歷城 (Jǐnán, Shāndōng). Hóngzhì 9 / bǐngchén (1496) jìnshì; rose to Nánjīng Hùbù shàngshū. Míngshǐ Wényuàn zhuàn. One of the QiánQīzǐ (Former Seven Masters) of mid-Míng — with Lǐ Mèngyáng (李夢陽), Hé Jǐngmíng (何景明), Xú Zhēnqīng (徐禎卿) as the four chiefs in the Hóngzhì literary world. Lǔ Zhōnglì 魯仲立’s Hǎiyuè língxiù jí ranks him píngdàn hécuì: “though not reaching Hé and Lǐ, calm-and-pure”; Hú Yīnglín’s Shī sǒu even ranks him above the other two on yáoyì (transcendent ease); Chén Zǐlóng’s Míng shī xuǎn judges his rank below Xú Zhēnqīng (Chānggǔ) but above Xuē Huì (Jūncǎi). His writings are gathered in the Huáquán jí in 14 juǎn (KR4e0153). CBDB id 34634, 1476–1532.