Wú Yǔbì 吳與弼 (1391–1469), zì Zǐfù 子傅 (also written 子傳), hào Kāngzhāi 康齋. Native of Línchuān 臨川 (Fǔzhōu, Jiāngxī). The great mid-Míng Lǐxué teacher: in Tiānshùn 1 (1457) summoned to the capital by the recommendation of Zhōngguógōng Shí Hēng 石亨; appointed zuǒ Chūnfáng zuǒ yùdé 左春坊左諭德; declined to take office; the throne ordered envoys to escort him home. Foundational teacher of the mid-Míng Lǐxué turn: pupil Chén Xiànzhāng 陳獻章 (陳獻章) opened the Báishā xuépài 白沙學派 — and through Chén’s pupil’s pupil-line eventually contributed to the emergence of Wáng Yángmíng’s Yáojiāng school; pupil Hú Jūrén 胡居仁 opened the Yúgàn xuépài 餘干學派 (the orthodox-Zhū wing). The Sìkù historiographic verdict: the Míng dynasty’s two [Lǐxué] schools’ successive transmissions all came from Yǔbì’s advocacy. Doctrinal innovation: jiāncǎi Zhū Lù zhī cháng (combined the strengths of Zhū Xī and Lù Jiǔyuān), with kèkǔ zìlì (rigorous self-effort). Míng shǐ j. 282 (Rúlín zhuàn). Surviving works are KR4e0122 Kāngzhāi jí (12 juǎn; the Chóngzhēn rénshēn / 1632 printing by Chén Wéixīn 陳維新, Jiāngnán tíxué fùshǐ). CBDB id 34529 (1391–1469).