Táng Zhíyù 唐執玉 (1669–1733), zì Yìgōng 益功, hào Jiè’ān 介菴, native of Wǔjìn 武進 (ChángZhōu prefecture, Jiāngsū). Jìnshì of Kāngxī 42 (1703); served successively as zhīxiàn of Déhuà 德化, yùshǐ in the Censorate, prefect of Lǐzhōu 澧州, fǔyùshǐ of Guǎngdōng, xún’fǔ of Zhèjiāng, and Governor-General of Zhílì (Yōngzhèng 7/9, 1729 – 1731 and 1732–1733). His Zhílì governor-generalship coincided with the launch of the Yōngzhèng provincial-gazetteer revision programme; he initiated the Jīfǔ tōngzhì (KR2k0041) in 1729, retaining Tián Yì 田易 as principal compiler. Posthumous title 文端 Wénduān. Qīng shǐ gǎo j. 290 has his biography. CBDB lifedates verified against Qīngdài rénwù shēngzú niánbiǎo (#20085).