Lóu Jiān 婁堅 (1567–1631), zì Zǐróu 子柔, of Chángzhōu 長洲 (Sūzhōu), was a late-Míng gòngshēng (Senior Licentiate) of the Lóngqìng / Wànlì period who never passed the jìnshì. He studied early with Guī Yǒuguāng 歸有光 (1507–1571), the TángSòng prose master of Kūnshān, and is recorded in the Míng shǐ wényuànzhuàn appended to Guī’s biography. He was grouped with Táng Shíshēng 唐時升, Chéng Jiāsuì 程嘉燧, and Lǐ Liúfāng 李流芳 (cf. KR4e0232) as the Jiādìng sì xiānshēng 嘉定四先生 (Four Masters of Jiādìng) — and with the first three as the Liànchuān sān lǎo 練川三老 (Three Elders of Liànchuān). His Xuégǔ xùyán 學古緒言 (KR4e0231) is regarded by the Sìkù editors as the best of the four collections — among the Jiādìng circle the one most successfully synthesizing Guī Yǒuguāng’s late TángSòng bājiā program. His prose is yánsuí bājiā ér bù chāoxí (drawing from the Eight Masters without plagiarism), hépíng ānyǎ (peaceful-and-elegant), néng yǐ zhēnpǔ shèng rén (able-by-genuine-plainness to surpass others). Wáng Shìzhēn 王士禎 in his Jūyìlù 居易錄 specifically praised Lóu’s preface to the Chángqìng jí (the collected works of Bái Jūyì 白居易) as zhēn gǔwén (genuinely ancient prose). CBDB 34750.