Zhāng Níng 張寧 (1426–1496), zì Jìngzhī 靖之, hào Fāngzhōu 方洲. Native of Hǎiyán 海鹽 (Jiāxīng, Zhèjiāng). Jǐshìzhōng 給事中 (supervising secretary) of the Liùkē under Tiānshùn / Chénghuà; jiǎnè zìchí (firm-and-direct, self-supporting); the Six-kē memorials mostly came from his hand. Hated by the Cáo Jíxiáng / Shí Hēng post-coup faction; sent on a frontier xuānfǔ (proclamation-and-pacification) embassy and resolved a frontier-incident with bare words. After offending Lǐ Xián 李賢 (李賢) by frank memorial, banished simultaneously with Yuè Zhèng 岳正 (岳正) to a magistracy outside the capital. Famous for the Cháoxiǎn (Korea) embassy of the late Tiānshùn / early Chénghuà era: at the Tàipíngguǎn 太平館 banquet with the Korean guǎnbàn Pak Wǒnhyǒng 朴元亨, composed in moments a 7-character chánglǜ in 60 rhymes. Míng shǐ j. 180. Surviving works are KR4e0114 Fāngzhōu jí (with the Dúshǐ lù 讀史錄 historiographical appendix) and the separately catalogued Fāngzhōu záyán 方洲雜言. CBDB id 34517 (no birth/death years; lifedates 1426–1496 from standard sources).