Mid- to late-Míng official, geographer, and Chūnqiū scholar, native of Jiādìng 嘉定 (modern Shànghǎi). Zì Shūmíng 叔明 (the Sìkù tíyào on his Chūnqiū yì gives this form; some sources have 子言 Zǐyán); hào Tàishì shānrén 太室山人. Jìnshì of Jiājìng 29 / gēngxū 庚戌 (1550). His career advanced through provincial administration to the post of Lǐbù shàngshū 禮部尚書 (Minister of Rites). He is best known as a senior late-Míng court official with a strong interest in geography (compiler of the Húguǎng zǒng zhì 湖廣總志, the principal Wàn-lì-period gazetteer of Húguǎng) and in Chūnqiū studies; the present Chūnqiū yì 春秋億 (KR1e0082) belongs to his post-retirement years (preface speaks of “filling the leisure of Yún 鄖” — i.e. composed during his Húguǎng tenure or shortly after). He also produced the literary collection Hǎiyú jí 海隅集; the SKQS editors note that the Chūnqiū yì is in fact one component of the Hǎiyú jí, listed in its table of contents as the “outer collection” (wài biān 外編).
CBDB (id 30593) gives lifedates 1521–1592; the Kanripo catalog meta gives 1522–1593. The CBDB reading rests on standard biographical reference works (the Lìdài rénwù niánlǐ tōngpǔ and Mínrén zhuànjì zīliào suǒyǐn) and is followed here. The discrepancy is small and possibly reflects East-Asian-vs-Western age conventions.