Shěn Zhōu 沈周 (1427–1509), zì Qǐnán 啟南, hào Shítián 石田 (Stone-Field) and Báishíwēng 白石翁 in old age. Native of Chángzhōu 長洲 (Sūzhōu, Jiāngsū). The greatest landscape painter of the Wúpài 吳派 (Wú School) and the foundation-figure (with his pupil Wén Zhēngmíng 文徵明, the next-generation Táng Yín 唐寅, and Qiú Yīng 仇英) of the high-Wù-school painting tradition — the canonical Wúmén sìjiā 吳門四家 (Four Masters of the Wú Gate). Never held office; lived as yǐnyì (recluse-literatus) in Sūzhōu through a long life. Pupil Dū Mù 都穆 documented Shěn’s practice on poetic lǜ (rules) — though Shěn’s primary art was painting and his poetry the yúshì (overflow). Míng shǐ j. 298 (Yǐnyì zhuàn). Surviving works are KR4e0118 Shítián shīxuǎn (a 10-juǎn topical selection by Huá Rǔdé 華汝德; with prefaces by Wú Kuān 吳寬 and Lǐ Dōngyáng 李東陽 (李東陽)); also the Shítián zájì 石田雜記 separately catalogued. CBDB id 34784 (1427–1509).