Wáng Yuáncǎi 王原采 (also written 元采; 1372–1402), better known by his zì Shūyīng 叔英, hào Jìngxué 靜學, posthumous title (Qiánlóng 41 / 1776) Zhōngjié 忠節, native of Huángyán 黃巖 (Táizhōu, Zhèjiāng). After his father’s death his mother remarried into the Chén household, hence sometimes recorded as Chén Yuáncǎi 陳元彩. Lived at Tínglǐng 亭嶺 (now Tàipíng xiàn). In Hóngwǔ summoned to court alongside Yáng Dàzhōng 楊大中, Yè Jiàntài 葉見泰, Fāng Xiàorú 方孝孺, and Lín Yòu 林佑; declined and returned home. Later by recommendation appointed Xiānjū xùndǎo 僊居訓導 → Déān jiàoshòu 德安教授 → Hànyáng zhīxiàn 漢陽知縣; in the Jiànwén era summoned as Hànlín xiūzhuàn 翰林修撰. As Hànyáng zhīxiàn he encountered the still-untenured Yáng Shìqí 楊士奇 (楊士奇) teaching at a village school, recognized his talent, and recommended him to the Hànyáng fǔxué — the foundation of Yáng’s official career. Submitted in the Jiànwén court the Zīzhì bācè 資治八策 (eight headings: wù xuéwèn, jǐn hàowù, biàn xiézhèng, nà jiànzhèng, shěn cáifǒu, shèn xíngshǎng, míng lìhài, dìng fǎzhì); also famously wrote to Fāng Xiàorú arguing against Fāng’s attempt to revive the jǐngtián (well-field) system on the grounds that what worked in antiquity may not work today. After the Yān army crossed the Huái he was sent to recruit troops; reaching Guǎngdé and meeting the defeated Qí Tài 齊泰 in flight, he composed his juémìng cí and hanged himself at the Yuánmiàoguàn 元妙觀. His wife Jīn 金 was killed in prison; his two daughters drowned themselves in a well. Míng shǐ j. 143 (Lièzhuàn 31). Surviving works are KR4e0076 Jìngxué wénjí. CBDB id 34448 (1372–1402).