Chéng Běnlì 程本立 (d. 1402), zì Yuándào 原道, hào Xùnyǐn 巽隱 (a Yìjīng-derived studio name from the Xùn trigram), native of Tóngxiāng 桐鄉 (Jiāxīng, Zhèjiāng). Raised by míngjīng in Hóngwǔ 9 (1376) and elevated Qínfǔ yǐnlǐ shèrén 秦王府引禮舍人; left office for mother-mourning; reappointed Zhōufǔ lǐguān 周府禮官; banished by association to Mǎlóng Tālángdiàn chángguānsī lìmù 馬龍他郎甸長官司吏目 in Yúnnán, where he distinguished himself in the pacification of the Bǎiyí 百夷 (Tai peoples). Recalled to Hànlín; rose to yòu qiān dūyùshǐ 右僉都御史; reassigned Jiāngxī ànchá fùshǐ but had not departed when the Yān prince usurped the throne (1402) — at which Chéng killed himself in martyrdom for the Jiànwén court. Míng shǐ j. 143 (Lièzhuàn 31). Surviving works are KR4e0078 Xùnyǐn jí. CBDB id 34451 (death 1402; birth not in CBDB; must be before c. 1357 to allow the Hóngwǔ-9 míngjīng).