Late-Míng / early-Qīng jūshì lay devotee. Sobriquets Qīkōng jūshì 七空居士 (“Seven-Emptinesses Lay Devotee”) and Fùān jūshì 復菴居士. Personal names also recorded as Gě Yìdiào 葛毅調, Gě Dǐng 葛鼎, Gě Dǐnghuì 葛鼎慧. Native of Kūnshān 昆山 (in Sūzhōu prefecture, Jiāngsū). Lifedates unknown; the floruit given here (1640–1700) reflects the late-Míng / early-Qīng window of his attested compositional activity.
His major attested work is the Dà bōrě jīng gāngyào 大般若經綱要 (X449 = KR6c0228), a substantial 10-fascicle synoptic compendium of Xuánzàng’s 600-fascicle Mahāprajñāpāramitā-sūtra (T220), arranged for accessibility to lay students.
He represents the late-Míng / early-Qīng jūshì (lay devotee) Buddhist scholarship tradition, paralleling the broader pattern of Yangtze-delta lay scholars producing substantial Buddhist commentary and reference works in the period.