Xiè Zhàozhè 謝肇淛 (1567–1624), zì Zàiháng 在杭, hào Wǔlín 武林, Xiǎocǎozhāi 小草齋, and Wǔquán 武泉, was a native of Chánglè 長樂 in Fújiàn (some sources Fúzhōu). A jìnshì of Wànlì 30 (1602), he served successively as zhīxiàn of Húzhōu 湖州, yùshǐ and other capital posts, then as ànchá fùshǐ (1612) and bùzhèngshǐ of Yúnnán (until 1620), and finally as yòubùzhèngshǐ of Guǎngxī. Xiè was one of the most cosmopolitan late-Míng polymaths, an authority on water control, on demographic and material culture, and a major literary figure of the Min school. His best-known works are the Wǔ zá zǔ 五雜俎 — an immense and frequently-cited late-Míng bǐjì — and the Diān lüè 滇略 (KR2k0033), the principal late-Míng provincial compendium of Yúnnán; he also produced the Shǐ huì 史觽 (a methodological work on historiography), poetry, and prose. The CBDB record (c_personid 30336) lists his birth and death years as 0; the standard scholarly dates 1567–1624 (cf. Dictionary of Ming Biography, vol. 1, pp. 546–550) are used here.