Xiè Qiān 謝遷 (1449–1531; CBDB 34576 gives 1449 for birth, vs. the catalog meta’s 1450 — followed here), zì Yúqiáo 于喬, hào Mùzhāi 木齋, posthumously shì Wénzhèng 文正; of Yúyáo 餘姚 (Shàoxīng, Zhèjiāng). Chénghuà 11 / yǐwèi (1475) zhuàngyuán; appointed Hànlínyuàn xiūzhuàn; rose to Hùbù shàngshū / Jǐnshēn diàn dàxuéshì; posthumous Tàifù 太傅. With Liú Jiàn 劉健 and Lǐ Dōngyáng (李東陽) jointly held the Inner Cabinet through the Hóngzhì reign — the three known collectively as the LiúXièLǐ of the Hóngzhì sān gélǎo (Three Cabinet Elders), the model trio of Hóng-zhì-era governance. Míngshǐ main biography praises him as bǐngjié zhíliàng, jiànshì míngmǐn (firm-in-conduct and straight-in-trust, quick-and-clear in seeing affairs); the realm called him a xiánxiàng (worthy minister) — néng yǐ dào shì jūn (able to serve the ruler by the Way). Famous for his Hóngzhì memorials qǐng bà xuǎnfēipín (begging suspension of selecting palace ladies) and jìnyuē nèiguān (restrictions on inner-palace eunuchs). His complete writings were destroyed in the Jiā-jìng-era pirate incursions; what survives is the Guītián gǎo (KR4e0132) — the post-retirement and recall-period works. CBDB id 34576. 1449–1531.