Táo Zōngyí 陶宗儀 (ca. 1329–ca. 1409), zì Jiǔchéng 九成, hào Nánsūn 南村 (also Náncūn), was a late-Yuán-to-early-Míng polymath of Huángyán 黃巖 (Tāizhōu, Zhèjiāng). He never took office, supporting himself through teaching and through patronage by Sōngjiāng-area gentry families. His vast surviving output covers nearly every genre of late-imperial scholarship: the encyclopaedic Náncūn chuògēng lù 南村輟耕錄 (30 juan, on YuánMíng customs and arts); the Shūshǐ huìyào 書史會要 (a comprehensive history of Chinese calligraphy); the Shuōfú 說郛 (a vast cóngshū compilation in 100+ juan); and the Gǔkè cóngchāo 古刻叢鈔 KR2n0027 — a chrestomathy of 71 inscription transcriptions. He was active especially under the Hóngwǔ era (1368–1398), with the Sìkù tíyào on the Gǔkè cóngchāo dating it to “Hóngwǔ era” (1360–1368 in catalog terms), and the Shūshǐ huìyào completed shortly after. CBDB 29854 confirms 1329–1409.