Huang, a native of Shunde, Guangdong Province, is also known as Yu Lun. Born in the fifth year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1577) and died in the eighteenth year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (166 1). In the thirty-fifth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1607), Ding was the number one scholar.
Zhou Yanru was born in Yixing, Zhili (now Yixing, Jiangsu). Born in the 21st year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1593), died in the 17th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (1644). In the forty-first year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (16 13), he was the top scholar in Guichou.