Also called Mr. Gui. A scholar from the Gui family, an old aristocratic clan from Kunshan though in decline. He was a prodigy who entered provincial examinations at eighteen but repeatedly failed the metropolitan exam over the past ten years. He received a personal letter from the prince of Mu's heir and discussed it with Hai Gangfeng and Wang Runlian. He described the Mu heir as eccentric and recounted the story of the Seven Reprimands of Wuzhong.
