馮夢禎（1548-1606），嘉興府秀水（今浙江省嘉興縣）人，明朝萬曆五年（1577）丁丑科會試第一，成為會元及進士，官至南京國子監祭酒。馮夢禎為人高曠率真，交友廣闊，且為明末四大高僧紫栢真可（1543-1603）之幅巾弟子，一生習佛弘法，廣交僧侶居士，在晚明文壇，具有重要地位及影響力。明代嘉興地區私人藏書興盛，出現為數不少知名藏書、刻書家，身為嘉興一分子，馮夢禎亦沾染時風，投入藏書、刻書行列，共同成就晚明嘉興地區藏刻書之時代風潮。

Feng Meng Zhen (1548-1606), born in Jiaxing Prefecture Xiushui (present Zhejiang Province Jiaxing County), was first place in Central Examinations in 1577 (fifth year of Wanli, Ming Dynasty). As Huiyuan and Scholar, he became Nanjing Guozijian Jijiu (Principal of Highest Educational Instituition). Feng Meng Zhen is a man of honor and sincere, he has a wide acquaintance, and a lay disciple of one of Ming Dynasty’s four high monks, Master Zibo (1543-1603). He devoted his life to Buddhism and knows many monks and lay Buddhists, he also plays an important and iconic role in the late Ming literary world. Private books collection was very popular in Ming’s Jiaxing District, there were many famous book collectors and printers, as a part of Jiaxing, Feng Meng Zhen followed the trend and was also into book collecting and printing, achieving the trend of that era.