A rare literary genius in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, the famous poet, great talent, and Suzhou gao Qi, together with Yang Ji, Zhang Yu, and Xu Ben, were known as the "Four Masters of Wuzhong", and were evaluated by posterity as the greatest poets of the Ming Dynasty.
He grew up with his parents dying, sending people to the fence, but he was quick in his thinking, and he recited with Zhang Yu, Xu Ben, Song Ke and others, and often exchanged poems with Zhang Yu, Xu Ben, Song Ke and others, known as the "Ten Friends of Northern Guo"; together with Song Lian and Liu Ji, he was known as the three great poets of the early Ming Dynasty; he was also one of the "Ten Talents of the Early Ming Dynasty", and he was rich in poetry in his youth.
In Ji Xiaolan's "Outline of the General Catalogue of the Four Libraries", he praised him as "a genius and a high level, above the poets of the Ming generation", and his poems are fresh and superb, majestic and heroic, talented and handsome, with diverse styles, especially good at seven words and songs.
When Gao Qi was 16 years old, there was a famous writer and calligrapher in Jiangnan, Rao Jie, who wanted to test the unreality and call him to his home after hearing about Gao Qi's talent. Rao Jie is a master of calligraphy and painting, he took out a painting, let Gao Qi write a poem on the content of the picture, self-proposition "Title Ni Yunlin Bamboo And Wood Diagram", and asked for "Wood Green Song" as a rhyme.
This Gao Qi swept the painting twice, and blurted out seven words: "The master was not a dry wood, and a scoop poured xiaoxiang green." Yueyuan is sorry for the wine in the bottle, and the drink is self-drumming without strings. Rao Jie was shocked to hear this, "Sure enough, the name is worthy of the name, and the future life is terrible!" "。 So he advised him, "Your excellency is so talented, why don't you seek merit?" "
Even Gao Qi's beautiful wife held hands because of his talent. At that time, there was a famous scholar named Zhou Zhongjian who was ill, and Gao Qi went to visit him. Zhou Early heard about Gao Qi's talent and heard that he had not yet married a relative at the age of 18, so he also imitated Rao Jie, took out a painting, and used the proposition of "Lu Yan Tu" to let Gao Qi write poems on the spot.
Gao Qi waved it away: "The west wind blows and breaks the branches of the hagi flowers, and the good birds fly to the feathers." The cold fish in the sandy water are gone, and the wind is full of dew for a long time. Old Monday looked really worthy of the name, "that is, to choose a female wife", found a zodiac auspicious day, and gave the beautiful daughter to the tall talent as a wife.
Comrade Gao Qi, if you write poems well, you should write your poems, and don't touch the rest. However, Gao Qi thought that he was full of poetry and books, full of economy, and it was a pity not to be "goods and emperors".
In addition, the Raosuke once advised him: "Your excellency is so talented, why don't you seek merit?" So before the age of 20, he was invited by Zhang Shicheng, the leader of the rebel faction who occupied Suzhou to proclaim himself King Wu, to become Zhang Gaoshen. Fortunately, Gao Qi found that the official field was sinister in time, so he resigned and returned to his hometown at the age of 23.
When he arrived at the home of Zhou Zhongda, his father-in-law of Qingqiu on the bank of the Wusong River, he lived in seclusion, or mixed with the cultivators and fishers, or sang freely, or lived a quiet room and lived a life of leisure. But his experience of serving under Zhang Shicheng laid a huge foundation for his final tragic beheading.