Gao Shi (ca. 704–765[2][3]) was a poet of the Tang Dynasty, two of whose poems were collected in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. His courtesy name was Dàfú (達夫).[4][5]

Gao Shi
高適
Gao Shi, painted by Kanō Tsunenobu in the 18th century.
Born	704 Cangzhou, Hebei, China
Died	765 (aged 60–61) Cangzhou, Hebei, China
Occupation	Poet
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	高適
Simplified Chinese	高适[1]
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gāo Shì Wade–Giles Kao Shih Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Gou1 Sik1
Dafu
Traditional Chinese	達夫
Simplified Chinese	达夫
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dáfū
Zhongwu
Chinese	仲武
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhòngwǔ
Gao Changshi
Chinese	高常侍
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gāo Chángshì

Born into an impoverished family, Gao eventually became a secretary in the military, enjoying a successful career.[6] His hometown was either in modern Hunan Province or Shandong Province.[5][6]

Gao Shi was one of the competitors in the famous wine shop competition along with Wang Zhihuan and Wang Changling.

Poems

One of Gao Shi's poems (as translated by Witter Bynner), appearing in the Tang 300 was "A Song of the Yan Country", referring to the Yan territory of the An and Shi "Yan dynasty": the other being "To Vice-prefects Li and Wang degraded and transferred to Xiazhong and Changsha".

Notes

References

• Wu, John C. H. (1972). The Four Seasons of Tang Poetry. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E.Tuttle. ISBN 978-0-8048-0197-3

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