Gao Qi

Type Figure Region China Time 1336–1374 Also known as Jidi、Qingqiuzi

Gao Qi (1336–1374), courtesy name Jidi, style name Qingqiuzi, was a renowned poet of the late Yuan and early Ming from Changzhou, Jiangsu.

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1350–1367Changzhou · JiangsuActive in the Wu literary circles in the late Yuan, he exchanged poems with Yang Ji, Zhang Yu, Xu Ben and others, and his poetic fame spread far. His fresh and vigorous works laid an important foundation for the stylistic transition of early Ming poetry.
1368–1374Nanjing · JiangsuIn the early Ming he was summoned into office as a Hanlin compiler. Later, caught up in political troubles including the Wei Guan case, he was executed by being cut in half at the waist in 1374, dying young, yet his poetic achievements were still highly regarded by early Ming literary circles.