Gao Qi (高啟 Gāo Qǐ, 1336–1374), courtesy name
Jidi (季迪), pseudonym
Qingqiuzi (青丘子), was a Chinese poet who lived in the early
Ming dynasty. He is generally acknowledged as one of the greatest creators of Ming poetry. Gao Qi was born and raised in the shore of Wusong River, north of Puli Town near Suzhou. His life was much influenced by events arising in connection with the fall of the
Yuan dynasty and the rise and establishment of the succeeding Ming dynasty.
During the reign of the Hongwu Emperor, Gao Qi was called on as editor of the historical text History of Yuan. Soon afterward, he was promoted to the post of deputy finance minister; but he declined, on pretext that he had no ability to manage finance. He retired to Blue Hill of Puli Town and taught students for a living. The Hongwu Emperor deemed him not cooperative; in 1374 he was accused of involvement in a "rebellion conspiracy" and was executed by being sliced into eight parts, at the age of 39 years old.
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Poems
;Farm House
:I heard the sound of a spinning wheel,
:Mingled with sound of flowing water,
:Sight of wooden bridge,
:Flowerless trees in hazy spring,
:Where from the aroma the breeze brought so close?
:Ah, next neighbor is brewing afternoon tea!
:(translated by Martin Tai, 1998)
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高啟（1336年 - 1373年,37歲），字
季迪，號
槎軒、
青丘子，平江路（明改蘇州府）長洲縣（今江蘇省蘇州市）人，
元末
明初文學家，明初十才子之一。和
宋濂、
劉基合稱「明初詩文三大家」。因得罪
明太祖，以魏觀案累文字獄，處腰斬。
Read more...: 生平 文學成就 評價
生平
高啟在元末時避難隱居吳淞青丘，自號青丘子。至明洪武元年（1368年），高啟應召入朝，被授與翰林院編修，負責纂修《元史》；朝廷欲授以戶部右侍郎的授予職位，高啟沒接受。後放歸鄉里，以教書為生。
賦詩作《題宮女圖》詩：「小犬隔花空吠影，夜深宮禁有誰來？」朱元璋以為是諷刺他強納陳友諒美妾，記恨在心。日後長住蘇州，洪武六年（1373年）姑蘇太守魏觀案發：魏觀將府衙修建在張士誠宮殿的遺址上，被御史張度污為「興滅王之基，開敗國之河」；魏被斫殺，高啟曾為魏觀撰寫《郡治上樑文》，其中「龍盤虎踞」等句觸怒朱元璋，一併被腰斬於南京，被截為八段。
文學成就
高啟有詩才，其詩清新超拔，雄健豪邁，尤擅長於七言歌行，《四庫全書總目提要》稱：「擬漢魏似漢魏，擬六朝似六朝，擬唐似唐，擬宋似宋，凡古人所長，無不兼之。」與楊基、張羽、徐賁合稱「吳中四傑」。
評價
高啟事件是明初文人不依附朝廷而付出血的代價，可說是朱元璋殺雞儆猴的犧牲品，而魏觀與王彞的死反而只是冤殺。
高啟學生呂勉回憶高啟和王彞被執送京師時，「眾洶懼喪魄，先生獨不亂。臨行在途吟哦不絕。有『楓橋北望草斑斑，十去行人九不還』，『自知清徹原無愧，盍請長江鑒此心』之句。」景泰元年（1450年），徐庸搜集《缶鳴集》等遺篇，編為《高太史大全集》18卷。《鳳台集序》保存在《珊瑚木難》中，是現存唯一評論高啟在金陵的詩歌論文。
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