◎Gao Shi：Poet of Frontier Fortress School

Gao Shi (704-765) was born in Tiao,Bohai (now Jing County,Hengshui).He wrote more than 100 excellent poems in the first half of his life when he was frustrated.In the 12th year of the Tianbao Period (753),he joined the army.He went out of the frontier fortress three times,and wrote more than 40 poems about the frontier fortress,which are majestic and simple,solemn and desolate.The style of his poems is similar to that of Cen Shen’s,and Gao Shi and Cen Shen are titled “Gao Cen” together and have become the representative of frontier fortress poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.Gao Shi was appointed various positions,including governor of Huainan.After his death,Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty gave him the title of Minister of Rites (Li Bu Shang Shu),and the posthumous title of “Loyal (Zhong).” According to the Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tang Shu),“In the Tang Dynasty,only Gao Shi reached a high official position among poets.” He wrote 20 volumes of the Gao Chang Shi Ji and 2 volumes of the Zhong Xing Jian Qi Ji.(https://www.daowen.com)