Gao Lian (高濂 Gāo Lián|w=
Kao Lien, fl. 16th century), was Chinese writer, dramatist and encyclopedist.
Gao Lian was born in Qiantang (钱塘 - present day Hangzhou). His courtesy name was Shenfu (深甫) and his pseudonym was Ruinan Daoren (瑞南道人). He is known to have written the plays Jiexiaoji (节孝记) and Yuzanji (玉簪记, "The Jade Hairpin"). Of the two, he is most noted for latter, a romantic drama about a young impoverished scholar and a Daoist nun. The piece remains a classic of the Ming period theater in thirty-three scenes, some of which are still performed today. In his discussion of mental illness (hsin-ping), successfully diagnosed the condition now known as bipolar disorder. Gao advised his readers to avoid abortion and show concern for the elderly and physically weak. He suggested we attach ourselves to a major religious system or our inner emptiness will invite some manner of physical disease. Gao suggests he was a resident of Hangzhou and its celebrated West Lake with his area details. His works are a virtual treasure trove for early 17th century aesthetics and material culture such as garden architecture, tea culture and dwarf trees. The above items were additional examples of his overall aim at the maintenance of bodily health through a quiet enjoyment of human life
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Professionally, Gao remained largely outside of official circles and is an example of a Buyi Wenren (布衣文人) or commoner literatus, many examples of whom lived in the 17th century. His writing suggests that he was a resident of Hangzhou and its celebrated West Lake with his area details. Gao』s encyclopedia, Zunsheng Bajian (遵生八笺, "Eight Treatises on the Nurturing of Life"), was first published in 1591 and reprinted at least twice more before 1620. The eight discourses are as follows:
1. On sublime theories of pure self-cultivation
2. On being in harmony with the four seasons
3. On comport on rising and resting one's surroundings, or what we might call interior design, of contemporary rather than ancient manufacture
4. On extending life and avoiding disease
5. On food and drink
6. On pure enjoyment of cultured idleness art collecting, connoisseurship
7. On numinous and arcane elixirs and medicines
8. On remote wanderings beyond the mundane
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高濂，字
深甫，號
瑞南，錢塘（今浙江杭州）人，明萬曆年間（1573年－1620年）的名士、戲曲家、養生家及書籍收藏家。
工詩詞及戲曲，藏書豐富，「少嬰贏疾，複苦瞶眼」，高濂喜歡談醫道，重養生，咨訪奇方秘藥，用以治療贏疾，眼疾遂愈。曾在北京鴻臚寺任官，後隱居西湖。
高濂平生著作甚豐，主要有《玉簪記》、《節孝記》、《遵生八箋》、《草花譜》、《野蔌品》、《四時幽賞》、《四時逸事》、《藝花譜》、《蘭譜》等。
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