abstract:Gao Bing (高棅, 1350 to 1423) flourished during the Ming Dynasty"Gao Bing's search for such cultural ideals was very much rooted in the intellectual and political climate of the early Ming, consumed as it was, having displaced the Yuan, with the need to validate its claim to power. [The founding emperor's government] sponsored a number of other codifying projects as well, and eventually adopted Gao's version of Tang poetry as the officially sanctioned one.