Gao Lian (Chinese: 高濂; pinyin: Gāo Lián; Wade–Giles: Kao Lien, fl.
[2] The piece remains a classic of the Ming period theater in thirty-three scenes, some of which are still performed today.
Gao advised his readers to avoid abortion and show concern for the elderly and physically weak.
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.
On comport on rising and resting [including one's surroundings, or what we might call interior design, of contemporary rather than ancient manufacture] 4.