Gao was a music producer and songwriter in his early years. With "You at the Same Table" and "Love Dust", he is famous all over the world, and there are all kinds of lace and gossip around him. People can't be blamed for being too boring, mainly because the appearance and figure of this talented musician are far from the image of a gifted scholar, and his family background is too legendary-grandpa is Gao Jingde, the former president of Tsinghua University; Grandpa is the founder of Shenzhen University, Zhang Wei; His wife is a post-80s generation, studying in high flyers, USA. Outsiders say he is ugly or fat, but Gao himself doesn't care. With long unruly hair, he should make movies, record variety shows and lead a chic life. In recent years, his interest has turned to explaining history, making historical programs and writing books. In April of 20 1*, the new book "unofficial history of Fish and Sheep" was published, which made Gao take another small step forward on the historical road.

When it comes to history, lofty books are different from "lofty" specialized textual research, analysis and induction of other people's historical knowledge. He has no distinction between politics, military affairs, literature and art, antiques and even superstitions. He is very confused and confused. In unofficial history of Fish and Sheep, Gao seems to be writing a diary for history. According to the chronological order of each day, he discussed all the important events and interesting things that happened on this day in history. For example, on October 5, 65438/kloc-0, Gao wrote that on October 20 1*, Chiang Kai-shek was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the China war zone by the allied forces, and analyzed why he was appointed after fighting in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression for so long, China. It also describes how the German Nazi Party came to power in the general election of 19 19. The book has a unique perspective on history and a relaxed and humorous style. Calling Queen Victoria of England the "Jia Mu" of Europe; The relief on Tutankhamun's sarcophagus was nicknamed "Avatar" by Gao?

Everyone will form a different world view when they grow up. As a child of an intellectual family, Gao lived on the campus of Tsinghua since childhood, was carefully trained by his parents, and never failed in chess, painting and calligraphy. His mother taught him: "Life is not just the present, but also poetry and distance." Therefore, Gao chose to live as casually as a poem.

In 20 1*, 42-year-old Gao was detained for six months for drunk driving. "The most rewarding thing is to be in a daze. I did read thousands of books and went to Wan Li Road. But I have never combed these things quietly. Things in my head have been slurping and I haven't turned off the fire. I've been slurping for so many years and finally turned off the fire. It feels particularly good. When you are not in a daze, find someone to chat with, and it will be clear when chatting, because you have swept the last blind spot and learned about some corners or classes of society. " After he got out of prison, Gao began to be busy again, but he was a little different from Gao, a former musician. He produced the talk show Xiao Shuo, which tells history and culture in the form of video, and later published a book called Xiao Shuo. In 20 1*, he also published an anthology of novels and plays over the years. In the book, he sincerely faced himself, "I think creation must go downstream, not' what do I think I should look like', and I can't make assumptions. I will only describe what is guided by intuition in my heart and follow the flow in my heart. "

In Fish, Sheep and unofficial history, Gao defines the object of historical interpretation as ordinary people, while he himself, like a storyteller, is loquacious and full of miscellaneous words. Looking down, the reader is like listening to a good-natured and literate uncle.

Gao said that his favorite historical period is the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, because it is the golden age of intellectuals, and there are several ways to choose-you can become a hundred schools of thought in the world, you can be a good minister in the middle, and you can be a guest aide in the next; He also likes the Tang Dynasty. "Of course, it is best to die before the Anshi Rebellion and after the prosperous times. He can make friends with great poets, travel around, write poems and even take off his shoes in temples. " "At worst, I also want to go to the Song Dynasty. Renzong era is the best. I don't want to see the reform and party struggle behind me. Only traveling to Chibi with the Su brothers was a mess. I can also write articles to scold the emperor and call names. It doesn't matter. "

Fundamentally speaking, Gao's view of history is neither left nor right, neither moderate nor casual. This is how Gao interprets history and looks at the world.