Gao Feng

Gao Feng (, ), courtesy name Wentong , was a Chinese Eastern Han dynasty era scholar and recluse known for his focus on study, righteousness and acceptance of poverty and low status. whose father, Marquis Fan Tai, while generally critical of the extremes involved in eremitism, admired Gao's devotion to his principles and acceptance of poverty. but was studious even when young. where had a school In another episode he solved a feud between neighbors

His wife took care of the practical matters of family life, like working the fields and drying the grains, although Cheng Tan Soon writes that the wheat episode shows that "there existed a real partnership between them inside the domestic household".

He strongly avoided taking an office by claiming that his family members had been shamans, that he was involved in a land dispute with a widow. When Emperor Zhang in called for recommendations of men of direct speech, he was recommended by Court Architect Ren Wei but after arriving at the capital Gao claimed illness, returned home and fled into seclusion giving his possessions away to a nephew.