Li Bai and Gao Shi did not intersect before middle age, and the first time the two met should be after Li Bai was "given gold and released" by Tang Xuanzong in the third year of Tianbao. Li Bai returned to Lu from Chang'an East, through Luoyang for the first time to meet Du Fu, the two hit it off at first sight, because Du Fu and Gao Shi are fellow villagers and old friends, Gao Shi and Du Fu are both Luoyang people, but they have lived in Song Zhong (now Shangqiu) for a long time, claiming to be "a lying in Dongshan for thirty springs, how do you know the old wind and dust of the book and sword", and achieved nothing, so Du Fu invited Gao Shi and Li Bai to meet, and the three of them accompanied Liang (now Kaifeng) Song (now Shangqiu).
It can be said that the relationship between Li Bai and Gao Shi is not ordinary, he is not only Li Bai's friend, but also Li Bai's matchmaker, and the two have formed a deep friendship at this time. But after the Anshi Rebellion, the boat of friendship between the two capsized.
Nowadays, it is difficult for us to say which of the two is right or wrong, everyone has their own life choices, Gao Shi prefers the identity of a military general compared to the role of a poet, as we all know, after the Anshi Rebellion, the war in the north is not stopped, and the Tang Dynasty is crumbling, at this time, Li Bai fled to the south with his family for refuge, and Gao Shi, because his ancestors are all military generals with soldiers, he has always been determined to become a general, at this time he decided to move forward to the most turbulent place. The choice of their ambitions laid the groundwork for the later parting of ways.