yuán). At the age of 27, Gu Xiancheng went to Yingtian (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) to take the provincial examination. Gu Xiancheng went to private school at the age of 6. "
In his reading, Gu Xiancheng expressed his concern for the society during his reading, and worked hard: "It is fun to read Confucius. He wrote a pair of couplets, bent on imitating the thoughts and actions of those highly respected people, that is, smart and thorough analysis, because Gu Xiancheng's articles are ambitious.
Ming Wanli four years (1576). Gu Xiancheng has been famous ever since.