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槁容貌瑰傑，志氣宏放，傲然獨得，任性不羈，而喜怒不形於色。或閉户視書，累月不出；或登臨山水，經日忘歸。博覽群籍，尤好莊老。嗜酒能嘯，愛書詩。當其得意，忽忘形骸。時人多謂之癡。

Handsome and imposing in appearance, and of open and far-ranging mind, Gǎo [Mù] was fiercely independent and did exactly as he pleased. Neither joy nor anger were expressed on his face.

Sometimes he stayed shut up in his room studying books for several months on end, without ever going out; sometimes he went up into the mountains or to the waterside, forgetting for several days to return home.

He read an enormous amount and had a special love for Zhuangzi and Laozi.

He was a great drinker, was skilled in whistling, and loved calligraphy and poetry. When he was happy, he would quite forget himself. His contemporaries often called him a fool.