Prior to Gao's winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, his novels had already been published in Taiwan, and he had already held several painting exhibitions. In this connection he often came to Taiwan and, in the process, got to know quite a few people in the Taiwan arts world.
在高行健尚未得到諾貝爾文學獎時，他的小說便已在台灣出版，也開了好幾場畫展，因此常來台，認識了不少藝文界人士。