Hu Qi is an author about whom limited public information is available; details such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly recorded. Only one work by this author is held in the collection, titled Geng Lu Gao (roughly, Drafts on Farming and Official Stipend). Judging from the title and its common classification, the book is regarded as a philosophical reading, likely addressing traditional themes such as the scholarly life of farming and study, the ethics of official salary, or self-cultivation through learning, and it carries a reflective tone. Owing to the scarcity of biographical material, it is difficult to know Hu Qi's full body of writing or intellectual development. Nevertheless, Geng Lu Gao appears to argue in plain and accessible language, linking everyday livelihood with moral cultivation and reflecting the traditional literati tendency to seek philosophical insight through lived practice. As a philosophical work, it may offer readers a concrete textual entry point for understanding traditional ideas of farming and study and personal cultivation, though its influence currently remains limited to a small readership.
