高明（1305年－1359年），字则诚，自号菜根道人，元朝末年温州瑞安人。温州一名东嘉，所以后人又称他为东嘉先生。早年乡居读书。元顺帝至正五年（1345年）进士，在浙江处州、杭州等地都做过几任小官，官拜处州录事。元末方国珍起兵，行省长官因高明比较熟悉海滨事而任他为幕僚，但高明与其他人相处不愉快，方国珍投降后，高明遂辞官，之后还做了几年的地方官。至正十六年（1356年）以后，归隐在宁波南乡的栎社，“以词曲自娱”。《琵琶记》就是在这时完成的。 高明擅长书法、诗、词曲，着有《柔克斋集》、《琵琶记》。其中《琵琶记》号称为「南曲正宗」，为最早流传海外之传奇。

Gao Ming (Chinese:高 明; pinyin:Gāo Míng; Wade–Giles:Kao Ming; c. 1305 –1370), also known as Kao Ming, Gao Zecheng, and the Cabbage Root Taoist, was a Chinese poet and playwright during the Yuan Dynasty.

Gao was born and grew up in Wenzhou. In 1345, needing to find a way to support his widowed mother, he sat and passed the Imperial Examinations and was given a post in Zhejiang (Chouzhou) as a minor district official. In this capacity he served under the writer Su Tianjue, and helped edit some of Su's work. From 1348 to 1351, Gao was involved in suppressing the Red Turban Rebellion, taking military action against the early Han rebel Fang Guozhen. After Fang's defeat, Gao was given a post as assesor of Shaoxing. Fang later attempted to employ Gao as a teacher, an offer which Gao politely declined.