何仲举少年时俊迈绝伦，即能作诗。 <ref>[https://www.baidu.com/s?ie=utf-8&f=3&rsv_bp=1&tn=95600549_hao_pg&wd=%E3%80%8A%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E6%96%87%E5%AD%A6%E5%AE%B6%E5%A4%A7%E8%BE%9E%E5%85%B8%C2%B7%E5%94%90%E4%BA%94%E4%BB%A3%E5%8D%B7%E3%80%8B&oq=%25E3%2580%258A%25E4%25B8%25AD%25E5%259B%25BD%25E6%2596%2587%25E5%25AD%25A6%25E5%25AE%25B6%25E5%25A4%25A7%25E8%25BE%259E%25E5%2585%25B8%25C2%25B7%25E5%2594%2590%25E4%25BA%2594%25E4%25BB%25A3%25E5%258D%25B7%25E3%2580%258B&rsv_pq=f754e7d800020707&rsv_t=d94f1WM1jpL9r7ll7i85FEfTHEIeLYWQEgA7PYU3dXaAkeIJ0bHJYYTQ%2B1f4H7BXGcziUyOP&rqlang=cn&rsv_enter=0&rsv_sug3=1&rsv_sug1=1&rsv_sug7=000&prefixsug=%25E3%2580%258A%25E4%25B8%25AD%25E5%259B%25BD%25E6%2596%2587%25E5%25AD%25A6%25E5%25AE%25B6%25E5%25A4%25A7%25E8%25BE%259E%25E5%2585%25B8%25C2%25B7%25E5%2594%2590%25E4%25BA%2594%25E4%25BB%25A3%25E5%258D%25B7%25E3%2580%258B&rsp=0&rsv_sug4=2313&rsv_sug=1 《中国文学家大辞典·唐五代卷》]</ref> 十三岁时，因家贫输税不及，为营道令[[李宏皋]]抓住下狱。县令说他如果能文不加点，写一篇自述，将要放了他。何仲举援笔而成：“似玉来投狱，抛家去就枷。可怜两片木，夹却一枝花。”何仲举大惊，于是为他脱枷，请到上厅与之抗礼，何仲举以诗获释。[[后唐]][[长兴]]四年（933年）中[[进士]]，后回湖南，[[后晋]][[天福]]四年十一月，楚王[[马希范]]开天策府，李宏皋推荐他为[[马楚]]天策府学士。后出为[[全州]][[刺史]]，改任[[衡州]]刺史，以寿终。晚年诗风由绮丽而归于冲淡。如“树迎高鸟归深野，云傍斜阳过远山”（《秋日晚望》），李宏皋赞赏为“诗家之高逸者”。