Tao Yuanming drinking cursive script in the Eastern Jin Dynasty
? Building a house is human, and there are no horses and chariots.
What can you do? The heart is far from being self-centered.
Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, you can see Nanshan leisurely.
The mountains are getting better and better, and the birds are back.
That makes sense. I forgot what I wanted to say.
I built my house in a crowded place, but I couldn't feel the noise of cars and horses at all. You ask me why I can do this, because my mind is detached and I don't compete with the world, so naturally I feel that my place is very remote.
"Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan", a legendary story, lies in "endless words, endless meaning". "Chrysanthemum picking" and "Looking at Nanshan" are both common scenic spots, but they have far-reaching implications. Is Nanshan beautiful? Is Nanshan strange? What if you can't see it? At the moment, Tao Yuanming's intention is not "Nanshan" itself. To his amazement, this "Nanshan" was actually in his eyes and "rushed in" in his heart. "Seeing" is not expectation, but unintentional; "Look" is not a simple "look", but a feeling. What a state it is to feel the existence of an ordinary mountain inadvertently! No distractions, only close connection with nature; The heart wants nothing but to be integrated with nature. "Nanshan" is just a reference for Tao Yuanming to express his calm and comfortable mentality. The poem says "Nanshan", but "meaning" is beyond "Nanshan".
Tao Yuanming did not deliberately create artistic conception, nor did he deliberately acquire it. Tao Yuanming's artistic conception is due to his true inner feelings.