Zhong Rong's "Shipin" praised him as "the ancestor of reclusive poets in ancient and modern times".
Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Su Shi, Lu You and other great poets have all expressed their praise and admiration for Tao Yuanming as a person and his poems.
Shen Deqian's "Speaking of Poetry" says: "The ancestors of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Youcheng (Wang Wei) has his pure and plump character, Mengshan people (Meng Haoran) have their leisure and distance, Chu Taizhu (Chu Guangxi) has his simplicity, Wei Zuosi (Wei Yingwu) has his harmony, Liu Yicao (Liu Zongyuan) has his splendor and purity."
Zhong Xing's "Gu Shi Gui" said: "The beauty of his language is often difficult to explain in words. , the numbers are slightly echoed."
Su Shi said of Tao Yuanming: "The quality of his poems is solid and plump, and the plump and plump poems are from Cao, Liu, Bao, Xie, Li, and Du. It's beyond comparison."
Ouyang Xiu "There are no articles in Jin Dynasty, only Tao Yuanming's "Gui Gu Lai Ci""
Xin Qiji said in "Niannujiao": "Xin Cai Judong. There is only Tao Pengze who has been in love for thousands of years." He gave Tao Yuanming the highest praise throughout the ages.
Zhu Xi: "Tao Yuanming's poems are said to be bland. According to some people, he was proud and unrestrained, but he was so unrestrained that he could not hear it."
Liang Qichao said, "Nature is what he loved. My friend often smiles at him."
Lu Xun said: "He is a very peaceful pastoral poet." "His attitude is not easy to learn. He is very poor, but his heart is very peaceful. , he went to beg at the door of someone's house. He was so poor that he didn't even have shoes when a guest came to see him. The guest brought him shoes from the servants, so he stretched out his feet and put them on. Even so, he didn't care at all. It is still "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and seeing the southern mountains leisurely". This natural state is really difficult to imitate.
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