The similarities between "The Journey of the Great Road" and "The Story of Peach Blossom Spring" are that they advocate the ideal model of "the world is for the common good" and "Great Harmony" society, and pursue a free and equal life.
"The Journey of the Great Dao" is an essay from the "Book of Rites" compiled by Dai Sheng, a scholar of ritual in the Western Han Dynasty. This article is to clarify the basic characteristics of the "Great Harmony" society in Confucianism and the ideal social model of "the world is for the common good" pursued by the ancients.
This article first summarizes the basic characteristics of the "Great Harmony" society; secondly, it explains the ideal model of the "Great Harmony" society; and finally, it further explains "Great Harmony" by comparing the real society with the ideal "Great Harmony" society.
"Peach Blossom Spring" is one of the representative works of Eastern Jin Dynasty writer Tao Yuanming. It is the preface to "Poems of Peach Blossom Spring" and is selected from "The Collection of Tao Yuanming". This article uses the clue of the Wuling fisherman's whereabouts to connect the reality and the ideal state. Through the description of the peace, happiness, freedom and equality of Peach Blossom Land, it expresses the author's ideal of pursuing a better life and his dissatisfaction with the real life at that time.
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Although Tao Yuanming was far away in the world, he still cared about national political affairs. In June of the second year of Yuanxi (420), Liu Yu deposed Emperor Gong of Jin as King Lingling and changed his reign name to "Yongchu". The following year, Liu Yu adopted conspiracy methods and smothered Emperor Gong of Jin with a quilt. These cannot help but stir up waves in Tao Yuanming's thoughts. Starting from his inherent Confucian concepts, he became dissatisfied with Liu Yu's regime and deepened his hatred of the real society.
However, he was unable to change and was unwilling to interfere with this status quo, so he had no choice but to use creation to express his feelings, creating a beautiful realm that was opposed to the dirty and dark society, so as to express his political ideals and beautiful tastes. "Peach Blossom Spring" was created under this background.