Southern Dynasties: Although Tao Yuanming's literary position has not been recognized as it should be, his poetry and prose works have spread more and more widely and exerted more and more influence.
Sui and Tang Dynasties: More and more poets like Tao Yuanming's poems, and their evaluation of Tao Yuanming is getting higher and higher. Wang Ji was an idyllic poet in the early Tang Dynasty. Like Tao Yuanming, he lived in seclusion in the countryside for many times, entertaining himself with Gin.
Worship of Meng Haoran: Meng Haoran, an idyllic poet in the Tang Dynasty, worshipped Tao Yuanming very much. He wrote in "Returning to Hannan to Send Old Beijing Tour in Midsummer":
Appreciate the biography of Gao Shi,
Best Tao Zhengjun,
My eyes are full of pastoral interest,
Claiming to be Emperor Xi.
Li Bai's admiration: Li Bai admires Tao Yuanming's character and poetry. In the script to Zheng Liyang wrote:
Ling Tao gets drunk every day. I don't know five Liu Chun.
Su Qin has no strings and pours wine with a towel.
Under the breezy north window, I call myself Emperor Xi.
When I arrived at chestnuts, I met my whole life.
Li Bai's thought of "Oh, how can I bow and scrape to high officials" and Tao Yuanming's spirit of "not bending down for a bucket of rice" are in the same strain.
Du Fu's appreciation: After the Anshi Rebellion, Du Fu lived a wandering life and regarded Tao Yuanming as his confidant. He wrote in a letter to Yin Wei's husband in Henan:
Relaxation should be wine, not poetry.
This meaning is implicit, I will be born after you.
Bai Juyi's admiration: Bai Juyi, a poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, admired Tao Yuanming very much. In the tenth year of Tang Yuanhe (8 15), Bai Juyi was demoted to Jiangzhou Sima, which is close to Xunyang, Tao Yuanming's hometown. He visited Tao Yuanming's former residence and wrote the poem "Visiting Tao Gong's Former Residence". In the poem, "Dust and dirt don't pollute jade, and Feng Ling doesn't peck at fishy smell" is first used to praise Tao Yuanming's noble personality, and finally he wrote:
Chaisang ancient village, chestnut old mountains and rivers.
No chrysanthemums under the hedge, no smoke in the idle city.
Although the descendants are unknown, the clan has not moved.
Every time Tao surnamed, my heart still stays.
Bai Juyi wrote in Sixteen Small Taoqianti:
Sir, I've been gone for a long time, and I have a legacy of paper and ink.
Advise me to drink one cup after another, and there is nothing to say.
I come from the boss and admire him very much.
Others can't reach it, and the effect is drunk.
The ancient literati in China were addicted to alcohol, which was inseparable from the influence of Tao Yuanming. Bai Juyi's poem makes it very clear: "If you don't achieve anything else, you will get drunk."