What is the position of Tao Yuanming's poems in history?

Tao Yuanming (about 365-427), with a distinctive personality, is known as Mr. Wu Liu, a poet, writer, lyricist and essayist at the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty. Han nationality, a native of Chaisang, Xunyang, Eastern Jin Dynasty (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi). I worked as a junior official for several years, then resigned and went home, and lived in seclusion from then on. Rural life is the theme of Tao Yuanming's poems, and his related works include Drinking, Returning to the Garden, The Story of Peach Blossom Garden, Biography of Mr. Wuliu, and Returning to Xi Ci.

Tao Yuanming's "five buckets of rice do not fold" has been passed down through the ages. China is a great poet with the same fame as Qu Yuan, Li Bai, Du Fu and Su Shi in the history of literature. Twenty of his "Drinking" articles are "intoxicating" or accuse right and wrong of being upside down, discrediting the same upper class; Or expose the decadent darkness of the world; Or reflect the sinister occupation; Or express the joy of the poet after he quit the officialdom; Or express the poet's grievances in difficulties.

Tao Yuanming's pastoral poems opened up a new realm for China's classical poetry, skillfully combining emotion, scenery and reason to describe pastoral scenery and pastoral life. The poetic style is fresh and natural, with delicate description and strong artistic charm.