Tao Yuanming (about 365-427) was named Qian or Yuanming.
Name
Mr. Tao Qian, Mr. Wuliu, Mr. Jingjie
Gender
Male
Birth< /p>
365 (the third year of Xingning, Emperor Ai of the Eastern Jin Dynasty)
Xunyang Jiujiang City
Died
427 (63 years old) (Southern Dynasties Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty (the fourth year of Yuanjia)
Nationality
Jin
Tao Yuanming was born in a declining official family. Military affairs of eight states, Duke of Changsha. His grandfather Tao Mao served as the prefect of Wuchang, his father Tao Yi served as the prefect of Ancheng and died young, and his mother was the daughter of Meng Jia, a famous scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He lived in poverty when he was young, and he was diligent in studying and read books from hundreds of schools of thought.
In his early years, Tao Yuanming served as Jiangzhou Jijiu, Zhenjun, Jianwei, and Pengze County magistrate. Later, he "didn't give up for five buckets of rice" and resigned and returned home, becoming the emperor of Jin'an. In the second year of Yixi (AD 406), he lived in seclusion and became an official. It was not until the fourth year of Yuanjia (427), Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty, that he died of illness. The more than 20 years since he returned to the fields have been his most creative period.
Tao Yuanming's works that have been handed down to this day include more than 120 poems and more than ten essays and poems. Pastoral life is an important theme of Tao's poetry, so people later called him a "pastoral poet". His most famous work is "The Peach Blossom Spring", which describes a Peach Blossom Spring society that he longed for, a harmonious and beautiful society without war, and a self-reliant society. Peach Blossom Land and Utopia are both equally famous, both representing a beautiful fantasy.
His works include "Drinking", "Returning to the Garden and Living in the Fields", "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring", "The Biography of Mr. Wuliu", "Come Back and Coming Back" and "Poems of the Peach Blossom Spring"
In today's Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province There is a tomb of Tao Yuanming rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty in Mahuiling Town, County.
There is a new huge stone statue of Tao Yuanming in Jiujiang City