"Tao Xie" refers to Tao Yuanming and Xie Lingyun
The Jin and Song Dynasties were a turning period in the history of Chinese poetry. Tao Yuanming and Xie Lingyun were the representative figures of the poetry world in this period. Although their poetic styles are very different, there are also inherent points of convergence. Regardless of whether they are similar or different, their creations embody certain characteristics of the poetry of the Jin and Song Dynasties.
Tao Yuanming and Xie Lingyun are the most important figures in our country. Two great poets in the history of literature. Tao Yuanming was the founder of pastoral poetry. His pastoral poetry had already formed the pastoral landscape poetry school in the Tang Dynasty, and Xie Lingyun was the first poet of the landscape poetry school. The two of them created a large number of pastoral and landscape poems. Although both describe natural scenery, due to their different life backgrounds, interests and ideals, the pastoral and landscape poems of the two poets have their own characteristics.
Tao Yuanming (365-427), a Qian, with a courtesy name of Yuanliang, and his name was Mr. Jingjie. Writer of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Xie Lingyun (385-433) was originally from Taikang, Henan. Landscape poetry has great achievements. He is the pioneer of landscape poetry in my country and played a positive role in reversing the style of Xuanyan poetry in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Comparison between Tao Yuanming and Xie Lingyun (reposted) /logs/2004/12/546600.html