It is a typical "literature in troubled times".
Writers have to adapt to the war and the change of dynasties. It is very common for a person to belong to two or even three dynasties. Sensitive writers are most likely to feel the shortness of life, the fragility of life, the unpredictability of fate, the impermanence of fortunes, and personal powerlessness in the war, thus forming the tragic tone of literature, and releasing it as compensation for the tragic tone.
In this case, literary creation naturally forms some * * * themes, which are the theme of life and death, the theme of wandering immortals, and the theme of seclusion. These themes are often triggered by medicine and wine as yeast, and medicine and wine have formed an indissoluble bond with the literature of this period.
2) In terms of Tao Yuanming's thoughts:
Tao's poetry forms and compositions are mainly based on personal lyricism, and their creations are also personal behaviors. Some of these political lyric poems express the grievances in political life and do not have the purpose of political education. As for Liang Chen Gong's poems, although they were written by court literati, they were only used for court entertainment. The direction of poets' efforts lies in the formal beauty of poetry, that is, the language skills such as temperament, duality and pragmatism, as well as the perfection of meter. It is under this trend that China's ancient poems have been perfected, new-style poems have been formed, and all aspects have been prepared for the appearance of modern-style poems. On this basis, Tang poetry reached its peak.
and the main political thought
a Tao Yuanming adopted an attitude of "conforming to nature without thinking about life and death."
According to Tao's poems, he is no longer a small creature who laments the short life. He has the identity of "Dahua" and a vision beyond life and death, so his poems of this kind have a new look.
b Hermit themes include yearning and singing about hermit life:
Tao Yuanming's large number of works describing hermit life and expressing hermit thoughts make this kind of theme reach its peak, so Rong's Poetry says that he is "the master of hermit poets in ancient and modern times". As for many other people's works, there are countless places to express their hermit thoughts. The rise of the theme of seclusion is directly related to the prosperity of seclusion among scholars after Wei and Jin Dynasties, which is related to the social background of war and the influence of metaphysics.