In the Tang Dynasty Li Bai's poem "Sleepwalking Heavenly Mother Songs Farewell", the verse involving Tao Yuanming's allusion is: "An Neng can destroy his eyebrows and bend his waist to serve the powerful, which makes me unhappy!"
< p>The word "bending one's waist" came from Tao Yuanming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Because he was unwilling to endure humiliation, he wrote the word "go back". Although Li Bai was favored by the emperor, he was just a Ci minister. We can probably get some information from these two lines of poems about the humiliation he suffered in the court. Li Bai shouted loudly: How can I stoop to serve the powerful and prevent me from having a happy smile? To bend one's eyebrows and bend one's waist: lower one's head and bend one's waist. Destroying the eyebrows means lowering the eyebrows.Tao Yuanming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has an allusion of "not bowing down for five buckets of rice", which means to be a metaphor for being strong and noble. This allusion comes from "The Biography of Tao Qian in the Book of Jin": "I can't bend my waist for five buckets of rice. My fists and fists are evil to the village villain." Tao Yuanming, also known as Tao Qian, is the earliest pastoral poet in my country. The reason why he was able to create many works based on natural scenery and rural life is closely related to his experience and situation.
In the autumn of 405 AD, in order to support his family, he came to Pengze, not far from his hometown, to be the county magistrate. In the winter of this year, the prefect of the county sent a postal inspector to Pengze County to inspect. The postal governor has a low grade, but he is somewhat powerful. He can only speak in front of the prefect with his mouth. The postal supervisor sent this time was a vulgar and arrogant man. As soon as he arrived at Peng Ze's hotel, he sent the county official to ask the county magistrate to come see him. Tao Yuanming usually despises fame and wealth, and refuses to follow the crowd. He despises people who give orders in the name of their superiors, but he had to go see him, so he set off immediately. Unexpectedly, the county official stopped Tao Yuanming and said, "Sir, when you see the postal supervisor, you must wear official uniforms and wear a belt. Otherwise, it will be unseemly. If the superintendent takes the opportunity to make a big fuss, it will be detrimental to you!" Tao Yuanming said this! I can't stand it anymore. He let out a long sigh and said, "I can't give in to the villagers for five measures of rice!" After that, he simply took out his official seal, sealed it, and immediately wrote a letter of resignation, and then left the county, where he had only worked for more than eighty days. Peng Ze of Ling.