Expressing the life choice of "retreating to the countryside and being alone", as well as the thoughts and feelings of loneliness and depression
Tao Shi's overall style is plain and harmonious, and there are too many tragic thoughts. The content is specifically expressed in four categories: 1. The sorrow of life and death, 2. The sorrow of not meeting the scholar, 3. The sorrow of traveling and parting, 4. The sorrow of loneliness. The reason why this situation occurs is because Tao’s poems adopt a lenient approach to tragedy. Yun Renhua's attitude and free and easy feelings have deeply attracted readers of all ages, but made them ignore the existence of tragedy.
Tao Yuanming's poems are good at using simple language and line drawing techniques to express straightforwardly. It makes people feel natural, friendly, and sincere in emotion, without any trace of artificial carving