Tao Yuanming (365–427), also known as Tao Qian, courtesy name Yuanliang (元亮), was a Chinese poet and politician. He was one of the best-known poets who lived during the Six Dynasties period. Tao Yuanming spent much of his life in reclusion, living in the countryside, farming, reading, drinking wine, receiving the occasional guest, and ...

Tao Qian (born 365, Xunyang [now Jiujiang, Jiangxi province], China—died 427, Xunyang) was one of China’s greatest poets and a noted recluse. Born into an impoverished aristocratic family, Tao Qian took a minor official post while in his 20s in order to support his aged parents.

陶渊明（约365—427年），名潜，字元亮，别号五柳先生，私谥靖节，世称靖节先生，一说 寻阳郡 柴桑县 [47-49] （今 江西 九江 [1] [47]）人，另一说江西 宜丰 人 [43-46]， 东晋 末到 刘宋 初杰出的诗人、辞赋家、散文家。 [1] 陶渊明曾任 江州 祭酒 、建威 参军 、 镇军 参军、彭泽 县令 等职，最后一次出仕为彭泽县令，八十多天便弃职而去，从此归隐田园。 他是中国第一位田园诗人，被誉为“古今隐逸诗人之宗 [2] ”，“ 田园诗派 之鼻祖”。 [1] 陶渊明作品有《饮酒》《桃花源记》 …

Feb 5, 2025 · Tao Qian (also known as Tao Yuanming) is a famous Chinese poet from the six dynasties period. Tao Qian lived during the Eastern Jin and Lui Song dynasties. Tao Yuanming spent a great deal of his life as a recluse.

Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427) was the greatest Chinese hermit poet, and his pastoral poems occupy a glorious place in the history of Chinese poetry. Tao Yuanming, with the courtesy name of Yuanliang, the given name of Qian, the alternative courtesy name of Yuanming and the alias of Mr. Wuliu, was born in a declining bureaucratic family.

Tao Yuanming (365?–427), also known as Tao Qian, courtesy name Yuanliang, and the alternate name of Wuliu Xiansheng (Mr. Five Willows), was a native of today’s Jiujiang, Jiangxi province. He was a famous poet and philosopher in the transitional period of between the Eastern Jin (317–420) and the Liu Song (420–479), a time of political ...

Nov 1, 2014 · A writer of enormous impact on Chinese literary history, Tao Yuanming 陶淵明 (ca. 365–427) became a cultural symbol through his deep and pervasive influence on generations of scholar-officials. What emerged was the image of an individual pure and high-minded, freethinking in spirit, reconciled to poverty, and upholding “ineptitude.”

Tao Yuanming (365?–427), although dismissed as a poet following his death, is now considered one of China’s greatest writers. Over the centuries, portrayals of his life—some focusing on his eccentricity, others on his exemplary virtue—have elevated him to iconic status.

Tao Yuan-ming (365-427), also known as Tao Chien or Tao Quin, represents both the old and new in an era of China that saw years of war and chaos. Tao Chien is well educated in the classics of Confucianism and Taoism, and later in life he may have befriended a local Buddhist figure long before Buddhism was significant in China.

May 11, 2021 · Studies on Tao Yuanming have often focused on his personality, reclusive life, and pastoral poetry. However, Tao’s extant oeuvre includes a large number of poems on history. This article aims to complement current scholarship by exploring his viewpoints on life through a close reading of his poems on history.