Tao Yuanming, a famous poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is known as "the cornerstone of China's pastoral poetry", among which Returning to the Garden and Drinking are the most representative.

Introduction to Tao Yuanming:

Tao Yuanming (about 365-427) is famous for his potential and bright personality, nicknamed Mr. Wu Liu, and is known as Mr. Jing Jie in the world. ), another person from Yifeng, Jiangxi, was an outstanding poet, lyricist and essayist at the end of Eastern Jin Dynasty and the beginning of Liu Song Dynasty. ?

Tao Yuanming served as Jiangzhou drinking sacrifice, Jianwei joining the army, Zhenjun joining the army, and pengze county's order. His last official position was Pengze county magistrate, who left his post for more than 80 days and then retired to the countryside. He is the first landscape pastoral poet in China, and is known as "ancient and modern recluse poetry school", "recluse poetry school" and "the originator of landscape pastoral poetry school".

Tao Yuanming's works include Drinking, Peach Blossom Garden, Hui Xi Ci, Biography of Mr. Wuliu, etc. He is the first literary master in Jiangxi. There are 125 poems and 12 articles in Tao Yuanming's handed down works, which were compiled by later generations as "Tao Yuanming's Collection".

Types of Tao Yuanming's works:

1, poetry

Tao Yuanming's homesickness poems are represented by Miscellaneous Poems 12 and Reading Shan Hai Jing 13. More than twelve miscellaneous poems show their political depression after retirement and express their noble personality. It can be seen that the poet's heart is infinitely deep and broad.

Thirteen poems in Reading the Classic of Mountains and Seas express the same content by reciting the strange things in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. For example, in the tenth poem, by praising Jing Wei and Xing Tian for their "fierce ambition", they express and show that their ambition to help the world will never die.

2. pastoral poetry

Tao Yuanming has the largest number of pastoral poems and the highest achievements. This kind of poetry fully shows the poet's noble integrity in keeping his ambition; It fully shows the poet's love for simple pastoral life, his understanding of labor and his friendly feelings for working people. It fully shows the poet's pursuit and yearning for the ideal world.

3. Drinking poems

Tao Yuanming is the first poet in the history of China literature who wrote a large number of drinking poems. His "intoxicating" voice or criticism of right and wrong has discredited the same upper class; Or reflect the sinister occupation; Or express the joy of the poet after he quit the officialdom; Or express the poet's grievances in difficulties.