Compendium of Tao Yuanming Materials

Author: Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University and Beijing Normal University
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Tao Yuanming is an outstanding poet in the history of Chinese literature. Over more than a thousand years, the study of Tao Yuanming has generally developed gradually and deepened step by step. The thoughts of Tao Yuanming have been one of the central issues in research across generations. The opposition and debates over various opinions have been particularly concentrated and evident in this aspect. The artistic quality of Tao Yuanming's works has been highly praised by predecessors. They commend his poetry as "like a crimson cloud in the sky, unfolding and retracting freely, like a carefree crane riding the wind, or a leisurely seagull forgetting the sea." These praises are considered too vague!