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Tao Yuanming (simplified Chinese: 陶渊明; traditional Chinese: 陶淵明; pinyin: Táo Yuānmíng; 365–427), also known as Tao Qian (pinyin: Táo Qián; also T'ao Ch'ien in Wade–Giles), was a Chinese poet and politician who was one of the best-known poets during the Six Dynasties period.
Poems by Tao Chien. Tao Chien, or Tao Yuan Ming, born in 356 AD, was an early Taoist poet who is generally regarded as being one of the foremost pre-Tang poets. Tao was a native of Chaisang and was of the Eastern Jin dyn "
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.
Tao Qian's discontent with urban life echoes the growing disillusionment with the materialistic excesses of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The poem's praise of nature and self-sufficiency aligns with the growing popularity of Taoist philosophy, which emphasized harmony with nature and rejection of societal norms.
Tao Qian (or Tao Yuanming) is the most famous pre-Tang Chinese poet. His best known works deal with his retirement from public life. Each poem indexed below appears in characters, pinyin, and literal and literary English translation; alternatively, the English translations are collected on one page here.
Tao Yuanming (aka Tao Qian, 365–427) is one of the greatest Chinese poets. He is renowned for writing poetry in praise of a bucolic life of simple pleasures. A popular poet during his lifetime, from the eleventh century on he has obtained an iconic status in Chinese cultural tradition.
“Substance, Shadow, and Spirit” appears in Arthur Waley’s A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems (Alfred A. Knopf, 1918). Waley’s translation is based on the classical Chinese of poet Tao Yuanming, written sometime during his life between the years circa 365 and 427.
