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'''Tao Qian | '''Tao Qian''' (365-427; Wade-Giles: T'ao Ch'ien; also known as Tao Yuanming; Wade-Giles: T'ao Yüan-ming) was a [[China|Chinese]] poet who lived during the [[Eastern Jìn Dynasty]]. His family was poor but well-educated, enabling Tao to read novels and classic Confucian literature. Due to poverty, he was forced to work for the government, from which he later decided to withdraw in favour of spending the rest of his life on a farm. His poetry was written during this period and mostly touches on the subjects of nature and the everyday life of a farmer. He has been said to write in a clear state of mind, entering the realm of pure poetry.<ref>Soseki, N. (1970). <i>The three cornered world.</i> First Gateway edition, 1970. </ref> | ||
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==Works== | |||
Hinton, David, trans. <i>The Selected Poems of T'ao Ch'ien.</i> Copper Canyon Press, 1993. ISBN 1-55659-056-3, 978-1-55659-056-6. | |||
Revision as of 17:03, 17 September 2009
Tao Qian (365-427; Wade-Giles: T'ao Ch'ien; also known as Tao Yuanming; Wade-Giles: T'ao Yüan-ming) was a Chinese poet who lived during the Eastern Jìn Dynasty. His family was poor but well-educated, enabling Tao to read novels and classic Confucian literature. Due to poverty, he was forced to work for the government, from which he later decided to withdraw in favour of spending the rest of his life on a farm. His poetry was written during this period and mostly touches on the subjects of nature and the everyday life of a farmer. He has been said to write in a clear state of mind, entering the realm of pure poetry.[1]
References
- ↑ Soseki, N. (1970). The three cornered world. First Gateway edition, 1970.
Works
Hinton, David, trans. The Selected Poems of T'ao Ch'ien. Copper Canyon Press, 1993. ISBN 1-55659-056-3, 978-1-55659-056-6.