陶渊明
东晋
Tao Yuanming, also known as Tao Qian, was a poet and prose writer of the late Eastern Jin and early Liu Song period. His courtesy name was Yuanliang, and he was from Chaisang in Xunyang. After brief service in government, he withdrew from official life and lived in the countryside, famously refusing to 'bend his back for five pecks of grain.' He is one of the most important pastoral poets in Chinese literary history. His work is known for natural simplicity, moral independence, love of rural life, and longing for spiritual freedom. Major works include 'Returning to the Fields and Gardens,' 'Drinking Wine,' 'Record of the Peach Blossom Spring,' 'Returning Home,' and 'Biography of the Gentleman of Five Willows.'