The Story of Tao Yuanming: Five Short Stories

Tao Yuanming is making wine. The county will visit. When the wine was ripe, Tao Yuanming took off the towel on his head and soaked it down. After filtering, he still covered his head with a towel and received him.

2. A stringed piano

Tao Yuanming has an unpretentious piano without strings. Whenever he has a drinking party, he touches it to express his interest.

3. Liquor distribution

When Wang Hong was doing Jiangzhou secretariat, Tao Yuanming picked a handful of chrysanthemums in Dongli and sat next to it on the Double Ninth Festival. After a while, Tao Yuanming saw a man in white coming. It turned out that Wang Hong, the secretariat, brought him wine. Yuan Ming immediately had a drink and came home drunk.

4. Number of shoes and ties

Tao Yuanming has no shoes, and Wang Hong's people help him make them. The men asked him how big Tao Yuanming's feet were. Tao Yuanming sat down and stretched out his feet for them to measure.

5. I am drunk enough to sleep.

No matter how high or low, as long as someone visits Tao Yuanming, as long as he has wine, he will drink it with the guests. If Tao Yuanming is drunk in front of the guests, he will say to the guests, "I am drunk and want to sleep." Please leave. " This is the truth of roundness.

Extended data:

Tao Yuanming was a great thinker in the Middle Ages. His literary thought is an important part of the literary thought in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. His understanding of truth not only pays attention to the truth of history and life, but also pays attention to the truth of thoughts, feelings and ambitions, which is a perfect artistic truth.

At the same time, his understanding of nature also shows the uniqueness of his literary thought. He doesn't talk about enlightenment, he doesn't carve things, he pays attention to the free expression of emotions and the naturalness of poetry, which is a very high realm.

However, both advocating artistic truth and advocating literary essence are for the free expression of life. This is the soul of Tao Yuanming's literary thought.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Tao Yuanming (Poet of Eastern Jin Dynasty)