Tā de «Táohuāyuán Jì» miáohuì le yī gè lǐxiǎng shìjiè.
His Peach Blossom Spring describes an ideal world.
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history
After 13 days as a county magistrate, Tao quit rather than kowtow to a visiting inspector, saying he would not 'bend at the waist for five pecks of rice' (不为五斗米折腰). He retired to farm and drink, inspiring the 田园 (farmstead) poetic school.
culture
《桃花源记》 gave Chinese the phrase 世外桃源 (a utopia beyond the world). His line '采菊东篱下，悠然见南山' ('picking chrysanthemums by the eastern fence, leisurely I see South Mountain') is among the most quoted in Chinese poetry.
