Return to the Farm

Name: Return to the Farm
Author: Tao Yuanming

by Tao Yuanming

Essay narrating the poet's retirement from government to rural simplicity

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Tao Yuanming

The first great poet of rural retreat in Chinese literature, celebrated for simple, tranquil verses about farming, drinking wine, and communing with nature. His idealized vision of pastoral life became a foundational topos of Chinese poetry.

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