A Preliminary Discussion On The Uninhibited Dwelling Of Tao Yuanming And Its Modern Significances

It is repeatedly discussed that Tao Yuanming's poem shows a kind of "primitive and nature"style in the study field. However, this essay attempts to trace back the cultural origins of "dwelling" and analyze the aesthetical image of "dwelling" from the aspect of poet's "dwelling". The poet's "dwelling" demonstrates a kind of uninhibited dwelling as the form of "tranquility" combining the thoughts of Confucian "poverty-stricken" and Taoist "peripateticism".Tao Yuanming's uninhibited dwelling consists of "physical dwelling" and "spiritual dwelling". He demonstrates his habitation aesthetics by the former, and he constructs a pure world for his soul to dwell with his natural writing by the latter. All of Tao Yuanming's writings show a tranquil feeling of living in seclusion. Even though the poet must endure poverty, he has his own aspiration for life's satisfaction and holds a romantic passion for "uninhibited dwelling" in pursuit of his "Tao Yuan". This kind of romantic and idealist pursuit could not longer be evaluated by mundane principles and worldly thoughts, and only could be appreciated by tracing back to poet's poems, thoughts and language world. "Dwelling" as a kind of "locality" and "implication" pervades throughout Tao Yuanming's writings and nearly constitutes the essence of its aesthetic meanings. As a result, it becomes a key point for to reread Tao Yuanming's writing and to explore his characters.As a hermit, Tao Yuanming is repeatedly canonized for living in seclusion, and his loft and broad-minded personality. It has become a hot topic to study the apotheosis of Tao Yuanming in intelligentsia. In fact, Tao Yuanming's exerts great influences in civilian though it is rarely discussed. The aesthetics thoughts about "dwelling" in poet's physical inhabitation and soul peripateticism are not indicated. So there exists a necessity and probability to elucidate again the classical aesthetics, which is in accordance with the struggle of modern aesthetic...