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Seeming To Be Bold And Unconstrained, He Still Couldn't Keep Himself Away From The World In Reality

Posted on:2007-01-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D X YuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360212975143Subject:Ancient Chinese literature
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As a civilian poet ,Tao Yuanming is loved by all for the past decades ,Why ?It is mainly because his great ,noble personality which is not common to have .This personality shows not only a kind of reality , but also a kind of transcendency .The general people may say that Tao Yuanming is bold and unconstrained .But if we take a look at his plaint of old age ,his lament of being poverty ,and his speaking of staying poor and keeping high moral principle ,we may find the reality of Tao's personality is not bold ,but the continuing feeling of worry .So this paper mainly deals with three aspects ,that is the worry of achieveing nothing till middle age ,the worry of the inner contradiction ,and also the worry of the pressure of time ,so as to prove that the poet enjoyed the bitterness and worry towards the reality ,himself and his future .But at the same time ,there are the rare leisureliness and quietness ,detached feeling and harmony in his personality ,which can be found good exposure in his poem ,such as"bird image"and"wine interest", expose a kind of trans–reality .Then what made the poet overcome the worry and gain the personality ambit ? It is though in this paper , that there are three ways .First ,taking things as they are and the thinking of self- sufficiency .Tao Yuan ming calmly accepted the difficulties of life and the constraint of natural and social circumstances ,but at the same time he overcome this difficulties and bound from the hight of"natural philosophy"Indeed ,Tao Yuanming was not successful in terms of his 22 years of country life ,but the problems brought by poverty didn't change his belief in"natural philosophy".From his point of view ,people can reap precious freedom by having such attitudes as ,indifference to fame and benefit ,and having few desires.Second ,the attitudes of being free and finding a suitable place for oneself .The returning to the country life opened an new window to transcend the concrete life .Country life and hut ,banboo rail fences ,willows ,and playing musical instrument and drinking ,together with plough and sowing ,his way of living is concrete ,full of humanity .To him ,to go back to country is not a misfortune ,but a shake-off of fetters ,break through the puzzle and walked towards a new free ambit.He abandoned the outer nabobism ,transcended .the forced labor of country life ,viewed the life in the sense of art and appreciated the true meaning of life from it .Third ,the choice of self-plough way of life Tao Yuanming was not only a hermit ,but also among the few philosophers .who lived in seclusion .Liao Qi chan ever said :"Tao's...
Keywords/Search Tags:Tao Yuanming, prsonality and spirit, worry, transcendency, real revelation
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