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Tao Yuanming

365 - 427

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Tao Yuanming (365–427), also known as Tao Qian, courtesy name Yuanliang (元亮), was a Chinese poet and politician. He was one of the best-known poets who lived during the Six Dynasties period. Tao Yuanming spent much of his life in reclusion, living in the countryside, farming, reading, drinking wine, receiving the occasional guest, and writing poems in which he reflected on the pleasures and difficulties of life and his decision to withdraw from civil service. Tao's simple and direct style was somewhat at odds with the norms for literary writing in his time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tao Yuanming is the 789th most popular writer (down from 787th in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from China (up from 222nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Chinese Writer.

Tao Yuanming is most famous for his poems, which are often about the natural world. Tao Yuanming is also known for his Daoist beliefs, which include the idea that humans should live in harmony with nature.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tao Yuanming ranks 789 out of 7,302. Before him are N. F. S. Grundtvig, Ben Jonson, Jerome K. Jerome, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Gnaeus Naevius, and Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. After him are Jan Potocki, Edward Bernays, Wang Wei, Nonnus, Milorad Pavić, and Dionysius Thrax.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 365, Tao Yuanming ranks 1. After him are Serena, and Honoratus. Among people deceased in 427, Tao Yuanming ranks 1. After him is Pharamond.

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    Tao Yuanming

    WRITER

    365 - 427

    HPI: 69.63

    Rank: 1

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    Serena

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    365 - 408

    HPI: 65.97

    Rank: 2

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    Honoratus

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    365 - 430

    HPI: 62.46

    Rank: 3

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In China

Among people born in China, Tao Yuanming ranks 203 out of 1,610. Before him are Wang Anshi (1021), Longqing Emperor (1537), Li Peng (1928), King Zhou of Shang (-1105), Li Keqiang (1955), and Zhang Liao (169). After him are Wang Wei (699), Yesün Temür (1293), Zu Chongzhi (429), Xiahou Dun (155), Wang Zhaojun (-50), and Chien-Shiung Wu (1912).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Tao Yuanming ranks 15. Before him are Bai Juyi (772), Su Shi (1037), Kumārajīva (343), Faxian (340), Cao Xueqin (1724), and Ban Gu (32). After him are Wang Wei (699), Jin Yong (1924), Zhang Sanfeng (1200), Kang Youwei (1858), Pu Songling (1640), and Ouyang Xiu (1007).

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