Tao Yuanming (352 or 365-427), whose courtesy name was Yuanliang, also known as Qian, had the private nickname "Jingjie" and was known as Mr. Jingjie in the world. A native of Chaisang, Xunyang. A great poet and poet from the late Eastern Jin Dynasty to the early Southern Song Dynasty. He once served as Jiangzhou Jijiu, Jianwei Army Joiner, Zhenjun Army Joiner, and Pengze County Magistrate. His last official career was as Pengze County Magistrate. He abandoned his post after more than eighty days and retired to his countryside. He is China's first pastoral poet and is known as "the sect of reclusive poets in ancient and modern times". He has "The Collection of Tao Yuanming".

Chinese name: Tao Yuanming

Alias: Tao Yuanliang, Tao Qian

Nationality: Eastern Jin

Ethnicity: Xi nationality

Birthplace: Chaisang, Xunyang

Date of birth: AD 352 (Year of Renzi) or 365 (Year of Yichou)

Date of death: AD 427 (Year of Dingmao) )

Occupation: Poet, Poetry Writer

Main Achievements: Founder of the Pastoral Poetry School

The first poet in the history of literature to write a large number of drinking poems

Representative works: Drinking, Returning to the Garden and Living in the Fields, Story of the Peach Blossom Spring, Biography of Mr. Wuliu, Returning and Coming Back, etc.

Private posthumous name: Jingjie