Cleveland Museum of Art
Landscape with Poet Tao Yuanming (365–472 CE)
- Date
- 1200s–1400s
- Medium
- Album leaf; ink and color on silk
- Culture
- China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or earlier
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Poet Tao Yuanming (365–427 CE) turned down a civil service career in politically turbulent times to write poetry and enjoy his garden. In his poem Drinking Wine , he wrote: "I pluck chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and serenely I gaze at the southern mountains." His desire to leave bureaucratic life for the simplicity and authenticity of nature has deeply resonated with generations of Chinese scholars, making it a popular theme in paintings. The archaic vessels and qin , or seven-stringed zither, on the table allude to the gentleman-scholar’s cultural refinement.
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