Tao Qian Index


Tao Qian (or Tao Yuanming) is the most famous pre-Tang Chinese poet. His best known works deal with his retirement from public life.
Each poem indexed below appears in characters, pinyin, and literal and literary English translation; alternatively, the English translations are collected on one page here.
Drinking Wine


Returning to Live in the South (I)


Returning to Live in the South (II)