在东晋、刘宋之际,成就最高的诗人当然是陶渊明,他那些看似平淡而意味深长的田园诗实际上宣告了沉闷乏味而风靡百年的玄言诗之终结。但是当年的陶渊明只是一个躲在乡下“常著文章以自娱”(《五柳先生传》)的体制以外的隐士,他的创作只不过是草根文学,对诗坛风气的变化一时尚无 In the Eastern Jin and Liu Dynasties, the poet of the highest achievement was, of course, Tao Yuanming. His idyllic seemingly simple yet meaningful announcement of the dull and most absurd poetic verse of the past hundred years actually ended. However, when Tao Yuanming was just a hiding person outside the system of hiding in the country, “often writing articles for self-entertainment” (“Biography of Mr. Wu Liu”), his writing is nothing more than grass-root literature.