Abstract:
Tao Yuanming’s poetry and Qu Yuan and his Chu Elegies differ in aesthetic taste. However, in Tao’s poems occurred frequently dialogues between fictitious figures, mental dilemma, comparison with the flying bird, the chrysanthemum, the orchid, the chariot, and the tree, the process of representing independent personality and ideal pursuit, and large quantities of words and expressions which were used in Chu Elegies. All these show a close relation between Tao Yuanming and Qu Yuan and his Chu Elegies, which underlines the agreement between Tao and Qu in artistic spirit.
