T'ao Ch'ien
T'ao Ch'ien:
see T'ao Yüan-mingT'ao Yüan-mingor T'ao Ch'ien,
365–427, Chinese poet. After several bitter experiences in government employment, he became a gentleman farmer. His poems, composed in simple diction at a time when ornateness was the fashion, present a mocking self-portrait of
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