Tao Yuan-ming was one of the greatest pastoral poets and a --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- noted recluse in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- He had written many poems, among which Peach-Blossom --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- Springs was his masterpiece. In this lyric prose he described an unknown place so cut off from the rest of the world that all the in --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- habitants entertained themselves with their wealthy lives and lived in great harmony and self-contentment. Later, people called the --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- fictitious place described by Tao Yuan-ming as ¡the Land of Peach Blossoms¡ ( a haven of peace, away from the turmoil of the world).