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Tao Yuan-ming was one of the greatest pastoral poets and a
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noted recluse in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
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He had written many poems, among which Peach-Blossom
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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
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habitants entertained themselves with their wealthy lives and lived in great harmony and self-contentment. Later, people called the
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fictitious place described by Tao Yuan-ming as ¡the Land of Peach Blossoms¡ ( a haven of peace, away from the turmoil of the world).