Poetry & Literary works

There are a total of 125 poems and 12 articles passed down by Tao Yuanming, which have been compiled into the Tao Yuanming Collection by later generations.

Volume 1: Four Poems:

"Stopping Clouds (Parallel Preface)", "Current Fortune (Parallel Preface)", "Rongmu (Parallel Preface)", "Presenting Changsha Duke (Parallel Preface)", "Rewarding Ding Chaisang", "Answering Pang Canjun (Parallel Preface)", "Encouraging Farmers", "Mingzi", and "Returning Birds"

Volume Two - Poems with Five Words:

"Shape and Shadow God (Parallel Preface)", "Nine Days of Leisure Residence (Parallel Preface)", "Five Poems of Returning to the Garden and Living in the Field", "Traveling in Xiecheuan", "Xie Jingyi Sanlang, the Ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty Continuation", "Begging for Food", "Everyone Visits the Tomb of the Zhou Family Together under the Cypress", "Lament Poems for Chu Diao Shi Pang Zhu Shu Deng Zhizhong", "Answering to Pang Canjun (Parallel Preface)", "Five Poems of Returning to the Garden and Living in the Day", "Drinking Alone in the Rain", "Moving to Two Poems", " "Remuneration to Liu Chaisang", "Two Poems in the Book of He Guo", "Farewell to Guests at Wang Fujun's Throne", "Farewell to Yin Jin'an (Parallel Preface)", "Gift to Yang Changshi (Parallel Preface)", "Meeting with Zhang Changshi at Old Years", "Meeting with Hu Xicao to Show Care for Thief Cao", "Compassion to My Brother Zhongde"

Volume Three - Poetry Five:

"Starting from Qu'a Zuo", "Returning from the capital to block the wind in Guilin in mid May of the year of Gengzi", "Returning to Jiangling on a night trip to Tukou in July of the year of Xinchou", "Returning to Jiangling in July of the year of Guimao", "Remembering the ancient farmhouse in mid spring of the year of Guimao", "Joining the army in mid December of the year of Guimao", "Returning to the old residence", "Encountering fire in mid June of the year of Wushen", "September 9th of the year of Jiyou", "Harvesting early rice in the central and western fields of September of the year of Gengxu" "Bingchen's Harvest in the Lower Field in the Mid August", "Twenty Poems on Drinking Wine (Preface)", "Stop Drinking Wine", "Describe Drinking Wine", "Responsibility for Son", "Meeting and Writing", "Wax Day"

Volume Four - Poems with Five Words:

Nine Poems of Imitation of Ancient Chinese, Twelve Miscellaneous Poems, Seven Poems of Ode to the Poor, Two Commentaries, Three Good Poems, Jing Ke, Thirteen Poems of Reading the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Three Poems of Imitation of Elegy

Volume Five - Essays

"Ode to the Unexpectedly Encountered Scholars (Parallel Preface)", "Ode to Leisure Love", "Ode to Returning Home"

Volume Six - Biographies and Commentaries:

"Peach Blossom Spring Chronicles (Combined Poems)", "Biography of General Meng Fujun, the Former Jin Expedition to the West", "Biography of Mr. Wu Liu", "Praise on Paintings on Fans", "Nine Chapters of History Reading (Combined Preface)"

Volume Seven - Commentary on Sacrificial Writings:

"Annotations to Ziyan and Others," "Writings on Offering Sacrifice to Cheng's Sister," "Writings on Offering Sacrifice to My Younger Brother, Jingyuan," and "Writings on Self Sacrifice."