Why can Tao Yuanming not bend his waist for five buckets of rice

Non-indifferent and unambitious, non-tranquil and far-reaching, the best proof is in Tao Yuanming.

Tao Yuanming's story: Don't bend your waist for five buckets of rice.

Tao Yuanming, a great poet in the late Eastern Jin Dynasty, was a celebrity, and his great-grandfather was the famous Eastern Jin Dynasty Great Sima. When he was young, Tao Yuanming had the ambition of "helping the common people". However, in the turbulent years when the country was on the verge of collapse, Tao Yuanming's ambition could not be realized at all.

In addition, he has an upright personality, is clear and honest, and is unwilling to grovel to the powerful, so he has a sharp contradiction with the dirty and dark real society, and has an incompatible feeling.

In order to survive, Tao Yuanming initially worked as a petty official in the state, but because he couldn't get used to the bad style of officialdom, he soon resigned and went home. Later, in order to make a living, he also successively worked in some low-status official positions, living a life of seclusion.

Tao Yuanming died in poverty and illness. He could have lived a more comfortable life, at least without worrying about food and clothing, but that would come at the cost of personality and integrity. Tao Yuanming gained the freedom of the soul and the dignity of personality because he "did not bend his waist for five buckets of rice", and wrote a generation of poems and essays that have been passed down for centuries.

While leaving a precious literary wealth for future generations, it also left a precious spiritual wealth. Because of his "not bending his waist for five buckets of rice", he has become a model for future generations of people with lofty ideals in China.

Tao Yuanming was a writer and hermit in the Eastern Jin Dynasty of China, and he was known for his naturalistic works and ideas of pastoral life. Regarding the reasons why he refused to bend his waist for five buckets of rice, there are mainly the following explanations:

Advocating freedom: Tao Yuanming pursues a free and easy life, and he is unwilling to be bound by material interests, nor is he willing to succumb to power and wealth. He attaches more importance to inner peace and spiritual freedom, and pursues the true meaning of life.

Indifferent to fame and fortune: Tao Yuanming advocated the life attitude of the sedan guide to fame and fortune, he did not pursue the accumulation of power and wealth, but the pursuit of peace and tranquility of the soul. He believes that the true happiness of life does not lie in the accumulation of material things, but in the inner satisfaction and peace of mind.

Opposition to servility: Tao Yuanming has a strong sense of personal independence and self-esteem, he is unwilling to submit to the powerful, and is not willing to compromise his unbridled principles for the sake of power and prestige money. He insisted on being a real and free person, rather than bending his back and being servile for a little material gain.

These reasons made Tao Yuanming insist on not bending his waist for five buckets of rice, and he chose the spiritual realm of pastoral life and freedom, which became a model and cultural symbol for later generations to follow.

The knot is in the human realm, and there is no noise of cars and horses. Ask you how you can be, and your heart is far away. Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely see the South Mountain.

The sun and sunset in the mountains are beautiful, and the birds are returning to each other. There is a true meaning in this, and I have forgotten to distinguish it. How many modern people living in the city do not envy, yearn for, and revel in Tao Yuanming's pastoral life?

In recent years, people have flocked to the pastoral "retreat" life, and in the steel forest of the city, it seems that it is difficult for us to find a real sustenance, more to live for the sake of living. Returning to the countryside and returning to a natural and simple way of life has become our heart's desire.

There are several reasons for this:

First of all, it is an avoidance of anger in real life.

In the modern society, where everything must be said and the value of macro is used, the desire for money has led people to have an illusion: before doing anything, they must first weigh whether the thing can bring benefits to themselves or how much they will bring benefits. Relatives and friends are ruthless for the sake of monetary interests abound, and a person's family status, social status, and the recognition of others are all measured by money.

Poor in the downtown no one asks, rich in the mountains have distant relatives" is the truest and most helpless portrayal. In this way, people's hearts are impetuous. The consequence of impetuousness is endless anxiety.

We want to control our emotions and avoid this anger. How?

The first thing that comes to mind is to return to the countryside. Perhaps, the rural life in reality is not what we imagine, but in everyone's heart, there is a pastoral of their own: there are picturesque scenery, simple life, harmonious neighborhoods, and kind hearts.

Second, the inertia of traditional consciousness.

China has been a predominantly agrarian society for thousands of years, and it has not been long since it transformed from an agrarian society to an industrial society. There is a saying that "if you count up to five generations, everyone is a peasant", especially the parents and grandparents who were born in the fifties and sixties have extremely deep feelings for the countryside. Tang Bohu, a famous literati in the Ming Dynasty, has a poem "Song of the Peach Blossom Temple".

Peach blossom nunnery in Peach Blossom Dock, peach blossom fairy under Peach Blossom Nunnery. The peach blossom fairy planted peach trees, and folded peach blossoms for wine money. When you wake up, you only sit under the flowers, and you need to sleep when you are drunk.

Day after day after flower, drunkenness and sobering year after year.

Finally, some people's yearning for an idyllic retreat is a renunciation of self.

All kinds of pressure in real life are really overwhelming. Most people choose to face difficulties and live strongly; There are also a small number of people who choose to retreat irresponsibly, or even give up on themselves. Give up and need reason to comfort yourself.

The so-called "retreat" is the best excuse.

We have nowhere to retreat, peace of mind is pastoral. I believe that all of us will find our original intentions, find our own prosperous Jinyuan, and live the life we yearn for. We have nowhere to retreat, peace of mind, and it is idyllic.