Appreciation of the Peach Blossom Spring
" The Peach Blossom Spring " was one of the famous works of ancient Chinese literature and also a part of " Records of the Historian." It described a mysterious place where there was no human habitation, inconvenient transportation, simple life, and a far cry from modern society. The story of the Peach Blossom Spring was relatively simple. It was said that during the Qin Dynasty, there was a poet named Tao Yuanming who accidentally discovered a place called the Peach Blossom Spring on a trip. This place was completely different from the surrounding society. There was no transportation, no population, no war, and no pollution. The Peach Blossom Spring expressed the author's yearning and pursuit for a harmonious society with mystery, beauty and freedom as its theme. It also reflected some of the thoughts of ancient Chinese society, such as Taoism's "governing by inaction" and "the freedom and harmony of the people in the Peach Blossom Spring". The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring had a high literary value and was regarded as a classic work of ancient Chinese novels. It used simple and beautiful language to describe a world full of idealistic colors, causing people in later generations to yearn for and pursue a better life. It was also one of the important milestone in the history of Chinese literature, which had a profound influence on the development of ancient Chinese literature and modern literature.