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Tao Yuanming was a Chinese poet of the Six Dynasties period (c. 220 - 589 CE). Tao Yuanming later changed his name to Tao Qian and is generally regarded as the greatest poet during the centuries between the Han and Tang dynasties. He is also the foremost of the "recluse" poets, or the poets who seem to have written their greatest work while in reclusion and/or those poets in whose poems the theme of countryside solitude particularly resonates.

Eastern pastoral poet Tao Yuanming's famous "Chosun" has always been a favorite of many painters theme, which does not lack many masterpieces. Now in the possession of the Ming Dynasty in Liaoning Provincial Museum, "Chosun map" volume is one of the masterpieces. This volume is Ma Shi Li, Xia Zhi three to make, according to Tao famous "Chosun" and co-comic style works for a total of nine, packed into a roll.