Up the Mountain: When Wang Wei Met Tao Yuanming
by Yin Guang
About This Novel
This article is full of ancient meaning, taking Wang Wei's experience during the Anshi Rebellion as the main line, describing all living beings in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, telling the story of the close friendship between a pair of close friends in Qin poetry, as well as how individuals deal with themselves in the collective, and how to deal with conflicts between personality ideals and politics. Wang Wei felt that he always looked like Tao Yuanming. A famous poet, painter, musician and politician in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei (Yun Qi) experienced the Anshi Rebellion and accepted the pseudo-post of An Lushan, but did not die for his country. Even if you take dumb pills and laxatives to escape, you still can't avoid the suspicion of losing your temper. Wang and Tao (Ku Yuan) are both artists who live in seclusion in the landscape and countryside. They are close friends, but their personalities are similar but have differences. Wang Wei once commented that Tao Yuanming "cannot bear to be ashamed for a lifetime." Although Tao was famous for "not giving up for five buckets of rice", Wang Wei's achievements were also the ideal life that Tao Yuanming wanted but could not achieve. Sometimes, the person we hate may be another self deep in our hearts.
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