Beautiful pastoral scenery, picturesque as a painting, leisurely gazing at the southern mountains
I built my hut within the human realm, yet hear no clamor of carts and horses. How can this be so? A heart set far away makes the place itself remote. Picking chrysanthemums beneath the eastern hedge, I leisurely gaze at the southern mountains. The mountain air is lovely at dusk, and flying birds return together. -- Jin Dynasty, Tao Yuanming, "Drinking Wine, No. 5" Although this is merely what the pastoral poet Tao Yuan...
I built my hut within the human realm, yet hear no clamor of carts and horses.
How can this be so? A heart set far away makes the place itself remote.
Picking chrysanthemums beneath the eastern hedge, I leisurely gaze at the southern mountains.
The mountain air is lovely at dusk, and flying birds return together.
-- Jin Dynasty, Tao Yuanming, "Drinking Wine, No. 5"
Although this is merely the pastoral scenery of ancient Mount Lu depicted by the pastoral poet Tao Yuanming, the green pastoral scenery of today seems to evoke the same mood in people's hearts: "How can this be so? A heart set far away makes the place itself remote."
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