On TAO Yuan-ming's Outlook-on-Life and Aesthetics State

TAO Yuan ming's outlook on life, which is under the influence of the metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties, is the foundation of his aesthetic state, “uniting oneself with nature” makes him not only remain calm in the face of the life and death problem, but also face everything in his life with a broad minded, and create an aesthetic state in his life. TAO Yuan ming takes “the nature and its boundary” as his life principle in the light of which he can select between reclusion and official career. When he returns to the idyllic life, the idyllic life which is despised by officialdom is transformed into a transcendent aesthetic state in his life.