Difference of Idyll between Wang Wei and Tao Yuanming

Wang Wei's Idyll and Tao Yuanming's Idyll both fall into the aesthetic category of beauty,with tranquility and nonchalance as their main style.However, there are certain differences between them.Wang Wei's poems are much more solemn and serene.Some show his indifference to the mortal world.His poems have a religious mystery,far from the secular life and show his literati's sentiment of selfadmiration above politics and wordly interests.Tao Yuanming's poems are full of natural and pure of life.Their unaffected and friendly style respects popularity and secularity.His poems express his affirmation to the real life and his identification with the secular life.In terms of the artistic technique of expression,Wang Wei pays much more attention to the beauty of form,such as couplet,color contrast and tableau arrangement,while Tao Yuanming's poems appear natural and smooth without any ornament.