摘要
CELEBRATED ＂recluse＂ poet Tao Yuanming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty （316-420） was also author of the short prose work entitled A Tale of Peach Blossom Valley. It tells of a mountain-encircled land removed from temporal existence, laced with crystal-clear rivers and girded with bridges, whose inhabitants live a carefree life of peace and prosperity. The Chinese title of this work Taohuayuan Ji has since been synonymous with Utopia.
The vision to which many Chinese people hold fast of an idyllic life is re ected in a third century story about a mountain-encircled,peach blossom-adorned land removed from temporal existence.In the author’s view,Bamei,a desolate village in Yunnan Province,comes close to this utopia.
