第11章 归园田居（其一）

魏晋：陶渊明

少无适俗韵，

性本爱丘山。

误落尘网中，

一去三十年。

羁鸟恋旧林，

池鱼思故渊。

开荒南野际，

守拙归园田。

方宅十余亩，

草屋八九间。

榆柳荫后檐，

桃李罗堂前。

暧暧远人村，

依依墟里烟。

狗吠深巷中，

鸡鸣桑树颠。

户庭无尘杂，

虚室有余闲。

久在樊笼里，

复得返自然。

10.Returning to Yuantianjü Dwelling（1st Poem）

Wei＆Jin Dynasties: Tao Yuanming

In childhood, I have not been used to everydayness;

I was born a nature lover.

I fell into the secular world due to carelessness;

It has been thirty years altogether.

A caged bird longs for its former forestland;

The pond fish yearns for its old pool deep.

I am reclaiming the southern wasteland;

Retiring from office, a simple rural life I keep.

Around my home, there is about two acres of land;

I have also eight or nine thatched cottages.

Elm and willow trees shade the back eaves, and

Before the rooms stand peach and plum trees.

In the distance, a village is vague and dim;

Over the village, smoke swirls softly upward.

From the deep lane several dog barks come;

From the tops of the mulberry trees roosters are heard.

The courtyard is clean and free from odds and ends;

My heart, free of preoccupations, is at its leisure.

Living so long a caged life, oh, my friends,

I finally return to nature.

作者简介

陶渊明（公元352年或365年-公元427年），字元亮，又名潜，世称“靖节先生”。浔阳柴桑（今江西九江柴桑区）人。东晋末至南朝宋初期诗人、辞赋家，被称为“古今隐逸诗人之宗”。

陶渊明是中国第一位田园诗人，其诗纯朴自然、高远拔俗、情感深厚，影响了唐代田园诗派。苏东坡评曰：“渊明诗初看似散缓，熟看有奇句。……大率才高意远，则所寓得其妙，造语精到之至，遂能如此。似大匠运斤，不见斧凿之痕。”

作为中国第一个大量写饮酒诗的诗人，他以“醉诗”批判是非颠倒的上流社会，反映仕途险恶，表现退出宦海的怡然自得，或困顿中的牢骚。鲁迅曾言：陶潜正因为并非浑身是“静穆”，所以他伟大。

陶渊明崇尚自然、真理、自由，傲岸不屈，人格高洁。《桃花源记》和《归去来兮辞》等辞赋最见其魏晋风度。