The poet Tao Yuanming married three wives in his life. The first two died unfortunately, and only the last one accompanied him to death. Tao Yuanming said in "Complaining Poems and Chu Tunes Showing Master Pang's Book Deng Zhizhong": "The weak crown meets the obstacles of the world, and the first room is out of balance." Weak crown 20. "Book of Rites Qu Lishang": "Twenty weak and crowned." The first room is thirty years old.

"Book of Rites Internal Rules": "When you have a house at the age of 30, you will be in charge of men." The house refers to the wife, commonly known as "home" among the people, but it is actually the vernacular saying of "house". Losing his preference is losing his wife. It can be seen that Tao Yuanming's first wife died when he was thirty.

In 385, 34-year-old Tao Yuanming married his second wife. In 392 AD, Tao Yuanming's second wife got consumption, vomited blood and passed away. After his wife died, the burden of family fell on Tao Yuanming's mother's shoulders. When I come back from teaching every day, I see four children who are not sensible. These four children are enough for the mother to take care of. Who will do the housework? You can't live without a housewife.

Mrs Meng discussed with her uncle Tao Kui, proposed to Tao Yuanming, and waited until the next spring to get married. Tao Yuanming's third wife's surname is Zhai, and Mrs Zhai is a junior to Tao Yuanming. One genus refers to a round of 12 years old. He is virtuous and capable. In the Biography of Tao Yuanming by Xiao Tong, Prince of Liang Zhaoming in the Southern Dynasties, he finally wrote: "Madam Zhai can also work hard and be with his comrades." According to this statement, his wife Zhai is also a hard worker.

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Three marriages of Tao Yuanming, a poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

The first wife:

In 376 AD, Tao Yuanming was 25 years old, married his first wife and got married. After getting married, he moved to Xunyang County. Tao Yuanming first made a living by teaching, then left without saying goodbye and went to Jiangzhou secretariat Wang Ningzhi's office to offer a drink offering.

It is said that Tao Yuanming's mother and wife were afraid that he was distracted in the officialdom, so they didn't tell his wife the news of pregnancy in time and wanted to hide it for a while. Later, Tao Yuanming went home and was very happy to learn the news. After all, he is old enough to be a father. As the saying goes, "unfilial has three sons, and the ancients valued their children, so their family was naturally happy."

However, something unexpected happened in the sky. Tao Yuanming's first wife had an accident in labor. Seeing his wife in labor, the child just stretched out one leg. He and his family were very helpless, and finally his wife and children left him. At that time, Tao Yuanming was also desperate, but he had no choice but to hold a funeral for his wife in grief.

Second wife:

In 385, 34-year-old Tao Yuanming married his second wife. In this marriage, his married life with his wife is very happy. In the second year after their marriage, they had their first son, Asu, whose birth brought new hope and joy to the whole family. Two years later, their second son, A Xuan, was born. What's more, A Xuan just knows how to run. He and his wife gave birth to twins, Ayong and Antonie.

For these sons, Tao Yuanming likes them very much, especially Ayong and Antonie. He often secretly visits the twins in his spare time of studying late at night and looks at two identical cute faces. Tao Yuanming's heart is naturally warm. Unexpectedly, when he and his wife were living a happy life, misfortune came again. Tao Yuanming was very sad that his good wife died of lung disease due to overwork.

The third wife:

Tao Yuanming's third wife Zhai is virtuous and capable. It is said that after the death of his second wife, the burden of family fell on Tao Yuanming. Tao Yuanming goes to teach every day, and his mother has to look after four children, so he can't take care of housework at all, so his relatives and friends told him about this marriage. Although Tao Yuanming's wife is 12 years younger than him, it is not difficult for her to do housework and work in the fields.

Zhai is very filial to her mother-in-law and serves her wholeheartedly. They get along well. Tao Yuanming only concentrates on teaching at ordinary times, while his wife keeps the family in good order and devotes herself to raising his four sons. She also worked in the fields with Tao Yuanming, doing things neatly and the family was happy.

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