New Study of the Relationship among Tao Yuanming, Xie Lingyun and Taoism

Tao Yuanming and Xie Lingyun had deep relationship with Taoism. Many of studiers believed Taoism was Tao and Xie’s religious belief. In fact, regression path was difficult, but persistent. Becoming an immortal was very difficult, but Tao and Xie discovered endless fun and the place of putting ideal in finding immortal. Tao Yuanming and Xie Lingyun lived in political dim of Jin and Song Chao, and their finding of safe and freedom was the same with Taoism’s. In addition, religious nature of Taoism decided its doctrine's fear to destiny. They believed nature and destiny .There was a positive significance for understanding Tao's “along with the fate and spontaneous change” and Xie's “insist Tao and along with nature”.