Although Tao Qian is one of the earliest poets in the Chinese tradition that has aroused the research interest of literary historians for centuries, in fact we know very little about the poet, and even today we still cannot identify him. original name. The earliest biographies about Tao Qian all gave different names - either Tao Qian, also known as Yuanming, or Yuanming, known as Liang. Or Yuan Liang, also known as Shen Ming. The editor of "Book of Jin", which is the official history, simply omitted "Yuanming", Tao Qian's familiar name. According to the "Book of Jin", it seems that Tao Qiancai should be his real name.