Tao Hongjing resigned from the government in middle age and came to live in the Maoshan Zhuguan, calling himself "Huayang Hermitage". Although he gave up his glory and wealth, he could only lay down his official position and wealth, but not the world.
Emperor Wu of Liang admired Tao Hongjing's talent very much and wanted to invite him to become an official in the mountains several times, but Tao Hongjing insisted. In a hurry, he drew two cows for Emperor Wu of Liang: one was free among the water and grass, and the other was dressed in gold ornaments
It was someone who whipped it away. Emperor Wu of Liang understood what he meant at first sight, but military and political affairs still sent people to consult him, so Tao Hongjing's reputation as "Prime Minister of the Mountains" went away.
In his idle life, Tao Hongjing sorted out and edited the ancient medical art "Shennong Materia Medica", and wrote the "Famous Doctors' Catalogue" and "Notes on the Collection of Materia Medica", which became a milestone in the history of China's medical development. Moreover, he collected his own herbs to treat the poor, often without taking anything. The local people admire him very much, and in the place where he lived, Tao Mountain, there is still a legend of "the hegemony of the Six Dynasties into the passing water, and the famous mountain of thousands of years is tao".
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