陶渊明的出身,并非某些资料所言“庶族寒门”。其家族三代为官:曾祖父陶侃,是东晋开国元勋,官至大司马,封长沙郡公。祖父、父亲做过地方太守(可能是祖荫)。如此,陶渊明属货真价实的贵族血统了。陶渊明九岁丧父,家道中落是事实,但幼年在外祖父家长大的经历,又让他学养修为都高于常人。他的外祖父孟嘉是当时名士,陶渊明从小耳濡目染,既学外祖父染酒,又得外祖父诗书之 Tao Yuanming’s origin, not some of the information said “Shu cold door ”. The family of three generations as officials: great-grandfather Tao Kan, is the founding fathers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, officials to the big Sima, seal Changsha County public. Grandfather, father made a local prefect (probably aunt). So, Tao Yuanming is a genuine aristocratic descent. Tao Yuanming died at the age of nine, and his family fell in love is a fact. However, when his childhood grew up in his grandfather’s family, his education and training were all higher than that of ordinary people. His grandfather Meng Jia was a celebrity at that time, Tao Yuanming from childhood, both learned grandfather wine, but also grandfather poem book