Tao Yuanming's Biography of Mr. Wu Liu Not as His Autobiography

It has been wildly thought in the history of Chinese literature that Biography of Mr.Wu Liu is an autobiography of Tao Yuanming.However,the hero Mr.Wu Liu is merely an ideal figure created by Tao through his synthesis of sages' personalities in history.Understand this point and we may get a better profile of Tao Yuanming.