It was the poet Tao Yuan-ming, of the Eastern-Jin dynasty (AD 317-420), who advocated giving up one's official position and remuneration in favor of retreating to work in the garden, where one could enjoy writing poems by the river, stroking the pine trees and enjoying the life of the hermit.
東晉陶淵明大唱歸去來兮，舍官祿而就田園，享受臨流賦詩、撫松盤桓的隱逸生活。