Mark Meulenbeld

The Presence of Peach Spring radically breaks with conventional interpretations of Tao Qian's Record of Peach Blossom Spring by connecting the tale to its stated geographical location in northern Hunan province, People's Republic of China, focusing on the Daoist lore that surrounds it. Drawing on more than two decades of fieldwork, Mark Meulenbeld uncovers the presence of Peach Spring as...