Recently, many book friends have asked Tao Kai.

Here is a small scene to explain: Professor Tao Kai’s hometown is knowledgeable and particularly good at poetry. At that time, he was Zhang Zhongju, Zhu Changling and others from his peers, and made friends with poetry and paintings. Li Zhi of the Ming Dynasty said that he was "excellent in character, talented, knowledgeable, and far-reaching, and a thousand words of knowledge. He was a very high evaluation. Indeed, Tao Kai also became the leader of the literary world at that time and became more and more famous. His life was only seeking academic reputation, not official reputation, which was also very rare. At that time, Kai wrote the "Political Achievements" and "Siku Quanshu Catalogue" that were once the master of the Shi family school in Hangzhou. The Ming Taizu was famous for visiting and seeking progressive strategies, saying, "The land where the heroes are based is not allowed to compete with. Although the Yuan Dynasty has land, the government has declined and the public is resentful, it is an empty land.

, It was easy to take it," Taizu was surprised and said to Kai, "There will be a new day." Later, in the first year of Hongwu, Taizu of Ming sent officials to send Tao Kai's hometown to the capital and advised him to become an official. He did not want to enter the government, so he left home and traveled to the lake and sea. The deadline had come, but he still did not come back. It aroused the Ming Taizu's furious and issued another edict, "Tao Kai would not respond to the edict, but he could take the head of his clan members to return." After learning the news of the edict, everyone in the Tao clan members were very afraid and sent people to search everywhere. Finally, they found Tao Kai. Tao Kai thought about it carefully. He said that if he did not obey the edict, the people of the Tao clan would suffer disasters, causing disasters and causing great crimes. In order to prevent the whole clan from being executed, he had to make up his mind to enter the capital according to the edict.

After Tao Kai entered Beijing, he ordered him to compile the "History of Yuan Dynasty". After he completed the book, he was appointed as the Hanlin Yingfeng and compiled the "Da Ming Jili", and later became the teacher of the Daben Hall and taught the Prince of Chu. In the third year of Hongwu, after Kai became the Minister of Rites, he first built the Fengxian Temple on the left side of the Qianqing Palace, formulated the system of military rituals and official tombs, and revised the "History of Ming Dynasty", and also formulated the local drinking ceremony, using the "Yi Li" of Zhou and the Tang and Song dynasties to participate in the ceremony. Kai was appointed solemnly and set the imperial examination. Next year, Kai Yun chief examiner and took Wu Bozong and other 120 people. Cheng Wenzhong, and Kai prefaced his first sketch and made the final example. Taizu once told Kai: "Doing to die is like living. I am not well raised, so it is better to pursue the way far away." In the sixth year of Hongwu, he was appointed as the Huguang Guan.

In the eighth year of Zheng, he became the sacrificial prince of the Imperial Palace, and later changed to the left prime minister of the King of Jin. He successively compiled "Zhaojianlu" with Zhang Chou, wrote "Nine Musicals" with Zhan Tonggeng, and compiled "Hongwu Zhengyun" and other works. "Everyone who reviewed ancient rituals and literature, many public statements were made, and he also led Hanlin scholars, and ordered the imperial edicts to seal books and praise steles and steles at all times. The articles were always passed down to the world." From the above, it can be seen that Tao Kai used his energy, hard work, and efforts to make contributions to the formulation of the etiquette and rules of the Ming Dynasty. He ordered Zhan Tonggeng to write Kai's first singing, and all ministers were harmonious. The Ming Taizu said that "the edicts, seal books, praises, and steles were often used by him." It was also called "the wording and meaning are all in their own form, and they are used for the generation."

Tao Kai was very concerned about the production and life of his tribe and his hometown. When he had already compiled the Yuan Dynasty, he wrote a preface to the genealogy in the third year of Hongwu, in the name of the 18th generation grandson of the Minister of Rites, and recorded the history of Changtan Village and the changes in the village since the end of the Tang Dynasty. He also conducted an investigation around Changtan Village and made the "Eight Scenery Records of Changtan", namely the elephant-nosed red cirque, the osmanthus rosy, the moon passing by the rock gate, the clouds floating in the stone chamber, the ancient traces of the mountain pavilion, the strange traces of the dragon qiu, the fishing of the Changhu, and the farming of the back ridge. There are poems in the scenery, such as "Changhu Fishing", Tao Kai wrote: "Don't use a small boat to go far away, just fish with a straw straw hat beside the lake. The slanting wind is still quiet, and the drizzle is floating in the time of long fun. The Wei River is called Lu Shang, and there is a peaceful light in Fuchun's hidden trace. When you come to the evening, you will get the willows hanging in the silk, and you will wear fresh scales into the drunken village." The poem adds poetry to "Changhu Fishing" and adds poetry and scenery to "Changhu Fishing".

Tao Kai's death was caused by the rules and regulations of the Ming Dynasty. Tao Kai was a knowledgeable, talented, far-sighted, very friendly, and well-known person. Zhu Yuanzhang took his eyes on his wise, high-spirited, knowledgeable, and asked him about his plans for peace in the world. Kai was originally peaceful in the world and the people were healthy, so he offered suggestions to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang read many Tao Kai's books, and benefited a lot in order to seek peace in the world. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Tao Kai's existence was not good for his status, and without Tao Kai, it was not good for the country. But he was jealous of Tao Kai and was often

Often dreaming, dreaming of a flying dragon appearing in Tao Kai’s home, with red light shining everywhere. In addition, Tao Kai calls himself a "durable Taoist". The more he thinks, the more he feels that Tao Kai's existence is not good for the emperor's throne. Zhu Yuanzhang turns from a dream to a true life, and then becomes jealous and resentful, and lays a killing intention, and uses various means to kill Tao Kai. Legend has it that one day, Zhu Yuanzhang and civil and military officials watched the performance of "The Art of Swallowing the Boat", but did not see the trick, but Tao Kai alone saw the truth. Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself that the emperor was "true dragon eye" and could not see the magic. Tao Kai could see, could it be, "The True Dragon Emperor

"Is it not me, Zhu Yuanzhang, but Tao Kai? With such good eyesight, there must be a "famous" in his hometown. Zhu Yuanzhang asked Tao Kai to discuss state affairs and asked him what mysterious things were in his hometown. Tao Kai knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was malicious and replied casually: "There is a lion in the east of my family (referring to the Lion Mountain in Xiaohaimen in the west), and an elephant in the south (referring to the elephant truss rock in Xiayanggu Village). There is a puffy rock under the elephant's trunk. This rock changes a lot, and it suddenly floats out of the water and sinks, and it often rises and falls with the stream water. There is also a Song carved on the puffy rock.

A poem by Zhang Yuzhong, a Jinshi of the Cangshu, "I once entered the thousands of boats of thousands of miles, and now I am sure to dip in the clear stream; the king's jade rushes to drive, how can I be free to accompany the white gulls?". Tao Kai was also very nervous about the poem engraving of the floating rocks. Because Tao Kai knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was suspicious by nature, he wanted to send someone to check it out. If he found that the floating rock had no words, he would commit a serious crime of deceiving the king, he would be killed. Tao Kai sent someone overnight to his hometown and asked the stone carving master to engrave the poem as soon as possible. It is strange that this floating rock sank under the water yesterday and exposed to the water today. After the words were engraved, the floating rock sank again.

Although Tao Kai tried every means to avoid Zhu Yuanzhang's punishment, Zhu Yuanzhang always believed that Tao Kai existed and was uneasy, and the emperor's throne was unstable, so he had to kill him. When Tao Kai was appointed as the Minister of Rites, his subordinates "misused the use of talismans" to execute him. Zhu Yuanzhang killed Tao Kai and also blamed him for his responsibility. Zhu Yuanzhang's son, King Zhu Zhen, also apologized for his injustice and sued himself under the Jinshui Bridge. In fact, when Tao Kai was in his official position, Zhu Yuanzhang presented him with a "Iron Scroll of Dan Book" (i.e., the card of death exemption). However, when "the king wanted the minister to die, the minister had to die", the "card of death exemption" became a piece of paper.

In the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Tao Kai to Nanjing and practiced "History of Yuan" with Song Lian. The book was completed and he was appointed as the Hanlin Yingfeng. He also compiled the "Ming Ji Li" and was also a tutor of King Chu. In the third year, he served as the Minister of Rites, prepared military rituals, formulated imperial examinations, devoted himself to the formulation of rules and regulations and etiquette, and drafted documents on foreign relations. In the fourth year, he served as the chief examiner of the examination. In the fifth year, he submitted a request to imitate the Han, Tang and Song compilation of "Huiyao", which was adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang. He also collected the deeds of the vassals of all dynasties and compiled them into books, named by Zhu Yuanzhang "Zhaojian" and issued them to the vassal kings. Six years later, he served as the governor of Huguang, the Imperial College Priest, and the left prime minister of the Jin royal palace.

He often served Zhu Yuanzhang. He used many imperial edicts, engravings, praises, etc., and participated in the compilation of "Hongwu Zhengyun". He wrote "Collection of Tao Shangshu". Because he called himself "Duji Taoist", Zhu Yuanzhang regarded himself as an allegory of killing heroes and was executed. The King of Chu was extremely sad and fell into Jinshui Bridge to die.

Tao Kai was approachable, considering the overall situation, enthusiastic about education, upholding justice, and daring to take responsibility. He had a certain status in the history of the Ming Dynasty. He was influential in all places for his country and people.

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