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Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜, who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
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surname Tao
Tao Zongyi (c. 1329-1410), Yuan dynasty scholar
David Tao (1969-), Taiwanese singer-songwriter
Sing Tao, Hong Kong media group and publisher of Sing Tao Daily 星島日報|星岛日报
Tao Xingzhi (1891-1946), Chinese educator and reformer
Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong newspaper
Shi Tao (1642-1707), Chinese landscape painter and poet
Tao Qian or Tao Yuanming 陶淵明|陶渊明 (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
Terence Tao, Chinese-Australian mathematician, Fields medalist in 2006
Tao or Yami, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Tao or Yami, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Huang Tao (840-911), late Tang poet


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