Abstract: From the Jin to the Tang dynasty, Tao Yuanming’s “Peach Blossom Spring” and Wang Wei’s “Wangchuan Valley” emerged as paradigmatic models of reclusive spatial writing in Chinese literati literature. Rooted in the ethical practice of agrarian civilization, the former constructs a spiritual utopia against the chaos of its age through a narrative mode in which the ideal and the real interpenetrate — what may be called a posture of “proud pastoral dwelling”. The latter, drawing on the cultural openness of the High Tang, achieves a transformation of reclusive space — from collective withdrawal and resistance to an immersive, literati-oriented aesthetic experience — through Zen-inflected contemplation of nature and the aesthetic sublimation of garden culture, embodied in a spirit of “free communion with forest and stream”. The divergence between the two also reflects the deep interaction between shifting intellectual currents and the spiritual evolution of the literati across the Jin–Tang transition: the inner core of reclusive space moved from ethical practice toward aesthetic consciousness, from the “far-reaching resonance of ideas” shaped by xuanxue (Neo-Daoist metaphysics) to the “untrammeled freedom of jing” (the self-contained aesthetic realm) nurtured by the confluence of Buddhism and Daoism.