1. Strictly speaking, Ruan Ji did not live in seclusion. However, according to the Book of Jin, Ruan Ji knew that there were few celebrities in troubled times in Wei and Jin Dynasties, so he used wine to drown his sorrows, as Sima proposed. At the turn of Wei and Jin Dynasties, Sima rejected dissidents and Ji Kang was killed, which shocked celebrities.
2. write poetry. I was depressed and had nowhere to vent, so I wrote "Huaishi" to express my indignation at the current situation with obscure brushwork.
3. Whistling is the same as getting drunk when writing poems.
4. Li Yue reflected the trend of advocating metaphysics and opposing Confucian etiquette in Zhengshi period.