Everything is a product of nature, and all living things have the instinct to return to nature. You can find some of that nature revealed in his poems. For example: "Returning to the Garden and Living in the Fields" one of the poems has no suitable vulgar rhyme, and one's nature is to love hills and mountains. I accidentally fell into the dust net and passed away for thirty years. The tame birds are nostalgic for the old forest, the fish in the pond are thinking about the old abyss, they are opening up the wilderness in the south, and they are clumsily returning to their gardens. This is expressed in the poem "There is little but no vulgar rhyme". Mr. Lu Qinli's note: "'Sustainable rhyme' refers to the temperament and character that adapts to the world." Nature's natural love for hills and mountains is nothing more than saying that nature is happy to be in nature, and in nature, one can obtain the true self that belongs to one's inner pursuit. The "dust net" represents his inability to adapt to the constraints of the world, and the two images of "restrained bird" and "pond fish" are also metaphors for himself. Staying clumsy is the origin of his return to nature. "Wo Yizhong said: If there is a worldly charm, you will be clumsy and refuse to be clumsy. If you are not willing to be clumsy, you will have all kinds of tricks and can return to nature." This is what he wants to do by eliminating the world. "False self" in order to return to a world of "true self". This return to authenticity originates from nature, which is described in his poems. "At that time, people in the ruins were walking around wearing grass." Mr. Lu Qinli's note: "Write about friendship with farmers." In his poems, you can see some images about returning to nature, and you can also experience his joy in cultivating his fields. He is happy with this quiet and leisurely farming life. Pastoral retreat is a return to authenticity, which is in line with his own life pursuit and ideal living state. A more reasonable explanation can be found in Tao Yuanming's poems.
Source: Chinese information