The preface of the poem reveals the theme: "noble and humble, virtuous and ignorant, you have to run a career to cherish your life, you are very confused;" Therefore, Chen is extremely painful and inseparable, which is explained by telling God to distinguish. A good gentleman needs his mind. "People, whether noble or stupid, are taking pains to manage and cherish their lives. This practice is really puzzling. So I tried my best to state Yingying's well-meaning words and explain them by telling God's theory of discrimination. People who care about this matter can get universal truth here.
The main purpose of Shadow is to explain that life is short and not as eternal as nature, and to attack the ethos of seeking immortality since Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Shadow Answer Form criticizes the old view of nature with the tone of master and apprentice, and puts forward his own outlook on life. He was dissatisfied with the attitude of celebrities at that time, such as Ji Kang and others, who advocated pursuing the name behind him.
The Interpretation of God criticizes the form and shadow in God's words. "Where is the Great Sage of Huang San now?" and "Who should be respected for standing well?" Questioning the mainstream theory that standing well can live forever. The following six sentences in Peng Zulian's Eternal Years break the theory that advocates and old naturalists are obsessed with seeking immortality. Life is too long to be submerged in the long river of history. Finally, it is proposed that the individual becomes a part of nature and exists with the world.
These three poems are Tao Yuanming's criticism of the social atmosphere in Wei and Jin Dynasties, and also his personal views on being born and entering the WTO. He doesn't approve of the negative attitude towards life. Even if he retired from the countryside, Tao Yuanming still showed a positive and optimistic attitude towards life, conformed to nature, and was in the vastness of the universe, not greedy for petty profits and enjoying the fun of life. These three poems are full of philosophical speculation and are Tao Yuanming's reflections on life in a chaotic social environment.