This group of poems "Seven Poems for Helping the Poor" was written at the turn of Jin and Song Dynasties, and it was a poem of Tao Yuanming in his later years. By praising the poor in ancient times, these poems show the poet's feelings of being poor and keeping his ambition and not seeking fame and fortune. First, lonely clouds and lonely birds symbolize the poet's lonely situation and destiny, and show the poet's lofty interest in keeping his ambition. The second is the summary of this group of capitalized poems. The poem laments loneliness and no bosom friend. This song prides itself on being poor and living in poverty, and seeks to comfort its spirit from ancient times.
There are four chapters in Returning Birds. The poet used the artistic technique of "Bi Xing" in The Book of Songs to describe himself with birds, that is, to express his feelings of seclusion by singing the praises of returning birds, and at the same time to show his detached interest and elegant and free mind.
"Two Ancient Poems of Tian She in the Early Years of Guimao": Guimao was the second year of Emperor Yuan Xing of Jin 'an (403), and Tao Yuanming was thirty-nine. Two years ago, in the winter of the fifth year of Jin 'an Longan (40 1), Tao Yuanming resigned from his post as a shogunate in Huan Xuan and returned to his hometown because of his mother's funeral. These two poems were written in the spring of the same year, when the poet had already begun to plow the fields. "Miss Tian She" means miss Tian She's past. The poet expresses his ambition by recalling the past, showing his joy of returning to farming and his determination to stay away from the dirty world. First of all, the spring ploughing at the beginning of the year showed the fresh and pleasant scene of the field and expressed the poet's inner joy. Through farming in the countryside, the poet initially experienced the pleasure of "planting sticks" in ancient times: hiding from being an official, and said that Yan Hui's behavior of being poor in planting crops could not be imitated. Secondly, this poem thinks that "worrying about Tao but not being poor" like Confucius is unattainable and unattainable, so it is better to follow Confucius' practice in seclusion. The description of rural scenery and rural life in the poem is very vivid and interesting.
Giving birth to a son: According to the content of this poem, it should be written for the poet when he just got his eldest son. In the 18th year of Emperor Xiaowu of Jin Dynasty in Taiyuan (393), Tao Yuanming was twenty-nine. This poem was recorded in Yuan Gui, and the ci was Xunzi. "Life child" also means disciplining a son. There are ten chapters in this poem. The first six chapters are to encourage his son to inherit the glorious family style of his ancestors and describe the merits of his ancestors. The last four chapters aim to express my earnest hope and advice to my son, hoping that he will become a successful person in the future. The whole poem has sincere words and heavy feelings, which shows the poet's yearning for his son.