Tao Yuanming has no recluse spirit. When he was not an official, Tao Yuanming and his party were targeted because the family team failed to compete for the highest power. Tao Yuanming deliberately worked as a small official for several years and published some articles that were not motivated, in order to paralyze those in power and save their lives.
Tao Yuanming can't help it, or he will lose his head.