非大知與慧，人存乎世，恆因我執故，難免憾恨悲憐，此雖歷來文哲不能免。吾人觀彼淵明，其歷來為樂道處，在田園形象，閒靜能淡與逸，并超脫那物外；然果能知足於斯畢生無憾與根？果能如前人所述，得舒適於白雲間作彼大化觀？個人依詩人現今所遺詩文觀之，心下甚弄可議，此自其五言古詩「乞食」一章，可以見出端倪。古謂人有三急，彼淵明情非得已之「乞食」動作，亦人甚急者之一，且急之至也。身外之需用，雖可能平凡之至，然是否可能緣自詩人內在深層之不足與缺憾？若是，由何線索可以見出？而諸種抽象與具體物資，究竟能否滿足詩人最終，亦是最根本之需求。本章除前言與結語外，分作三階段論：由「乞」入手，謂有「初始義」、「過程義」與「究竟義」；而吾人因探其途窮，故進一步索物以釋，試以消解其中糾繆不去的之現實、及詩人整此揮之不報之各種可能情節預設并歷歷情狀等；而除以上之協繪說明外，並總而詩詩人的形象予以二度詮釋。

　　　　　It's not easy for a man, even a litterateur or a philosopher, to have a life without any regrets, pities or sadness that are due to his own persistence, unless he is a man of great wisdom. What everybody knows so well about Yuan-ming is his pastoral image--free, calm, easy, and natural. However, did he feel satisfied with his life and have none regrets? And did he enjoy himself in the nature just like the old scholars said? From the poems he left us, I strongly feel that those comments on him are not totally correct. We can find some traces of regrets in his five-word classical poems called "Begging Food." The ancients used to say: a man has three emergencies. Yuan-ming's unavoidable food begging is the most emergent one, while the demand of necessities might be the most common one. But is it possible that these needs originate from the incompleteness and regrets deep down in him? If the answer is yes, where are clues? Did those abstract and concrete materials satisfy the ultimate and basic needs of the poet? Apart from the preface and epilogue, this article consists of three stages: beginning with the discussion of "begging," the writer proceeds along the well-known facts, the analysis of related literature, and the truth about Yuan-ming. In order to understand his distress, this article tries to find clues of the evidences to solve the involution of realty. In addition to the explanation and comments above, this article gives a different interpretation of the poet's image.