Attachment is a bitter sea Kung Peng-cheng cites the poems about journeys through fairyland by the Six Dynasties poets Guo Pu (276-324) and Ruan Ji (210-263) as examples of how in troubled times, it was only by venturing into fairy realms that poets could release their pent-up emotions and escape the fear of death.
龔鵬程以六朝人物郭璞、阮籍的遊仙詩為例，正因為時俗迫厄，人世阢隉，詩人進入仙境，才能放情長嘯，逃離死亡的憂懼。