"Mr. Five Willows," who "works excessively hard, but has leisure in his heart," is a testimony to true leisure. Leisure not only requires having the time and the high spirits to enjoy walking in the spring mountains and sailing the moonlit rivers. Even more important is to be at peace with one's inner self and to have the freedom that arises from complete self-possession.
五柳先生「勤靡餘勞，心有常閒」的陶然忘機，說明瞭真正的悠閒，豈止是有時間與雅興春徑山行、月夜泛舟，更重要的是主體的安頓，與自主心的全然自由。