當前主流學術界關於謝靈運山水詩作的詮釋，主要多從魏晉玄理、佛道與山水詩的融合關係加以討論。譚家哲先生則別開生面地擺脫主流詮釋取向，轉而回歸中國詩歌「詩言志」傳統，採取「整體洞照」而直接契入文本，強調其山水「行旅」詩作始終體現「人性懿美」，並反映著人的「心志與感情」。譚先生經由「分期研究」的模式，指出山水存在的意義之於謝靈運分別經歷了：反映作者存在心境，寧靜甜美與生命力之發現，山水之幽異性與超越性，山水之相互包涵依存性與深隱姿態，以及山水「境界」之高孤、隱妙等不同面向。這一獨特而精深的詮釋取向及研究成果，頗值得學術界加以關注。

At present, the interpretations of Xie Lingyun's Landscape Poetry by the mainstream academic, mainly focuses on the integrations of Xuan Li (玄理) of Buddhism and Taoism. Mr.Tan Jia-zhe choses to break away from the mainstream interpretations, and returns to the traditional hermeneutics of "Poetry Expressing the Heart" (詩言志) in Chinese poetry. Adopting "the holistic insight" and analyzing the texts immersingly, he suggests that that Xie’s landscape and travel Poetry always embodies the "human nature of goodness and beauty", reflects on people's "hearts and emotions". Through the "phased research" model, Mr. Tan points out that the significances of the landscape poetry are reflected in different aspects of Xie’s life experiences, such as: the author’s life situations, the discovery of tranquility, the sweetness and vitality, the heterogeneity and transcendence of landscapes, the interdependencies and deep-seated gestures of landscapes, the loneliness and hidden subtle of the realms of landscape, etc. Tan's unique and profound interpretations are worthy of being noticed by the academic world.