This work is probably the earliest description of "The Peach Blossom Spring," T'ao Yuan-ming's (365-427) famous story of a paradise found and lost. The title of this painting comes from the facing page of poetry, but the content indeed is a scene from the story of the Peach Blossom Spring. This work is quite small as only the foreground is shown. The focus is on the fisherman talking with the villagers in the middle after finding the spring. He had walked from the cave at the right, through which he came. Also shown is his skiff, his means of travel. All that is missing here is the dream-like description of the lines;
I stumble upon a peach blossom forest,
Lining the shores for hundreds of paces.

       The Peach Blossom Spring is especially suitable as the spring scene here, which comes from the album "Landscapes of the Four Seasons" traditionally attributed to Li T'ang (ca. 1049-after 1130).