This work illustrates a section from the famous prose poem "Ode on the Nymph of the Lo River" by Ts'ao Chih (192-232). Immortalized therein, she is described as a "winsome and graceful" beauty with "slender shoulders and waist walking lightly on the waves in unsullied silk". The painting here shows Concubine Mi (the Nymph of the Lo River) riding a chariot driven by six dragons above the clouds and water accompanied by various mystical beasts. The taut lines and representation of the flowing water, curling clouds, small trees, and river bank preserve many elements of early Chinese landscape painting.

        Bearing neither seal nor signature of the artist, this work has been attributed to Ku K'ai-chih, the early master of figure painting in taut brushwork.