This work, said to be by Tang Peng, has been dated back to 1705 CE. While the intricacies of the work and later tendencies to imitate Peng’s work have put its legitimacy in question, this piece nonetheless demonstrates some key elements of earlier tiehua pieces. This is seen in the use of small houses (showing man’s small place in nature), use of white space to fill in for a sky and even water, and use of mountains to show the isolation and serenity of rural life so craved by many Confucian-minded literati in a rapidly developing and growing China. Nonetheless, this piece compliments nature rather than critiquing society, coinciding with the themes of tianyuan shi, a style of bucolic poetry.