During the Taiyuan period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a Wuling man who fished as a business.

One day, he rowed along the stream, and he didn't know how long. Suddenly, I came across a peach blossom forest, the peach trees sandwiched the banks of the stream, hundreds of steps long, the herbs on the ground were bright and beautiful, and the falling petals were mixed. The fisherman was amazed at the beauty. I want to go further and finish this peach forest.

The peach grove disappeared from the place where the stream originated, and then I saw a mountain with a small hole in it, and there was a faint light in it.

So the fisherman dropped his boat and went in through the hole. At first, the opening is narrow enough for only one person to pass through. After walking a few dozen steps, it suddenly became open and bright.

The land is flat and open, the houses are in good order, there are fertile fields, beautiful ponds and things like mulberry trees and bamboo. The fields and paths are intertwined, and the sound of chickens and dogs can be heard in the villages.

The people inside come and go to plow the fields and work, and the men and women are dressed exactly like the people of the world outside the Peach Blossom Garden. The elderly and children alike are leisurely and happy.

When the man in the peach garden saw the fisherman, he was amazed and asked where the fisherman had come from. So he invited the fishermen to his house, and he set the wine and chickens to cook the food. When the people in the village heard that there was such a person, they came to inquire about it. They told the fishermen that their ancestors, in order to escape the troubles of the Qin Dynasty, led their wives, children, and fellow villagers to this isolated place, and never went out from here again, so they were cut off from the world outside the Peach Blossom Spring.

They asked what dynasty it was, but they didn't know that there was a Han dynasty, let alone a Wei dynasty and a Jin dynasty. So the fishermen told them in detail what they knew, and they were amazed when they heard it. The others invited the fishermen to their homes, and they all brought wine and food for them.

The fisherman stayed for a few days and then took his leave. As he was leaving, the people here told him, "The situation here is not worth telling the world outside of the Peach Blossom Garden." ”

When the fisherman came out, he found his boat and went back along the old road, marking everywhere along the way. When I returned to the county, I went to see the Taishou and reported the situation. Taishou immediately sent people to follow him, looking for the markers he had made earlier, but he lost his way and did not find his original path again.

Nanyang Liu Ziji, a noble celebrity, heard this incident and happily planned to go. But it didn't materialize, and he died soon after. After that, there were no more visitors.

After the fisherman left, the ancestors blocked the entrance to the cave with huge stones. Isolated from the world for thousands of years.

"I was born in an isolated world where my ancestors lived for generations. ”

When I was a child, I asked my father why we lived in an isolated world?

The ancestor was an active man, who wandered around the village all day long, and occasionally went to the mountains. On the other side of the mountain is a very wide and deep canyon, and when you stand on the top of the mountain, you can see that the canyon is covered with snow.

The ancestor stood there more than once, sighing: "Now that the war is raging and the lives are in misery, I will lead my people to find a new world isolated from the world. ”

The ancestor was already the patriarch of the village at that time, and since he was a child, he had extremely strong desires, curiosity, intellectual curiosity, power, and women.

When he became the patriarch and married the most beautiful woman in the world, and he began to find that everything around him was boring, he decided to shake the men of the village and follow him in search of a new world of isolation.

The patriarch became the patriarch because of his good relationships and his leadership. Soon the young men of the village, despite the persuasion of the old men and women, followed the ancestors with shovels to dig holes after harvesting the grain.

Soon, the rock walls around the village were full of caves, large and small.

Occasionally, people passing by will be startled by a man who suddenly comes out of the cave. But at that time, the big and small holes became a place for children to play, and my ancestors were among them. The most terrible thing was the cave collapse, and at one point, more than a dozen people were killed.

At the time, the elders said it was a punishment for not listening to advice, but my young patriarch did not give in, because there were still a few people who were loyal to him who decided to follow him with all their hearts. They all thought they were doing something great.

The patriarch also became aware of the safety problem and planted trees in his field despite the opposition of his beautiful wife. Make pillars out of wood in the cave.

My ancestors were heavily influenced by their father's ancestors, and at the age of sixteen he was dressed in rags, when his peers were already fathers. He likes to dig out strange things in these holes.

Once, he dug up a lot of yellow things and showed them back to his mother, who angrily scolded him: "Not doing his job." ”

But my ancestor was as curious as his father, so he went to ask an old man named Turtle, who had changed his name to Turtle when he was one hundred and one years old. Now he doesn't know how old he has lived, and the villagers have asked him, "Why such a strange name?" Why is it called a turtle. ”

The turtle told the villagers, "The turtle represents the immortal god who can prophesy." ”

When the ancestors asked the tortoise what the yellow and clear thing was, the tortoise prophesied, "That thing is called gold, which means honor." ”

He also told my ancestors, "Perhaps this prophesied that you would become the patriarch in the future." ”

My ancestor told his mother about this, and his mother said indifferently, "I hope that at that time, you will not lead your people to burrow like rats, as your father did." ”