id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1588 Utopia - Wikipedia .html text/html 8011 897 65 The Peach Blossom Spring (桃花源), a prose written by the Chinese poet Tao Yuanming, describes a utopian place.[52][53] The narrative goes that a fisherman from Wuling sailed upstream a river and came across a beautiful blossoming peach grove and lush green fields covered with blossom petals.[54] Entranced by the beauty, he continued upstream and stumbled onto a small grotto when he reached the end of the river.[54] Though narrow at first, he was able to squeeze through the passage and discovered an ethereal utopia, where the people led an ideal existence in harmony with nature.[55] He saw a vast expanse of fertile lands, clear ponds, mulberry trees, bamboo groves and the like with a community of people of all ages and houses in neat rows.[55] The people explained that their ancestors escaped to this place during the civil unrest of the Qin dynasty and they themselves had not left since or had contact with anyone from the outside.[56] They had not even heard of the later dynasties of bygone times or the then-current Jin dynasty.[56] In the story, the community was secluded and unaffected by the troubles of the outside world.[56] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1588.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1588.txt