Cheng Chung, a native of Anhwei, lived in Nanking. He excelled at painting Buddhist figures. When he did landscapes, Ting Yün-p’eng praised him as the reincarnation of the famed Chao Po-chü. Visible through the bright window, two scholars chat as a servant brings food. Outside, green poplar trees and red-tinged peach trees correspond to what the artist inscribed as “late spring”. This is probably a scene depicted from life. Done on golden paper that did not readily absorb the ink, he used washes of blue for the distant mountains as well as green and red colors for a pleasant, warm scene. The house, trees, mountains, and hills are all harmoniously arranged as mountains rise in the distance. This is the 7th leaf from P’i-hsün chi-ku.