a haven of peace and happiness-凯发k8官网

tao yuanming, a famous writer of the eastern jin dynasty (317-420), wrote the well-known essay peach-blossom spring. in it he tells a story which goes like this: a fisherman happened to come upon（偶然见到） a place called peach-blossom spring. squeezing（压榨，推挤） through a cave, he found a village, the residents of which were descendants（后代，晚辈） of refugees from the qin dynasty. it was a paradise ¹（鼓励，绝缘） from the outside world, without exploitation or oppression, and everybody living and working in peace and contentment（满足，满意） . the fisherman left the villagers and went home. but he could never find the place again.

this idiom is ² from the above story, and is used to mean an isolated, ideal world.