In the Ming-dynasty painting Returning Late From a Spring Journey, when the leisurely lord arrives home and finds no response to his knocking, there can also be seen a laborer in the garden carrying a hoe on his way to work.
在明代戴進的「春遊晚歸」圖中，有閒大佬還在這一廂敲門不應的時候，園子另一頭勤勞刻苦的中國人，已經荷著鋤頭出門上工了。