作品灵感来自唐代诗人皮日休的七言古诗《汴河怀古二首》：“万艘龙舸绿丝间，载到扬州尽不还。”从诗境的角度来看，万艘龙船是具有空间效果的，采用重复的设计手法，使得画面景象产生强的视觉力；提取名词“运河”“万艘龙舸”，动词“载”，通过绘制不同长度和大小的抽象墨迹去概括万艘龙船游过大运河的的壮观景象，许多个笔触墨迹的帆船与汉字“运河”进行设计共构，表达当时风光的情景，正因此景来抒发作者怀古的情感。
The work draws inspiration from the seven-character ancient poem "Bian River Nostalgia in Two Parts" by the Tang Dynasty poet Pi Rixiu: "Among the green silk, ten thousand dragon boats float, all bound for Yangzhou and never to return." From the perspective of the poetic imagery, the myriad dragon boats possess a spatial effect. The design employs repetition as a technique, creating a strong visual impact; extracting the nouns "canal" and "ten thousand dragon boats," and the verb "to carry," the design uses abstract ink strokes of varying lengths and sizes to encapsulate the grand spectacle of ten thousand dragon boats sailing through the Grand Canal. The numerous ink brushstrokes representing sails are integrated with the Chinese character for "canal" in a collaborative design, expressing the scenery of that time and evoking the poet's nostalgic sentiments.