[3] Jing Cheng (styled Yuan Shen), a county magistrate for Wuxi, constructed improvements around its springs.

The pool wall features the head of a stone dragon carved by Yang Li in the 14th year of Hongzhi during the Ming Dynasty (AD 1501).

At the bottom of the stone is an inscription of four characters by Hui Yan, which were originally part of the villa of Gu Kexue, the Director of the Board of Rites during the Ming dynasty.[when?]

The large characters reading "Second Spring under Heaven" on the northern wall of the square pond are Wang Shu's.

Hua Yanjun, a famous folk musician also called Blind Abing, spread the fame of the Second Spring in his song The Moon Over a Fountain 二泉映月.