With the advent of the era of image reading and the expansion of the path of educational socialization, the educational value of image narration has attracted more and more attention. The narrative of labor theme in ancient Chinese literati paintings shows the characteristics of the combination of the beauty of pursuing noble aspirations with the beauty of labor, the beauty of labor with the beauty of countryside nature, and the beauty of labor with the beauty of daily life. It is of great value to expand the social path of labor education.