Minor Literature and Ancient Books: Wu Chuanlu
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"Wu Chuan Lu" is a travel note written by Fan Chengda, a writer in the Southern Song Dynasty. The title is taken from the meaning of the sentence "The ship is moored at the door of Dongwu Wanli" in Du Fu's poem "The First Four Sentences". Readers who are interested in ancient travel notes must read this book. In the fourth year of Chunxi reign of Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty (1177), the author sent an envoy from Sichuan to summon him back. He set out from Chengdu in May, took the waterway eastward, and arrived in Lin'an (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) in October. He wrote this book based on his experiences in his diary. The book contains particularly detailed records of places of interest along the way, such as Mount Qingcheng, Dujiangyan, Mount Emei, Leshan Giant Buddha, Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Dongting Lake, Chibi, Huangzhou, and Mount Lu, and is frequently verified.
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