This set of books is a collection of travel notes and prose written by Xu Xiake, a writer in the Ming Dynasty. Readers who like famous mountains and rivers and like Xu Xiake may wish to follow him to appreciate the great rivers and mountains.
"Xu Xiake's Travels" is a geographical work based on a diary. After 34 years of travel, Xu Xiake, a geographer in the late Ming Dynasty, wrote 17 travel notes on famous mountains such as Tiantai Mountain, Yandang Mountain, Huangshan Mountain, and Lushan Mountain, as well as "Zhejiang Travel Diary", "Jiangyou Travel Diary", "Chu Travel Diary", "Guangxi Travel Diary", "Qianyou Travel Diary", "Dian Travel Diary" and other works.
Except for the lost ones, he left more than 600,000 words of travel notes, which were compiled into "Xu Xiake's Travel Notes" by others after his death.
Xu Xiake has extraordinary influence internationally. "Xu Xiake's Travels" has been listed by academic circles as one of the "20 most influential books in China". In addition to mainland China and Taiwan, "Xu Xiake Research Associations" have been established in the United States, Japan, Singapore and other countries. Xu Xiake was a world leader at that time in geoscience, especially in the investigation and research of karst landforms.
Reader comments
This book is great! It's like traveling with Xu Xiake! His description made me feel as if I was actually there, seeing the magnificent scenery of Yandang Mountain. The words in the book are not only vivid, but also incorporate his personal feelings, making me more immersed in the story. I particularly like his depiction of subtle wonders, which are really delicate. Recommended to friends who like famous mountains, rivers and travel!
This book is great! It's like traveling with Xu Xiake! His description made me feel as if I was actually there, seeing the magnificent scenery of Yandang Mountain. The words in the book are not only vivid, but also incorporate his personal feelings, making me more immersed in the story. I particularly like his depiction of subtle wonders, which are really delicate. Recommended to friends who like famous mountains, rivers and travel!