"Travel Notes of Xu Xiake" is a prose travel note written by Xu Xiake, a geographer of the Ming Dynasty. Xu Hongzu traveled for 34 years in the late Ming Dynasty and 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", "Guangdong Travel Diary", "Guizhou Travel Diary", "Dian Travel Diary" and other works. Except for those lost, there are more than 600,000 words of travel notes.
After his death, it was compiled into "Xu Xiake's Travels" by others.
It mainly describes the author's travel observations from 1613 to 1639 based on the diary, and makes detailed records of geography, hydrology, geology, plants and other phenomena.
"Xu Xiake's Travels" is the first work to systematically examine China's landforms and geology. It also describes the scenic resources of China's great rivers and mountains. In addition, the beautiful text also makes it a literary masterpiece, which has important value in geography and literature.
Reader comments
This book is very interesting! Through his own personal experience, Xu Xiake recorded the geography, hydrology and other information of various places in detail, making people feel as if they were actually there. His words describing the scenery are also very beautiful, such as "The clouds are scattered, the sun is bright, the mountains are beautiful, and everyone is happy", which makes people feel the beauty of nature. I especially like his spirit of not fearing hardships and obstacles, just like what he said: "A real man travels in the blue sea in the morning and the sky in the evening." However, sometimes he is too stubborn, such as insisting on moving forward when encountering danger, which makes people a little worried. Overall, this is a book worth reading, not only to increase knowledge, but also to feel Xu Xiake's adventurous spirit.
This book is very interesting! Through his own personal experience, Xu Xiake recorded the geography, hydrology and other information of various places in detail, making people feel as if they were actually there. His words describing the scenery are also very beautiful, such as "The clouds are scattered, the sun is bright, the mountains are beautiful, and everyone is happy", which makes people feel the beauty of nature. I especially like his spirit of not fearing hardships and obstacles, just like what he said: "A real man travels in the blue sea in the morning and the sky in the evening." However, sometimes he is too stubborn, such as insisting on moving forward when encountering danger, which makes people a little worried. Overall, this is a book worth reading, not only to increase knowledge, but also to feel Xu Xiake's adventurous spirit.