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This book provides a comprehensive description of the important landscapes, Buddhist temples, sage shrines, etc. In Hangzhou. It is written in the spatial order of general record, north road, west road, middle road, south road, and exterior scenes, showing the past and present of Hangzhou in front of readers. What is particularly important is that the author selects several poems (pieces) by sages and people after each narrative, which adds to the splendor of the landscape. These poems and essays are collected into a collection of West Lake poems and essays. Among the seventy-two narratives, there are many related to the rise and fall of temples, which can provide rich information for those studying Buddhism. This book "Dream Seeking the West Lake" was written by Zhang Dai based on his life in Hangzhou. Among them are detailed records of the West Lake's scenic spots, as well as the unbreakable memories of the six bridges of smoke and willows, and the recitation of lake and mountain poems written by the romantic predecessors. They vividly show his life as a young man who used to sing about the phoenix and the moon and wander around the mountains and rivers.

This book is a collection, including five works: "Memories of Autumn Lanterns", "Memories of Xiangwan Tower", "Memories of Yingmei'an", "Memories of Heart-warming" and "Memories of Tao'an Dreams". These works are all about talented people and beauties and daily necessities, rice, oil and salt. They are either remembered or thought about, with both rich sounds and emotions, gorgeous but not superficial, sad but not sad, and deeply touching. Just like what is said in "Miscellaneous Words from the Heart": When I get it suddenly, I am half happy and shocked. At the same time, another feature of these collections is that they all contain the authors' sincere and strong emotions, injecting fresh artistic life into these articles. They are very flexible in narrative and integrate narrative, lyricism, description and the creation of artistic conception. It makes readers feel vivid and has an artistic beauty of "turning to look at the uncertain flowers".