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Academician Zhou Lisan is one of the pioneers and founders of comprehensive investigation of natural resources, agricultural zoning, and national conditions analysis. He is a model for scientific workers, a master of geography, and an outstanding scientist with strategic vision. This book is based on the scientific research in the life of Zhou Lisan, the honorary director of the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the famous Chinese geographer, and describes his glorious deeds of sincere patriotism, selfless dedication to scientific undertakings, and outstanding contributions. It praises the scientific spirit of Chinese geographical science and technology workers represented by Zhou Lisan for their dedication to the earth and serving the country with science.

The book takes the humble weeds that grow close to the ground in nature as the narrative object. It uses unique insights and poetic language to analyze the water candle from its own characteristics, life uses, cultural value, philosophical meaning, religious significance to the realistic relationship with people and society. The multiple interpretations and poetic writings of more than 20 kinds of weeds, such as Xanthium sibiricum, Xanthium sibiricum, Kanmai Niang, Lanternweed, Poba Na, Arrowhead, etc., Try to subvert human's understanding and criticism of weeds, restore the original appearance of weeds, and hope that human beings can gain self-rumination and conversion from weeds. The history of civilization in human society is the cultural history of weeds and the history of the game between man and nature. Everything is animistic. In the current process of urbanization, this book explains how humans can obtain the aesthetics of the earth, natural ecology, and self-salvation from weeds.