Xu Haoxiu Yan's Journey

"Yan Xing Lu" (Korean: 연행록) is also known as "Bin Wang Lu", "Chaotian Lu", "Envoy Lu", "Sightseeing Lu", "Yan Xing Diary", etc. It is a record of the experiences and experiences of North Korean envoys in China, with more than 500 items in total. The content is mostly in the form of diaries and essays, including poems, experiences and reflections written by Korean envoys in various places. The records of the envoys of Korea (Goryeo) about China almost spanned the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, with a time span of seven hundred years, including one episode in the Yuan Dynasty, 82 episodes in the Ming Dynasty, and 497 episodes in the Qing Dynasty. Most of the authors were envoys from North Korea, including envoys to express gratitude, envoys to report, obituaries, qianqiu, false accusations, congratulations, incense envoys, etc. In the Ming Dynasty, it was called "Chaotian Lu", and its contents include diaries, miscellaneous records, poems, memorials, and memorials. After the Ming Dynasty, because North Korea despised the Qing Dynasty, official texts outside the Han nationality were often called Hu, and Beijing was called Yanjing, so it was called Yanxinglu. Famous works include Hong Darong's "Zhan Xuan Yan Ji", Li Demao's "Ren Yan Ji", Li Yixian's "Miscellaneous Knowledge of Yan Xing", Park Zhiyuan's "Rehe Diary", and Xu Haoxiu's "Yan Xing Ji". South Korea has published 500 volumes of "The Complete Works of Yanxinglu" and several volumes of "Selected Works of Yanxinglu".