1. Famous sayings:

1) "When you return from the Five Mountains, you don't look at the mountains; when you return from Huangshan, you don't look at the mountains."

This poem comes from Xu Xiake's seven-character ancient poem "Wandering in the Wonderland of Huangshan Mountain";

The rough interpretation is: The Five Sacred Mountains encompass the characteristics of the mountains and rivers in the world. Seeing the Five Sacred Mountains is equivalent to seeing the world. All mountains; and Huangshan has the characteristics of the Five Mountains, one mountain encompasses all the mountains in the world. This explains the beauty and uniqueness of Huangshan Mountain.

2) "When you climb Mount Huangshan, there are no mountains in the world, and you can stop looking at it!"

This poem is from the "Huangshan Zhiding Edition";

The approximate interpretation is: : Once you climb Mount Huangshan, there will be nothing worth seeing among the other famous mountains in the world!

It is recorded in the "Huangshan Chronicles" compiled by Min Linsi, a famous local chronicler in the Qing Dynasty.

In his later years, Xu Xiake's friend, a famous writer in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, was a famous writer. Qian Qianyi, Emperor Wenzong of Jiangnan, asked him: "Which place is the most amazing when you travel to the mountains and rivers of the world?" Xu Xiake replied, "There is no Huangshan Mountain inside and outside Bohai, and there is no mountain in the world where you can climb Huangshan Mountain and stop at it!"

3 ) A leopard can be seen in a tube, and one thing can be seen from time to time.

This poem comes from "Shishuo Xinfa·Fangzheng";

Meaning: If you look at a leopard through the small hole in the bamboo tube, you can only see a stripe on the leopard's body.

Meaning: It is a metaphor that from the observed part, the whole picture can be inferred.

This means that even if you see a small part of the beautiful scenery, you can still deduce its entirety.

4) A real man swims in the blue sea in the morning and in the blue sky at dusk.

This sentence was said by Xu Xiake, and it is Xu Xiake’s early wish;

It means that as a man, he should live like this: still playing in the blue sea in the morning, (traveling around After the trip), I instantly returned to Cangwu to stay at night.

The implication is that a real man should travel around and expand his knowledge, rather than lingering in a place the size of his hometown and living under the roof.

1. Life:

Xu Xiake (January 5, 1587 - March 8, 1641), named Hongzu, courtesy name Zhenzhi, nicknamed Xiake, was born in Nanzhili A native of Jiangyin (now Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province).

The geographer, traveler and writer of the Ming Dynasty, who composed more than 2.6 million words after 40 years of investigation (more than 2 million words were lost, and only more than 600,000 words remain), is known as "a strange man through the ages."

Xu Xiake's ambitions were all over the world throughout his life, and he traveled to 21 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions today. He "explored the places that others have not reached, and explored the unknowns of others." Wherever he went, he explored the secrets and recorded them. There are travel notes that record various phenomena, humanities, geography, animals and plants observed.

The opening day of "Xu Xiake's Travels" (May 19) is designated as China Tourism Day.

2. Main literary achievements:

"Xu Xiake's Travels" is a Chinese geographical masterpiece mainly written in the form of a diary.

Xu Xiake has been traveling for more than 30 years and has written 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", "Chu Travel Diary" Apart from the lost ones, he also left more than 600,000 words of travel notes, which were compiled into "Xu Xiake's Travel Notes" by others after his death.

There are several versions of Shizhuan, including 10 volumes, 12 volumes, and 20 volumes. It is mainly based on the diary of the author's travel observations from the 41st year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty to the 12th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1613-1639). He has made detailed records of geography, hydrology, geology, plants and other phenomena. It has been widely used in geography and literature. Achievements in excellence.

"Xu Xiake's Travels" has opened up a new direction in geography to systematically observe and describe nature; it is not only a geographical masterpiece that systematically examines the landforms and geology of the motherland, but also a travel masterpiece describing China's scenic resources, and it is also beautifully written. His literary masterpieces have far-reaching influence at home and abroad.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Xu Xiake (Introduction to Historical Figures)