During the Wanli period, there was a 15-year-old student in Jiangyin who failed the exam. Seeing that he had no official orders and was not forced, his father encouraged him to read more books and become a learned man. Soon, my father died, and scum went to thousands of books to travel thousands of miles. But there is an old saying: parents are here and don't travel far. Scum dare not leave their elderly mother to travel. But the enlightened mother made him a travel crown and encouraged him to travel.
In Xu Xiake's time, his trip seemed to be a kind of repentance. More than 30 years later, he has been to Taihu Lake and climbed Huangshan Mountain. I was robbed three times and deprived of food four times. I often slept between Shan Ye, endured a very bad diet, experienced the death of my best friend and the betrayal of my servant. However, it is Xu Xiake's belief to travel far and wide. He has traveled all over China. He recorded the local customs and social life of 2 1 provinces in China, surveyed the landforms with visual steps, and finally left a book "Travels of Xu Xiake".
In Lijiang Mufu, Xu Xiake was once regarded as a treasure by Tusi Mu. While enjoying himself, he also wrote books and inscriptions. He has to help the toast's son with his homework. He is very busy. But when he proposed to continue northward, he was politely and resolutely dissuaded by Mu Zeng. Helpless, I leaned against the railing and looked at the majestic Yulong Snow Mountain in the distance, leaving a deep sigh: the building looks at the Snow Mountain in the north, looming and unpredictable, and the south looks at Sichuan and Yunnan, with colorful peaches and willows and a glass of wine.
1636, 49-year-old Xu Xiake started his trip to the southwest. 1639, he came to Tengchong. Although I left the reputation of "the first city in the limit", I was also infected with miasma, which led to the waste of my feet.
1640, Xu Xiake was taken home by the pole. 164 1 year, the explorer who walked on the road for more than 30 years died at the age of 54. "Gai studies geography in the spirit of science, and everything is subject to actual measurement. For example, the knight-errant is really unique throughout the ages. "
Xu Xiake went over the mountains in Sancha, inspected the division and trend of mountains, and inspected the hydrological conditions, forms and shipping conditions of dozens of plateau lakes such as Dianchi Lake, Erhai Lake and Yilong Lake. His investigation of geothermal energy, volcanoes and glaciers in Yunnan made Xu Xiake's trip unique. Travels is the only historical record about the eruption of Tengchong volcano, which has important scientific value. In addition, he also made many visits to Yunnan bazi and Yunnan flora and fauna.