The Story of Xu Xiake

During his journey, Xu Xiake was robbed three times and deprived of food four times. Xiangjiang River was robbed and dived out of danger, which happened in the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636) and 5 1 year old. During this trip, he plans to visit Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan. Shortly after the trip, he met a robber in Xiangjiang River. One of his companions was injured, his luggage and travel expenses were looted, and he almost died.

At that time, someone advised Xu Xiake to go back and help him travel to his hometown, but he firmly said, "I came with a shovel, and I can't bury bones anywhere!" " "Xu Xiake stubbornly continue to move forward. When there was no food, he traded his silk towel for some bamboo rice. Without money, I'll change my clothes, socks and pants for some money. Many difficulties were trampled on by him, and he finally achieved his goal.

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personal work

After traveling for more than 30 years, Xu Xiake has written 17 travel notes of Tiantai Mountain, Yandang Mountain, Huangshan Mountain and Lushan Mountain, as well as travel notes of Zhejiang, Jiangyou, Chu, Yue Journey to the West, Guizhou and Yunnan. In addition to the lost works, there are still some works left.

There are 10 volumes, 12 volumes, 20 volumes and so on. This paper mainly records the author's daytime travel observation from the forty-first year of Wanli to the twelfth year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (16 13- 1639), and makes a detailed record of geography, hydrology, geology, plants and other phenomena, which has made great achievements in geography and literature.

Personality influence

Xu Xiake also occupies an important position in the history of world science. As far as the scope of investigation is concerned, Xu Xiake is much larger than western scholars. Xu Xiake visited the tropical and subtropical karst developed areas in southwest China for 3 years, and the continuous distribution area of carbonate rocks in this area reached 500,000 square kilometers, ranking first in the world. Western scholars' early investigation and discussion on karst landforms were almost confined to temperate karst areas in Europe and the Mediterranean, and the scope of investigation was far less than that of Xu Xiake.

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