"Travel Master" Xu Xiake

If we think about it carefully, Xu Xiake did not seek to be an official or to join politics. Go out to visit mountains and rivers every day and enjoy happiness. For a person who yearns to travel outside every day, Xu Xiake must be the object of our worship. According to my analysis, Xu Xiake was an ancient man who had money, time, heart, and physical ability. In conjunction with the relatively safe external environment at that time, he became successful.

Xu Xiake (1586-1641), named Hongzu, courtesy name Zhenzhi, and Xiake, was a native of Jiangyin (now Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province) in the south of Zhili during the Ming Dynasty. He was a geographer, traveler and writer of the Ming Dynasty, and the author of the famous geographical book "Xu Xiake's Travels". He was known as "a strange man through the ages".

The era Xu Xiake lived in was the last stable day of the Ming Dynasty (in 1644, two years after his death, the Ming Dynasty was broken through from within, Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide, and the Southern Ming regime continued to survive)

His great-grandfather was expelled together with Tang Bohu. According to the 25-year generation, it is more than 100 years since he was the boss. At that time, there was still a trophy left by the great-grandfather from gambling in the house - Ni Yunlin's picture scroll, which was the one that the great-grandfather defeated Tang Bohu.

According to the custom of the antique industry - expensive things are always expensive, Ni Yunlin was from the Yuan Dynasty. The current transaction price of Ni Yunlin's works is for reference. You can't tell the size of the painting, but it is basically 7-8 digits.

From this we can see that Xu Xiake’s family conditions are superior.

Before he was 30 years old, he liked to stare at the mountains and rivers in silence. He felt that money-making work was like a bird in a cage. He felt that he should fly out and fly freely, so his Zhiyin's mother arranged for him to go out to play.

Xu Xiake’s lifelong confidant was his mother.

The boss is able to travel around, and his physical abilities are different from ordinary people. First of all, there were no modern outdoor equipment in ancient times, no climbing ropes, no jackets, and no waterproof shoes. In ancient times, there were no wooden plank roads, cable cars, or asphalt tourist trails in scenic spots.

There are no highways or transportation between scenic spots, only various "ancient roads", divided into waterways and dry roads.

This also proves from the side that Xu Xiake has an amazing knowledge reserve. Knowing astronomy from above and geography from below, people can boldly go out and play only if they have knowledge in their minds.

All in all, Xu Xiake was able to travel for 30 years without working because he had money, leisure, determination, talent, friends, and faith.

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