The Original Text, Translation and Appreciation of Xu Xiake's Travel Notes

1, the original text is as follows:

Suddenly I saw a hole facing east on the cliff, and I climbed up. It's rough. After walking half a mile, the soil is not cut enough, so we have to climb the grass roots. Grassroots are blameless, but fortunately stones; However, the stone is not strong, it will fall if you practice it, and it will fall if you climb it. If you get a little sticky, you can't move a step. If you want to go up, you can't help yourself. You've never experienced more dangers in your life. For a long time, I tried to get the indestructible stone with both hands and feet, then one hand moved in the air, one foot moved in the air, and the other hand moved in the air. Fortunately, the stone will not fall; I fell limply, and for a long time, I was lucky to get up. ……

2. Contrastive translation:

Suddenly, I found a cave with its mouth facing east on the cliffs, and I climbed up with my head up. The top of the cliff is very steep. After climbing for half a mile, the earth cliff was too steep to rest, so I grabbed the grass roots and climbed up. After a while, the grass roots couldn't help me, but fortunately I came to the cliff area; But the stone is not strong, it will fall off if you step on it, and it will fall off if you scratch it. Occasionally, I can find a slightly solid stone. When my feet are tight, my fingers are caught, just like sticking to a cliff, and I can't move a step. I want to go up without assistance and there is no place to go down. This is the most dangerous situation I have ever experienced in my life. After a long time, I first tried to find a solid stone around my hands and feet, and then I moved one hand and another foot in the air. After firmly grasping one hand and one foot, I moved the other hand and the other foot in the air. Fortunately, the stone didn't fall. I fell limply for a long time, but I got up. ……

3. Introduction to Yunnan Travel Diary:

Xu Xiake's Travels is a geographical work with diary as the main body. After 34 years of travel, Xu Xiake, a geographer in the late Ming Dynasty, wrote 17 articles on Tiantai Mountain, Yandang Mountain, Huangshan Mountain and Lushan Mountain, as well as Zhejiang Travel Notes, Jiangyou Travel Notes, Chu Travel Notes, Journey to the West, Guizhou Travel Notes and Yunnan Travel Notes. There are 10 volumes, 12 volumes, 20 volumes, etc. , mainly describes the author's travel observation during the period of 16 13 ~ 1639, and makes a detailed record of geography, hydrology, geology, plants and other phenomena, which has important geographical and documentary value.