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Chapter 172 China Tourism No. 1, Xu Xiake. (Please subscribe)
"Teacher Jiang Ning, how did you predict that the treasure of Daxi King Zhang Xianzhong is located at the mouth of the river?"

"Teacher Jiang Ning, there are more than 5 cultural relics unearthed from Chenyin in Jiangkou. You have become a famous historical figure."

"Teacher Jiang Ning..."

The archeology of Zhang Xianzhong Jiangkou is not completely over.

but.

When most of the cultural relics were unearthed, Jiang Ning no longer stayed in the archaeological working group.

At this moment, he returned to Shuangqing University.

undoubtedly.

If we say that Jiang Ning was just a very famous and knowledgeable anchor before.

but now.

In the eyes of many people, Jiang Ning has become a famous figure in history.

This is not.

This class was just the beginning, and all the students asked Jiang Ning.

For this.

Jiang Ning also answered one by one.

Ten minutes later, Jiang Ning got to the point: "Dear students, if you have any other questions, we will discuss them after class. In this class, we will continue to talk about the Ming Dynasty. However, some of the historical figures I talked about before are all Relatively well-known historical figures. Like Zhang Xianzhong, King of the West, Yang Shen, and Wang Yangming. They are all historical celebrities, and they also have fame. However, in the Ming Dynasty, there were many people who did not have fame, and we They all exist for ordinary people. Although they have no fame, their lives are equally wonderful."

"The person I want to talk about today is a person that everyone has never heard of, or has rarely heard of. His name is Xu Xiake."

On the blackboard, Jiang Ning wrote Xu Xiake's name.

Actually.

Whether it is in the previous life or in this life.

Xu Xiake is an ordinary person.

He has no fame and doesn't seem to have performed any great feats.

But even such an ordinary person is still fascinating.

This reminds Jiang Ning of a work in his previous life, "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

After the author Mingyue finished this work, he wrote about Xu Xiake in the final volume.

Xu Xiake was naturally not the most important person in the Ming Dynasty.

but.

Xu Xiake's outlook on life inspired Mingyue that year.

For the bright moon of that year.

Maybe even emperors, generals and ministers will be nothing but dirt after hundreds of years.

but.

Xu Xiake, hundreds of years later, was not.

The same was true for Jiang Ning at this time. He said: "Before we talk about Xu Xiake, let's talk about Xu Xiake's great ancestor. In fact, when I talked about Tang Bohu before, I said that there was a rich second generation who went to the exam with Tang Bohu. His name was Xu Jing, and he was the great ancestor of Xu Xiake. Later, the two of them were dismissed as officials because of the scientific research case. Tang Bohu was unable to recover, but Xu Jing was not decadent, but obediently accepted the imperial edict and returned to his hometown to work as a civil servant. Officials."

"At the same time, although Xu Jing was deprived of his status as a Juren, the Xu family was a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River. The Xu family was very good at management. Even down to Xu Xiake's generation, the Xu family still lived a very good life. Probably because of the influence of his grandfather Xu Affected by the classics, the Xu family did not enter the official career for several generations after Xu Jing. By Xu Xiake's generation, the Xu family was allowed to participate in scientific examinations. But unfortunately, Xu Xiake liked to travel and did not care Fame. Although Xu Xiake also participated in the boy examination, he was not admitted. Seeing that his son had no intention of fame, his father did not force him."

"It's just that although Xu Xiake doesn't care about fame, he likes reading very much. But the books he likes are not the Four Books and Five Classics, but books that increase his knowledge and introduce the geography of rivers. When Xu Xiake was 19 years old, his father died. Xu Xiake has wanted to travel to mountains and rivers since he was a child, and also wanted to explore the secrets of ancient famous mountains and rivers. He also wanted to draw a general annals introducing famous mountains and rivers in the world. But because of his old mother, Xu Xiake could not bear to travel far."

Although Xu Xiake looks like an ordinary person.

He has no fame.

He didn't accomplish anything big.

But as soon as Jiang Ning started talking about this character, all the students from Shuangqing University, including countless viewers in the live broadcast room, were completely attracted.

"If you know your son, don't marry your mother. Xu Xiake's inner thoughts were not hidden from Xu Xiake's mother. Although Xu Xiake was a prostitute, she was open-minded and different from ordinary women. Seeing that Xu Xiake was very entangled, Xu's mother persuaded Xu Xiake. He personally made a travel crown for Xu Xiake, and encouraged his son not to worry about her, but to fulfill his own ambitions. Xu Xiake was deeply moved. When he was 21 years old, he picked up a simple luggage and began to visit the great rivers and mountains of the motherland."

"Unexpectedly, Xu Xiake traveled for 7 years. In 7 years, Xu Xiake visited Mount Tai, Taihu Lake, Dongting Mountain, and visited the ruins of Lingwei's father-in-law. However, during these seven years, although Xu Xiake traveled far, But he has always been thinking about his mother, so no one goes too far. Basically, he goes somewhere once and then comes back early. This is his first stage of travel."

"In the second stage, Xu Xiake spent 20 years traveling to Songshan, Wutai, Huashan, Hengshan, Lushan, Huangshan, Panshan, Kongtong Mountain, Tiantai Mountain, and Yandang Mountain, and his footprints spanned Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Shanxi, More than 20 provinces including Shaanxi, Hebei, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and BJ, Tianjin, Shanghai..."

"The third stage is also Xu Xiake's most important stage. He lasted four years and wrote nine volumes of travel notes."

Blackboard.

Jiang Ning drew a map.

On the map, Jiang Ning connected all the places Xu Xiake had visited point by point.

at the beginning.

Xu Xiake just traveled around, and there were only a few lines.

And to the back.

As Xu Xiake traveled to more and more places, the entire line almost covered the entire China.

"Oh my God……"

"This footprint."

Looking at the connections on the map, all the students' faces were full of envy.

"There probably weren't any planes at that time."

"Returning planes, not even high-speed trains or railways."

“Not only do we not have these, we also don’t have cars, so we have to walk.”

"Yes, I can only walk. But with these feet, I have almost traveled all over the motherland."

Everyone's eyes exuded a strange light.They followed Xu Xiake's footsteps and seemed to have come to all parts of the country.

even.

When Jiang Ning told Xu Xiake's experience, everyone seemed to feel that they had become Xu Xiake.

……

"Teacher Jiang Ning, Xu Xiake has traveled to so many places, hasn't he encountered something dangerous?"

At this time.

A student raised his hand and asked: "It seems that you said that Xu Xiake's era was the late Ming Dynasty."

Jiang Ning nodded: "Yes, Xu Xiake was a figure in the late Ming Dynasty. At that time, the climate across the country was not good, and there were local uprisings from time to time. Xu Xiake had been traveling for so many years, and he had encountered bandits three times and ran out of food four times. Once when he was traveling in the Xiangjiang River, he encountered robbers and escaped by jumping into the river. At the same time, all his money and luggage were also robbed."

"I go……"

Everyone gasped, but the student continued to ask: "Will Xu Xiake continue to travel?"

"tour."

Jiang Ning replied firmly: "Someone once said to Xu Xiake that it's too dangerous outside, so I'd better send you home. But Xu Xiake said, I brought a shovel with me when I traveled. Why should I go back? Where can't I bury it? My bones. In this way, Xu Xiake kept moving forward. When there was no food, he used the silk scarf he was carrying to exchange for a few bamboo tubes of rice; when there was no travel expenses, he used the jacket, socks, and trousers he was wearing to exchange for a few dollars. A lot of money. All the difficulties were stepped on, and he reached the place he had planned to go to."

The live broadcast room is now crowded with people.

What they saw might be Xu Xiake.

But maybe it’s my future self.

Countless messages kept coming out.

They envy Xu Xiake's life.

At the same time, I also admire Xu Xiake's will.

"Another time, there was a monk named Jingwen. He heard that Xu Xiake visited all the famous mountains and rivers in his life, and wanted to go with Xu Xiake. He also said that he had meditated on sutras for 20 years, pricked his finger, and used blood to After writing the Lotus Sutra, he wanted to enshrine it in Jizu Temple in Yunnan. So the two of them walked together, but they didn't want to encounter robbers on the way. Xu Xiake fell into the water, while Jingwen was robbed by the robber. Cut. Just before he died, Jingwen said to Xu Xiake. I may not be able to reach Jizu Mountain. Can you help me bring my bones and blood books to Jizu Temple after my death. Xu Xiake agreed to Jing's request. I heard that after two years, Xu Xiake arrived at Jizu Temple."

"When the monks in Jizu Temple saw Xu Xiake coming with Jingwen's ashes and scriptures, they buried Jingwen's ashes and then built a pagoda for him. There was an inscription on the pagoda, which read:

Whoever comes here will move this skin.Who will go and experience this great wilderness?If you set your sights on famous mountains, your bones will never die.

Buried in a pagoda, this is the ultimate goal.The famous mountain is hidden and passed down to its people.Xiake listens quietly, the mountains and rivers are sweet. "

Yes.

Jiang Ning has said before that Xu Xiake is an ordinary person.

At most, they are people from slightly better families.

But this one is better.

Compared with modern us, there is nothing to compare with.

But this Xu Xiake did something that none of us modern people can do.

This can't be done.

It’s not just that he traveled through most of China.

What moved everyone even more was.

For a promise, he carried his friend's bones on his back and spent two years arriving at Jizu Temple.

"Of course, these are just part of Xu Xiake's decades of travel. When he traveled, he also recorded what he saw and heard, especially the rivers, mountains, customs and geography. Once, Xu Xiake came to Guangxi. There are many caves in Guangxi, and there are rumors that there are evil dragons in them that hurt people, and everyone dare not enter the caves. But Xu Xiake held a torch alone and entered the cave. When he came out, the local people Everyone thinks Xu Xiake is a god."

"Of course, Xu Xiake is not a god. He went to visit these caves out of interest, and he also wanted to record the characteristics of these caves. For example, the stalactites inside. Many people don't know how these stalactites were formed. Xu Xiake entered After some research and investigation in the cave, I believe that the reason why these stalactites are formed is that limestone dissolves in water. After the water dripping from the limestone evaporates, the limestone condenses into stalactites, showing various wonderful shapes. Although this The explanation may not be the most scientific, but it is actually very close to modern science."

"In addition, Xu Xiake was also very interested in the source of the Yangtze River. When he was very young, he once asked his father, where is the source of the Yangtze River? His father told him that the source of the Yangtze River is the Minjiang River. This is recorded in ancient books, but Xu Xiake But he doesn’t think so. Or, he is skeptical. He thinks that if the source of the Yangtze River is the Minjiang River, wouldn’t he know it by walking to the end of the Yangtze River and taking a look?”

"So Xu Xiake, with this question in his mind, traveled from Sanqin in the north, to the Five Ridges in the South Pole, and out to Shimen Jinsha in the west. He found out that the Jinsha River originates from the southern foothills of the Kunlun Mountains and is more than 1000 miles longer than the Min River, so he concluded that the Jinsha River is the source of the Yangtze River. "

Speaking of it.

Jiang Ning looked at everyone and said: "As everyone may know, the Jinsha River is not the source of the Yangtze River. The real source of the Yangtze River is the Tuotuo River in Tanggula Mountain above the Jinsha River. However, this was also the 70s. In the end, our country spent a lot of money to send a scientific expedition team and use satellites and other tools to finally detect it. However, in the Ming Dynasty at that time... let alone the Ming Dynasty at that time, even before the 70s, someone asked I’m afraid we don’t even know where the source of our Yangtze River is.”

The applause had already started.

Maybe just start.

Everyone just admired Xu Xiake for traveling all over the motherland for decades.

And later.

People didn't even think about it.

Xu Xiake not only traveled, he also had so much travel experience.

Jiang Ning continued: "It can be said that Xu Xiake has been marching all his life. Even when he died, he was still out of town. In the first month of the 13th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1640), Xu Xiake was already 53 years old. He had been traveling for many years. , his feet had already suffered from leg diseases. But now, he can't even walk on his feet, so the local officials in Yunnan sent Xu Xiake back to his hometown by car and boat."

"Officials from Jiangyin, my hometown, came to visit Xu Xiake and said, "I see you have been swimming all your life, but in the end you can't even walk. Why are you doing this?" Xu Xiake said, "There was Zhang Qian in the Han Dynasty. Without him, we would not know the Western Regions." How old is it? In the Tang Dynasty, there was Tang Xuanzang, and in the Yuan Dynasty, there was Yelu Chucai. They also traveled to the west. However, they all followed the emperor's orders, so they had the opportunity to travel. I am just an old commoner. I have no fame and no orders from the emperor. , with a bamboo stick and a pair of shoes, I have been to the Yellow River, to the Kunlun Mountains, and to the Western Regions, leaving a name for countries far away. With the three people in front of me, I become four. Even if I die, I have nothing to regret. That’s it.”

"The following year, Xu Xiake passed away..."

Speaking of it.

All the students in the audience sighed.

Some students asked: "Teacher Jiang Ning, isn't there anyone else left by Xu Xiake?"

"some."

Jiang Ning nodded: "Xu Xiake recorded more than 200 million words of travel notes during his lifetime travels. However, due to various reasons, some were robbed by bandits, some were lost on the road, and some were lost for other reasons. In the end, only He downloaded more than 60 words. Later, his friends compiled Xu Xiake's "Diary of Travels to Zhejiang", "Diary of Travels to Jiangyou", "Diary of Travels to Chu", "Diary of Travels to Western Guangdong", "Diary of Travels to Guizhou", "Diary of Travels to Yunnan", etc. And named it "Xu Xiake's Travels"."

"Teacher Jiang Ning, has the book Xu Xiake's Travels been preserved?"

After thinking about it, Jiang Ning said: "I occasionally got an exclusive copy of "Xu Xiake's Travels". If you are interested, I will contact the publisher in a few days."

(End of this chapter)