Journey to Non-Asia

Author: Yu Qiuyu
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: "The life of a person is composed of time and space. No matter how long time is, it's only about a hundred years at most, and there's not much room for extension. But space is different; its range can be extremely vast. Therefore, the gap in the quality of life is largely related to space." "For this reason, after studying this book for many years, I increasingly admire those who have used their lives to explore the great book of space and write the great book of space throughout history. Finally, I became one of them." "I am grateful to the readers for their year after year of attention and pursuit, which has made my journey, no matter how hard or dangerous, never lonely. If it is true that most of my cultural knowledge comes from the study, then most of my cultural insights come from travel. It is a great happiness for me to quickly jot down the new cultural insights I have gained along the way and share them with the readers."
The "Following Yu Qiuyu's Footsteps" series is the first set of color-illustrated travel essays by Yu Qiuyu in China, consisting of four independent works: "China Journey," "Europe Journey," "Non-Asian Journey," and "Journey of the Heart." Fifteen years ago, Mr. Yu Qiuyu left his study out of confusion over the "serious disconnect between bookish writing and actual cultural phenomena." After traveling across most of China, he stepped onto the Eurasian continent, visiting ancient civilizations such as the two river valleys, Egypt, Israel, the Arabian Peninsula, Greece, Rome, Iran, India, and many European countries. Through observation in motion, insight in touch, reflection in crossing, and illumination in narration, he wove together a series of wise and elegant writings that guide humanity through the vast and long history of civilization, thus pioneering the "cultural grand essay."
This series presents the aforementioned works while also including over a thousand exquisite illustrations, aiming to give readers a sense of being there and experiencing the grandeur firsthand as they follow in the footsteps of Mr. Yu Qiuyu.