几年前,浦巍同志说他正在写一本关于徐霞客的书,并和我谈了写作的目的、计划,希望书稿完成后我能为之写一篇序,我贸然地答应了。今夏,四川地震之痛稍缓,收到浦巍寄来的题名为“中华游圣徐霞客”一书的清样。看来这篇序是非写不可的了,而且出版在即,应该立即完命。待拈笔欲书时,忽然感到当初的允诺有些唐突了:我对徐霞客并没有任何研究,也没有像浦巍那样为弘扬徐霞客精神锲而不舍, A few years ago, Comrade Pu Wei said he was writing a book about Xu Xiake and talked with me about the purpose and plan of writing. I hope that after the completion of the manuscript I will be able to write a preface for it. I casually agreed. This summer, the pain of the earthquake in Sichuan was a bit slow, and it was received by Pu Wei that it had been sent a book titled “Traveling in China by Xu Xiake.” It seems that this order is non-writeable, and publishing soon, it should be finished immediately. To be abusive to pen, I suddenly felt some promises promiscuous: I did not have any research on Xu Xiake, nor as Pu Wei to carry forward the spirit of Xu Xiake perseverance,