Using Chunqiu writing style, Travel Notes in Chuanshan indicates the author’s strong nationalism feeling. The author thought that he was a hard rock allegorically, and he also pressed his devotion that he was unwilling to be a meek subject of Man Qing Dynasty. The author also compared the ancients’ attitude to traveling and dwelling with his own life faith and the contemporary society, expressing his regrets about the unsuccessfulness of opposing Qing Dynasty, desperation of reviving Ming Dynasty and deep sadness of leaving the world.
