邊境的紀遊書寫,似乎是「中國遊記文學的畸零地帶」;旅行者如何看待異質的人群與風俗,如何詮釋地理形貌與人文特性;西南究竟是蠻荒地域還是人間樂土,都是值得深入探討的議題。本文以《廣志繹‧西南諸省》為對象,分從地形與季候的描繪、「獵奇」心態的考索以及日常生活中的飲食經驗與民俗儀式,詮說明代文人王士性進入「華夏邊緣」的異文化敘述與地理想像。對於《廣志繹‧西南諸省》所呈現的「地理事實」與「奇觀」、「異事」之間的辯證也提出了另一種觀看之道:它可以是古代中國的「古典知識」來源,又可視為編織異文化圖像的個人經歷;游移在真實與虛構之間,《廣志繹》創造了另類的旅行敘事。
Notes on a trip to frontier seemed to be ”the marginal realm” in Chinese travel literature. The distinct customs and folks, the geographical and cultural characteristics, from a traveler's point of view, are issues worthy of further exploration. This article focuses on ”Kuan Chi Yi – The Geography of Provinces in Southwest” authored by Wang Shi-Hsing, to illustrate the description and imagination of exotic culture from a Chinese perspective. The dialectics between ”geographical facts” and ”fantastic stories” presented in Kuan Chi Yi provides another way of reading: the travel book serves as a knowledge source as well as a narrative of personal ventures.