江阴的官员来探望时问道：何苦来哉。徐霞客回答道：“张骞凿空，未睹昆仑；唐玄奘、元耶律楚材衔人主之命，乃得西游。吾以老布衣，孤筇双屦，穷河沙，上昆仑，历西域，题名绝国，与三人而为四，死不恨矣。”

——百科

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