Although the term ‘travel account’ did not originate with Liu Zongyuan, these words appear in the title of the first piece of the set, \"My First Excursion to West Mountain.\" He trims away the growth to reveal fine trees, bamboo, and rocks, whereupon the scene becomes civilized, enabling the writer to respond to its innate purity. Finally, he had the text engraved on a rock at the site as a guide for future visitors. He immortalized his virtuous self by inscribing his own sensitive responses to the natural Tao. He perpetuated his momentary experience and hoped to gain literary immortality based on a deeply held conviction that through such inscriptions, future readers would come to know and appreciate the writer\'s authentic self. The exile was well aware of his distance from the capital and often addressed a real or potential audience among powerful officials and political supporters, desperately seeking recall. Thus, he signified as well a contradictory yearning to escape the isolation and barbarism of the very scene he was celebrating in order to reenter the political world he condemned. 주제어: 中國, 柳宗元, 遊記, 永州, 認同, 空間, 場所, 禹貢, 流配, 銘 China, Liu Zongyuan, Travel account, Yongzhou, identity, space, place, Yü\'s Tribute, exile, inscribing