《徐霞客游记·楚游日记十二》
于是让顾仆先随导游下山去弄酒，而我独自下到洞底，绕着洞的四边，转出排列的石柱后面 这洞就算不幽深曲折，但芝田莲帐，琼窝宝柱，上下层层叠叠排列，空阔深远，即使无里面两个洞的奇异景象，也自成一块天地。
乃令顾仆先随导者下山觅酒，而独下洞底，环洞四旁，转出列柱之后。其洞果不深避，而芝田莲幄，琼窝宝柱，上下层列，崆峒杳渺，即无内二洞之奇，亦自成一天也。
So I asked Gu the servant to lead the tour guide down the mountain to find wine, while I went down the cave and walked around the cave, behind the rows of stone pillars. Even though the cave wasn't deep or secluded, with the green grass and lotus, and the stalactites and stalagmites, arranged in layers that reached to the top and bottom, it was wide and deep, and even without the strange sights of the two caves inside, it was a world of its own.