"But apart from praising this work, I also have to pour some cold water on everyone's enthusiasm," says Jan, who is familiar with Western travel literature. For when Circling the Mountains is judged in reference to great travel writing of the past, overly effusive praise may be premature.
「但是對作者致意之餘，我又想潑冷水，」熟悉西方文學脈絡的詹宏志說，若將《轉山》與史上的旅行文學佳作擺在一起評論，我們似乎又高興得太早了。