At the end of the Ming, a group of writers appeared who stood at the other extreme from the 'homesick, pastoral "writers. This new group, which included Xu Xiake, Yuan Zhongdao and Wang Shixing, expressed something that was not" homebodiedness "and that was not in accord with" pastoral "values. They didn't feel the need to hurry back home and were not afflicted with homesickness.
明末出現許多有別於回歸田園詩的另外一端，像徐霞客、袁中道、王士性等人的遊歷，所表現的是不安土重遷，不以田園價值為歸向，不認為遊需歸返，也沒有鄉愁。