Lee explains that in much the way that we use other people's perspectives on us to better understand ourselves, our encounters with other people while traveling provide contrasts that allow us to explore our own culture and environment. On the individual level, the process of seeing how the people of different regions of the world compare to us, and moving from there to questions such as "Who am I?
李明璁解釋，就像人常透過他人眼光來了解自己一樣，旅人的「體驗他者、尋求認同」，就是經由對照，來探究自己身處的文化、環境，和世界上其他地區的人們有哪些異同，進而定位「我是誰？