在中国现代纪游文学史上，沈从文的游记独具特色。相对于湘西游记，沈从文昆明时期的游记少有人论及。这时期的沈从文陷入无处还乡的困境，其游记既有对“具体”丰富而生动的展开，又有对“抽象”形而上的思考，营造了诗与思交融的审美境界。在与自然的会晤，与生活的抗争中，沈从文逐渐走出困境，皈依于生命神性。其执着的生命本体的探求历程，诠释了现代游记所抵达的精神的高度与深度。

In modern history of Chinese travel literature, SHEN Cong-wen’s travel notes are unique and characteristic. Compared with his travelogue in Xiangxi, the notes during his stay in Kunming are rarely discussed. In a homeless predicament, SHEN’s travel notes in this period include not only rich and vibrant elaboration of “the concrete”, but also the super organic thought of “the abstract”. Hence they create an aesthetic realm characterized by the fusion of poetry and philosophy. In the contact with nature and struggles in life, SHEN gradually got out of difficulties and finally committed himself to the divinity of life. His experience of the ontological exploration of life reveals the possible depth and altitude of modern travel notes.