As a conservative historian,he devoted to communicating and popularizing the knowledge of historical geography of China and foreign countries so as to let people know more about western geography.

• 作者以传播、普及中外历史地理知识为宗旨,向人们介绍西方史地学知识,并且将忧国意识与传统的史学方法融入撰写内容之中。