徐国民

Public information about Xu Guomin is limited; all that is known is that two of his works are extant, dealing respectively with agriculture and forestry and with social culture. One of them, A Quick Reference Handbook of Common Herbaceous Plants in Guangzhou's Urban Wetlands, is a practical tool for identifying herbaceous plants in urban wetlands, making it easy for readers to look up and compare species in the field. The other, Inheritance and Innovation, leans toward social and cultural issues and, judging by its title, discusses the relationship between carrying on tradition and renewing it in practice. The two works span quite different subjects, suggesting that his writing combines natural observation with humanistic reflection, being both practical in its organization and retrieval of material and attentive to questions of cultural transmission. Overall, Xu Guomin's output is modest in quantity, and his style is pragmatic and clear, suited to readers with relevant reference or reading needs.