A young man from Hangzhou has found himself in the media spotlight for following the rules of a self-imposed challenge that would result in him taking 5 days to travel from his home city to Qingdao, via Nanjing, at a cost of just ¥200.
一名来自杭州的年轻人因遵守自我挑战规则而成为媒体关注的焦点，他花了5天时间从家乡经南京到达青岛，花费仅为200元。
Described by the media as a post-Millennium “wide boy” (小伙), Xiao Yu (小俞) is nuts about buses. The young lad recently set himself a challenge; to travel to Qingdao utilising only inter-city buses, local buses and metro systems.
小俞被媒体形容为后千禧年“小伙子”，对公交车非常着迷。这位年轻小伙子最近给自己设定了一个挑战：前往青岛仅乘坐城际巴士、本地巴士和地铁系统。
As such, he would need to pass through Nanjing, Yangzhou, Huai’an, Lianyungang, Rizhao and other cities. It’s an 800-kilometre trip.
这样一来，他就需要途径南京、扬州、淮安、连云港、日照等城市。这是一段800公里的旅程。
On day 1, Yu took the 304 bus from Hangzhou to Deqing County in Zhejiang’s Huzhou City, that lies just across the border from Jiangsu, on the southern shores of Lake Tai. He then took another bus that got him as far as Changxing County in Huzhou.
第一天，于某从杭州乘坐304路公交车前往位于太湖南岸、与江苏接壤的浙江湖州市德清县。随后，他又乘坐另一辆公交车到达湖州长兴县。
This is where alert readers will have picked up on the fact that Yu had permitted himself the use of inter-city buses, not inter-provincial buses.
细心的读者会发现，余允许自己乘坐城际公交车，而不是省际公交车。
For one thing, inter-provincial buses are more expensive, and Yu simply didn’t have the budget. For another, his self-imposed rules meant he now had to get off the bus and walk across the provincial border between Zhejiang and Jiangsu.
一方面，省际公交车比较贵，余根本没有这个预算。另一方面，他自我规定的规则意味着他现在必须下车步行穿过浙江和江苏之间的省界。
Now Yu was on his way to Nanjing. The next day, he took buses in both Yixing and Liyang to arrive in the Southern Capital, whereupon he jumped on the Nanjing metro to cross the mighty Yangtze River, so that he could then take various buses to Yangzhou City.
现在余正在去南京的路上。第二天，他在宜兴、溧阳两地乘坐公交车抵达南都，然后搭乘南京地铁，穿越浩浩荡荡的长江，再乘坐各种公交车前往扬州城。
On day 3, he left Yangzhou and took buses to Gaoyou, Baoying and Huai’an City.
第三天，他离开扬州，乘车前往高邮、宝应、淮安市。
On day 4, Yu left Huai’an, passed through Shuyang and Donghai, and arrived in Lianyungang. Being a city close to the border with Shandong Province, Yu then took a bus to the border and guess what?
4日，余某离开淮安，经沭阳、东海，抵达连云港。作为一个靠近山东省边境的城市，余又坐公交车去了边境，你猜怎么着？
He walked across the border again.
他再次跨过边境。
Bus C501 then got him to Rizhao City of Shandong Province, after which, on day 5, Yu finally made it to Qingdao, reported The Paper on Monday, 24 August.
据澎湃新闻8月24日周一报道，C501路公交车随后将他送往山东省日照市，并于第5天终于抵达青岛。
By the time he arrived, Yu had, all in all, made 40 transfers between various types of public transport, all the while adhering to the rules of his self-imposed challenge. And the whole 800-kilometere trip had cost him just ¥200.
当他到达时，于先生已经在各种公共交通工具之间换乘了 40 次，同时始终遵守他自我挑战的规则。而全程800公里的路程，他只花了200元。
After Yu’s story was reported by Hangzhou local media, some netizens called him “idle”, while others expressed their understanding and support, for him focusing on the process rather than the destination.
杭州当地媒体报道余的故事后，有网友称他“闲着”，也有网友表示理解和支持，对他注重过程而不是目的地。
President of the Zhejiang Society of Social Sciences, Yang Jianhua, also had praise for Yu, saying that young people should be encouraged to use the time of their youth to put their hobbies and dreams into action.
浙江省社会科学学会会长杨建华也对余老师给予了高度赞扬，他表示，应该鼓励年轻人利用年轻的时间，把自己的爱好和梦想付诸行动。
