以臺灣人身分，直接目擊並記錄中華民國在大陸時期現況的人士中，陳逢源（1893－1982）是近代最值得推介的一人。清光緒十九年出生的他，兩年後即因為臺灣被日帝強佔，而發展出傳奇的一生。當日帝統治期間，他憑藉著過人的學習力和敏銳的洞察力，成為臺灣民族運動和經濟金融兩方面受人注目的菁英，他三次出遊中國大陸，從近代化的新思維，深刻地觀察到中華民國在大陸時期的進步與困境，分別記載在所著的《溪山煙雨樓詩存》、《新支那素描》、《雨窗墨滴》三書，及其發表在《臺灣民報》、《臺灣新民報》上的零星文章中。本文將討論陳逢源在1934及1938年，以臺灣新民報經濟部長的身分，訪問華南、華北、東北的見聞。主要內容來自《新支那素描》等書，並以1980至1982年筆者受託撰寫陳逢源傳記時，陳先生在錄音採訪中對原書的意見作為補充。本文的目的是呈現陳逢源的第一手材料，盡量避免了我個人的推論。

Chen Fengyuan (1893-1982) is the most respected person among the Taiwanese who directly witnessed and recorded the state of affairs of the Republican China.Born in Taiwan in the 19th year of Guangxu, Chen led his legendary life under Japanese rule, which began when he was two years old. During Japanese rule in Taiwan, Chen became outstanding elite in the aspects of Taiwan national movement and finance because of his extraordinary learning ability and keen insight. He went to mainland Chinese three times, using his new thinking to observe the progress and difficulties of the republican China in depth. Chen's observations were written in ”Anthology of Xi Shan Yan Yu Lou poems”, ”Sketch of new China”, and ”Yu Chuang Di Mo”. Furthermore, some articles were published in ”The Taiwan Minpao” and ”The Taiwan Shin Minpao”.This paper will discuss what Chen Fengyuan heard and saw in his visit of Southern China, North China, and Northeast of China during 1934 to 1938. The main contents are from ”Sketch of new China” and Mr. Chen’s supplementary views to this book in the recorded interview for the biography of Chen that I was commissioned to write. This paper tries to present Chen's first-hand materials to avoid the writer’s personal inference.