本文藉著討論清代臺灣文獻中有關玉山的記載，探索清人對玉山的認知。本文觸及的課題有：環境想像、生態保護、生活頓域等。特別提出翟灝與柯培元撰於十九世紀前期的作品，他們分別從自然生態與原住民文化的角度論述玉山，呈現與其他清人不同的認知。

This paper discusses documents dealing with Yushan 玉山 written during the Ch’ ing dynasty to explore how people during that time thought of the moun­tain. In particular, we look at works by Chai Hao 翟灝, written in 1805, and Ko Peyuan 柯培元, penned in 1835, that express an understanding of the mountain quite different from other writers of the Ch’ing dynasty. Topics examined in this paper include the environmental imagination, the conservation of the ecosystem, and the life sphere.