Former residence of Li Daoyuan

Former residence of Li Daoyuan in Zhuozhou

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The former residence of Li Daoyuan generally refers to the former residence of Li Daoyuan in Zhuozhou

Former residence of Li Daoyuan in Zhuozhou

The former residence of Li Daoyuan in Zhuozhou was built in memory of Li Daoyuan, the author of the notes to the water classic, a geographer of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Introduction to former residence

Li Daoyuan's former residence is located in Daoyuan village, Zhuozhou City. It was rebuilt in 1995, covering an area of 3493.12 square meters. South, two into the courtyard. The architectural style is imitative of Han style. The buildings have three gates with single eaves hanging on the top of the mountain; one second gate building with single eaves hanging on the top of the mountain; five main rooms with single eaves hanging on the top of the mountain; three East and three West rooms with single eaves hanging on the top of the mountain. In the main room, there is a sitting statue of Li Daoyuan. The mural shows the family figures of Li family. The frescoes in the East and West rooms are drawn according to the contents of the chapter "water classics · river water" and "water classics · river water".

Life of the characters

Li Daoyuan (about 470-527) has a long character. Han nationality, Fanyang Zhuozhou (now Hebei Zhuozhou) people. He was a geographer and essayist in the Northern Dynasties and the Northern Wei Dynasty. His official career was bumpy and he failed to do his best. When he was a child, he went to Shandong with his father to seek waterways. Later, he traveled to Qinling Mountains, north of Huaihe River and south of the Great Wall, inspected rivers and ditches, collected relevant customs, historical stories, myths and legends, and wrote 40 volumes of shuijingzhu. It is not only a geographical work with rich and colorful contents, but also a collection of beautiful landscape prose. It can be called the pioneer of China's travel literature and has a great influence on the development of travel prose in later generations. In addition, thirteen articles in Benzhi and Qipin have been lost.

Born in an official family. His father, Li Fan, was a promising young man. He served in the East Palace during the reign of emperor Taiwu. Later, he became an excellent military strategist with his excellent strategic vision. He once served as general Pingdong and governor of Qingzhou. Li Daoyuan also successively served as a central official in Pingcheng (the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Datong City, Shanxi Province today) and Luoyang (the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved to the south in 493 AD), such as a captaincy of riding, a lieutenant of imperial censor, and a general of beizhonglang. He also served as a local official for many times, a magistrate of Jizhou (Jixian County, Hebei Province today), a prefect of Luyang county (Lushan County, Henan Province today), and a governor of dongjingzhou (Tanghe County, Henan Province today) History, Henan (now Luoyang) yin and other positions. In the first half of Li Daoyuan's life, the Northern Wei Dynasty was at its peak. In 439 ad, after emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty unified the north, after many emperors such as Xianwen and Wencheng made great efforts to govern the country, and later Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty actively reformed, the national strength of the Northern Wei Dynasty became stronger and stronger. Li Daoyuan also followed Emperor Xiaowen to realize the great wish of unification. However, after the death of Emperor Xiaowen, from the beginning of 500 years in the Northern Wei Dynasty, domestic conflicts began to rise again, and gradually went downhill. In 527, six towns rebelled and four parties rebelled. At a time when the country was in trouble, Li Daoyuan died generously. The lonely geese in the sky sing and the birds in Qinshan sing sad songs. When the meteor flashed by, a generation of heroes fell.

During his official career, Li Daoyuan was known as "strict and fierce". He was hated by the powerful and the royal family. In the third year of Xiaochang in the Northern Wei Dynasty (A.D. 527), Li Daoyuan was on his way to be the ambassador of Guanyou. Xiao Baoyin, the governor of Yongzhou, was encouraged by Yuanyue, the king of Runan, to send people to besiege Li Dao and his party in Yinpan Posthouse (in the East of Lintong County, Shaanxi Province). Pavilion on the hill, no water to eat, digging more than ten feet, still no water, finally exhausted, and his brother Daojun and two sons were killed.

Notes to the water classic

Shuijingzhu is a work of Li Daoyuan in Northern Wei Dynasty. Judging from the title of the book, this book is a "note" for another kind of book called Shui Jing. It's true that a nameless author of the Three Kingdoms period wrote a book called the book of water, which is very simple. The book only has more than 8200 words. Every river written in the book is formulaic: its origin, simple process, entering the sea, or where it flows into another river. For example, the Huaihe River, one of the four major rivers in Chinese history, has only written more than 190 words from its origin, process to its end. Take another small river as an example. In ancient times, there was a small tributary called Qingshui in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. As for the origin of this river, Shuijing only said: "Qingshui comes from Heishan in the north of Xiuwu County in Hanoi." But Li Daoyuan wrote about 1800 words for these 12 words. There are more than 20 times more annotations than classics. Shuijingzhu is an independent classic with more than 30000 words.

Shuijingzhu is a comprehensive geographical work with high historical, geographical and literary value, which comprehensively and systematically introduces the physical geography, economic geography and other aspects of the area where the waterway flows through. Shuijingzhu has been selected as the first monograph on hydrography of China by the world record association of China. It is also one of the most important works in ancient Chinese hydrography. Shuijingzhu, with more than 300000 words, introduces in detail more than 1000 rivers in China and the counties, cities, products, customs, legends and history related to these rivers. Shuijingzhu is not only an ancient geographical masterpiece, but also an excellent work of landscape literature. It is a geographical work with literary value.

Business Hours

Business hours: 9:00-18:00

Address of scenic spot

Address: lidaoyuan Road, xidaoyuan village, Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province

Bus routes

Bus route: Zhuozhou City can take a taxi or walk to Yuancun, the West Road in the south of the city.

Address: xidaoyuan village, Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province

Longitude: 115.982474

Latitude: 39.45704

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