Most Chinese know Li Daoyuan through middle school textbooks. Li Daoyuan is the earliest tourismist in our country, the pioneer of tourism prose, and the famous geographer. Its famous works have been handed down to this day and have influenced them to this day.
Visiting Li Daoyuan's former residence was my long-cherished wish for many years, and I did not expect that because of the convenience of transportation, it would be easily realized.
Li Daoyuan is a native of Zhuozhou, Hebei Province, and it is now very convenient to get from Beijing to Zhuozhou, and there are buses directly to Zhuozhou. In Zhuozhou, then transfer the bus and get off near the West Road Yuan Village Committee,
Walk along the main road in front of the West Road Yuan Village Committee for about 5 minutes, turn a corner and you can see an open area,
Inside the scarlet closed gate in front of it is the former residence of Li Daoyuan.
Although the gate was closed, there was a phone number for the person on duty, and I was brought in by two elementary school students. The staff on duty were particularly enthusiastic, distributing drinking water to tourists from afar, and enthusiastically introducing me into the scenic spot.
The main entrance of the scenic spot is pasted with a guide map of the former residence
A brief biography of Li Daoyuan
Statue of Li Daoyuan
Entering this small door is the place where Li Daoyuan wrote the "Notes on the Water Classic".
This place where the Li Daoyuan Research Institute is written is Li Daoyuan's "office", and it is also the place where the Water Sutra was born. It was the epicenter of my pilgrimage.
In the living room of Shan Changju, there is a golden statue of Li Daoyuan and the appearance of his work,
On the wall, there is a huge creative painting depicting Li Daoyuan, Li Daoyuan's grandfather, Li Daoyuan's father, his ancestors, great-grandparents,
Li Daoyuan, grandfather, father, ancestor, great-grandfather.
Li Daoyuan was born into a prominent family, his great-grandfather and grandfather were all officials to Taishou, and his father Li Fan served as an assassin and Shangshu Right Cheng. Li Daoyuan was the eldest son in the family, and after his father's death, Li Daoyuan inherited his father's official position of Marquis of Yongning and served as the chief guest of Shangshu. Li Daoyuan accompanied Emperor Xiaowen on his tour of the four northern towns. Later, he also served as an official such as Changshi, Taishou, Assassin, and Henan Yin.
Li Daoyuan (466-527 AD), also known as Shanchang, was a native of Zhuozhou (涿州, Hebei). He lived in the Northern Wei Dynasty in China's history, and he was a famous hydrogeographer during the Northern Wei Dynasty. He is famous throughout the ages for his forty-volume Commentary on the Water Classics, which established his position as an ancient Chinese geographer. In the Book of Wei, there is a biography of Li Daoyuan: "Daoyuan is eager to learn and has read strange books. He wrote forty volumes of the Water Classic, thirteen articles of the Benzhi, and the Seven Appointments and various texts, all of which were practiced in the world. ". The Notes on the Water Classics raised the hydrographic geography of ancient China to new heights.
The reason why he was able to write the "Notes on the Water Classic" was related to his tutoring and his own interests.
When Li Daoyuan was 17 years old, the Li family came to the Li family with a knowledgeable and talented Mr. Wang. This Mr. Wang was well-informed and had traveled to many places, and Father Li asked Li Daoyuan to follow Mr. Wang out on a tour.
Li Daoyuan was very happy, he asked Mr. Wang to let him bring a few friends with him, Mr. Wang agreed, Li Daoyuan and his friends followed Mr. Wang to qingzhou to play.
The beauty of nature makes them excited, Mr. Wang told them that tourism is not only for fun, but also a good way to accumulate knowledge, Mr. Wang introduced that Sima Qian left home when he was 20 years old, traveled thousands of miles during the 10 years, he had to search for ancient books and collect information everywhere, with 10 years of accumulation, he wrote out the history of ancient names.
When Li Daoyuan was 20 years old, he inherited his father's title and successively served as an official in Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Anhui and other places in Shanxi, and in his leisure time other than handling government affairs, he always had to travel to the local area. Once, when he was touring the Yellow River in Xia County on the south bank of the Yellow River, local officials told him that the great iron man of the Qin Dynasty had fallen into the river, causing the Yellow River here to wave dozens of feet high. Li Daoyuan did not believe that he had brought a few people to the Yellow River to investigate, and this place was the Yellow River Hukou Waterfall that we saw today. The yellow river waves at Hukou were indeed turbulent, and Li Daoyuan noticed that there were two islands made of stones on both sides of the Yellow River and the Yellow River, and divided the Yellow River into three strands. All this shows his rich knowledge of geography and is the cornerstone of his writing of the Notes on the Water Classics.
Li Daoyuan was an official and a clean man, and paid attention to the education related to the common people. In order for the common people to have a peaceful environment, Li Daoyuan ruled harshly, so the biography of Li Daoyuan in the Book of Wei was placed in the biography of Ku Officials.
Li Daoyuan died in 527 (Xiaochang 3). His death was directly related to the harsh style of his administration.
In the third year of Xiaochang, Li Daoyuan followed the people's wishes and arrested and executed a sinner who was extremely angry, and this person was a close confidant of the King of Runan. This led to revenge on the king of Runan. In the same year, Li Daoyuan was killed by someone sent by the King of Runan, along with his brother and his two sons. After Li Daoyuan's death, the imperial court added him as the official Shangshu (吏部尚書), the Assassin of Jizhou ( 冀州刺史).
Li Daoyuan was a rigorous scholar throughout his life, strictly managing the political power, and he was respected by the common people all his life. Listening to the staff introduce this former residence to the Northern Wei Dynasty in 1555, there was basically no major change in appearance and no place to move. This reflects the love and support of the local people for him from one aspect. "Notes on the Water Classics" is ancient, and Li Daoyuan is ancient.