郦道元

酈道元

Lì Dàoyuán

proper noun

Meanings

1 Li Daoyuan (d. 527), Northern Wei geographer, author of the Commentary on the Water Classic

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Examples

HSK 5

郦道元是北魏的地理学家。

Lì Dàoyuán shì Běiwèi de dìlǐxuéjiā.

Li Daoyuan was a geographer of the Northern Wei.

HSK 7-9

为了写《水经注》，郦道元走遍了北方的很多河流。

Wèile xiě 《 Shuǐjīngzhù 》, Lì Dàoyuán zǒubiàn le běifāng de hěnduō héliú.

To write the Commentary on the Water Classic, Li Daoyuan travelled to many rivers of the north.

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history

The Water Classic was a short older text on 137 rivers. His commentary expands it about twentyfold to more than a thousand waterways, with the history, legends and scenery along each. Its passage on the 三峡 (Three Gorges) is still a school text. He was killed by rebels in 527 while on an official mission.

Stroke Order

郦 lì

道 dào

元 yuán