The Studies Of Literature Referenced On Shui Jing Zhu

Shui Jing Zhu,40 volumes, was wrote by Li Daoyuan in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Because Shui Jing briefly explains rivers, Li Daoyuan make lots of added to Shui Jing. Shui Jing Zhu note river about 1252, nearly 10 times more than Shui Jing. The said that Li Daoyuan explain natural environment around river was more detailed .According to the correct record from relevant literature and field study,Li Daoyuan make abundant textual research to mistake with Shui Jing. Shui Jing Zhu cited rich literature, including 479 books of literature,364 inscriptions literature, also cited a large number of folk cronies, vulgar anecdotes, the content of literature was rich.The content of literature referenced by Shui Jing Zhu involves history, archaeology, folk custom, geography, literature and inscriptions, etc.With the addition of some description to river and mountains is very beautiful,so the tevaluation from later scholars was very high, and some scholars quoted literature cited by Shui Jing Zhu to make study on geography, literature, epigraphy,etc.Due to the Shui Jing Zhu was spread by copying before the Song Dynasty, few people pay attention to it.Shui Jing Zhu gradually remarked by bookman after Song Dynasty. The error was emerged when their excerpt words with Shui Jing Zhu. It leading to confused words, also make reading become trouble.Because many scholars,Quan Zuwang, Zhao Yiqing, Tai Chen, made textual criticism to Shui Jing Zhu, it become readable book after the Ming Dynasty.The distinction between words with Shui Jing and words noted with Li Daoyuan for scholars to do research provides convenient.Strictly speaking, there is a difference between the annotation with Shui Jing Zhu and the document cited by Li Daoyuan, the annotation with Shui Jing Zhu is composed of vast document cited by Li Daoyuan, The relationship their were in whole or in part.The content of annotation with Shui Jing Zhu was colorful, such as the content annotated to geographic matter wrote by Shui Jing, the content described to geographic matter, the content textual research to revolution with geographic matter, the content critical content to document cited by Li Daoyuan. On the number of words, Shui Jing Zhu more than Shui Jing dozens of times. Shui Jing writings river is very brief, Li Daoyuan reference to a large number of documents made an detail explanation for annotation to river cited by Shui Jing.The literature some from the book, some from the investigation. The literature from the investigation, Such as folklore, anecdotes and stories, stone carving, view personal,etc.The cause of additional notes to Shui Jing from Li Daoyuan, on the one hand, is closely related to the historical environment at that time, on the other hand is because the previous record about river channel is simple and error. Li Daoyuan decided to investigate personal and make comment to Shui Jing in order to get a more reliable, more accurate detailed information on the river channel.The annotations for geographical matters from Li Daoyuan, not the simple accumulation of material, but has a unique annotations paradigm.That is, Li Daoyuan mainly based on geographic things "evolution" and "today’s change" as the center to comment and to discriminate. Li Daoyuan was used two ways to make notes on the Shui Jing, namely, annotation and discrimination. Li Daoyuan made additional notes on geographic things that speak summary, the content includes the history and geographical environment of geographical things. Li Daoyuan make differentiate to wrong expounds with Shui Jing about geographic things, such as river direction, geographical evolution, the change of the name, the position of geographical things, and so on. When Li Daoyuan make differentiate to geographic things, using different types of literature to textual research, paying extraordinary attention to the interpretation on the phonological and font, saving the document to prove in the future if not a satisfactory conclusion on differentiate and analyse to geographic things.Li Daoyuan was able to express own view for anecdotes referenced when he references. Because Li Daoyuan learn Confucian doctrine when I was a child, so he frequently use Confucian ideas to observe all sorts of things.Li Daoyuan deemed the god cannot use common sense to speculate. Li Daoyuan also advocate filial conduct, considered filial conduct must be from the heart, such ability will be immortal. Li Daoyuan oppose extravagant funeral, advocate thrifty funeral, and maintain monarch deserve to take good care of peoples. In addition, Li Daoyuan also condemned the violence from the tyrant, cruel officials and bandits. Li Daoyuan cited lots of anecdotes about cherish people, it make praise review to the protagonist behavior from anecdotes.Shui Jing Zhu is a private book on historical geography, annotated rivers geography is come first, therefore historical geography book is the first attribute.Some scholars also believe that literary writings is the second attribute, because the description to geographic things very vivid, it was one of the mountains-rivers prose masterpiece in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.It was also beneficial to the study of ancient mountains-rivers prose. Shui Jing Zhu saved a lot of stone carving with previous the Northern Wei Dynasty.The writing way of stone carving was unique, literature value was huge. The attitude with practical epigraphy studying has a great influence to later scholars, many creative idea was accepted and promote the formation and development of epigraphy. In this sense, the Shui Jing Zhu is an epigraphy work, summing up epigraphic research activities before Northern Wei Dynasty and make the necessary preparations for the formation of epigraphy in the Northern Song Dynasty.