郦道元《水经注》原是一本地理书,文字以说明为主,按说他只要说得准确清楚就算是完成了使命,但他还讲究说得有味道,写景之妙,古今共赏,甚至认为无以复加。明末文人张岱指出:“古人记山水手,太上郦道元,其次柳子厚;近则袁中郎。”(《跋〈寓山注〉二则》,《琅嬛文集》卷五)清初大学者刘献廷说:“郦道元博极群书,识周天壤,其注《水经》也,于四渎百川之原委支派,出入分合,莫不定其方向,纪其道里。数千年之往迹故渎,如观掌纹而数家宝;更有余力,铺写景物,片语只 郦 Daoyuan ”water by the note“ was originally a geography book, the text to explain the main, according to that he as long as accurate and even said that the completion of the mission, but he also pay attention to taste, writing wonderful, ancient and modern , Or even think it can not be added. Ming dynasty literary people Zhang Dai pointed out: ”Ancients remember landscape sailor, too on the road Daoyuan, followed by Liu Zihou; near Yuan Zhong Lang. “ (”Postscript two“, ”Langya corpus“ Liu Xianting, an early university scholar, said: ”Taoist Yuan boasted a great book of books, and learned about the world through his days. Thousands of years to the dereliction of evil, such as the palm of the hand palm prints and a few treasure; more spare capacity, shop scenery, slogan only