从公元4世纪初期起,在中国发生了一场大交流中,出现了许多地理学家和地理著作。而其中最杰出的地理学家是郦道元,最杰出的地理著作是他昕撰的《水经注》。郦道元不仅是一位著名的学者,也是一位爱国主义者;《水经注》不仅是一部地理名著,也是一部爱国主义著作。

From the early fourth century, there occurred in China a large-scale "geographic exchange", in which a multitude of geographers and geographic Works emerged. The most outstanding of all the geographer was Li Daoyuan, and the most outstanding of all geographic works was his "Notes on Book of Waterways". Li was not only a celebrated scholar, but also a patriot, and "Notes on Book of Waterways" not only a geographic masterpiece, but also a patriotic work.