The original text and translation of Li Daoyuan's Notes on Water Classics are as follows:

The original text:

Minshan, that is, it is also a blasphemy, and the water is called blasphemy; It is also called wenfu mountain, which is outside the river and guided by the river. "Yizhou Ji" said: The source of the great river, that is, what I heard today, originated at the foot of Yangbo Ridge, with a loose cliff and hundreds of small waters, which hardly started. Hundreds of miles to Baimaling in the southeast, and Pengque in the calendar day is also called Tianpeng Valley. King Zhao of Qin took Li Bing as the guardian of Shu, and Bing saw that there was Tianpeng Mountain in Biandao County, and the two mountains were opposite, which was shaped like a que, called Tianpeng Gate, also known as Tianpeng Que. Since then, the river has been weak, and the so-called source is also.

Translation:

Minshan is a blasphemous mountain, and water is called blasphemous water; Also known as Wenfu Mountain, it is far beyond the Great Wall, where the river originates. "Yizhou Ji" said: As far as we know, the source of the great river started from the foot of Yangbo Ridge, and the water scattered along the cliff, with hundreds of trickles, so shallow that even the glass could not float. The water flows more than 1 miles to the southeast, reaches Baimaling, and passes through Tianpengque, also known as Tianpenggu.

King Zhao of Qin appointed Li Bing as the prefect of Shu County. Li Bing saw that there was Tianpeng Mountain in Biandao County. The two mountains were opposite and shaped like a door, which was also called Tianpeng Gate. From here, the river is very thin, and the so-called wine glass can only float when it originates, which means this.

Appreciation:

Li Daoyuan is famous for being strict and fierce as an official. When he was a local official, he did many good things for local public security and cultural and educational undertakings, and achieved great results; Law enforcement is very strict, officials are afraid of him, dare not do evil, and thieves have fled to other places. When the central government was an official, he was not afraid to avoid powerful people and dared to expose their bad deeds, so many powerful people hated him.

Li Daoyuan is famous for his love of reading. He has read almost all the books about geography. He wrote many books, all of which were popular in the world, but unfortunately most of them died later. Li Daoyuan loved sightseeing when he was a teenager. Later, when he became an official, he traveled all over the country. Everywhere he went, he not only visited places of interest, but also carefully surveyed the topography of water and learned about the coastal geography, landforms, soil, climate, people's production and life, and regional changes.