Li Bing (Qin)

For other people named Li Bing, see Li Bing (disambiguation).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.
Statue of Li Bing at Erwang Temple, Dujiangyan, sculpted during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD)

Li Bing (Chinese: 李冰; pinyin: Lǐ Bīng; c. 3rd century BC) was a Chinese hydraulic engineer and politician of the Warring States period. He served the state of Qin as an administrator and is revered for his work on the Dujiangyan River Control System, which both controlled flooding and provided irrigation water year-round, greatly increasing the productivity of the valley. Li Bing became a cultural icon, known as the vanquisher of the River God and is compared to the Great Yu.[1]

Dujiangyan is still in use today and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[2]

  1. ^ von Glahn, Richard (1987). The Country of Streams and Grottoes. Expansion, Settlement and the Civilizing of the Sichuan Frontier in Song Times. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. pp. 13–14.
  2. ^ UNESCO Heritage Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System