Yuan · Official and Engineer

Guo Daoshou 郭道壽

Attested AD 1330

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Guo Daoshou was an official and Engineer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1330 至順元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 66, passage 222

Career and standing

metropolitan waterworks director 行都水監
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 66, passage 222

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Yuan 66, passage 222

Works and attributed material

Proposal · Speaker
Directly stated · History of Yuan 66, passage 222

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 66Volume 66 Treatises 19: Rivers and Canals 3 · 1 passage

至順元年，因行都水監郭道壽言，金口引水過京城至通州，其利無窮，工部官並河道提舉司、大都路及合屬官員耆老等相視議擬，水由二城中間窒礙。 In Zhishun 1 metropolitan waterworks director Guo Daoshou claimed that drawing Jinkou water through the capital to Tongzhou would yield boundless benefit. After inspection by Ministry of Works officials, the river intendant, Dadu Circuit, and local elders, they found the water blocked between the two city walls.