《临海水土异物志》是我国最早的方志之一。原书早佚,书的“内容有二:一是关于夷州民、安家民等古代民族的史志,为研究高山族史和古越族史的重要资料;二是关于鳞介、虫鸟、竹木、果藤等动植物的重要资料,这部分内容不仅是我国古代农业科学知识的一部分,而且从中也可以或多或少地了解到古越人的生产知识和生活状况。”此书“记载翔实,为有名的著作,历代著述征引者多,故原书虽不传,却保存下大量的引文”。传世辑本较多, “Linhai water and soil foreign body” is one of the earliest local records. The original book was lost, the book has two contents: one is the history of the ancient ethnic groups such as the Yi people, the An Jia Min, for the study of Gaoshan ethnic history and the history of the ancient Yue family important information; the second is about scales mediated insects and birds Wood, fruit vine and other animals and plants of important information, this part of the content is not only part of China’s ancient agricultural science knowledge, but also can be more or less from the understanding of ancient Yue people’s production knowledge and living conditions. , Is a famous book, many writers of successive generations, so although the original book does not pass, but save a lot of quotations. Handed down the series more,