水利事业的发展直接与人类的社会生产发展状况，特别是与农业生产方式密切相联系，一个时代的政治、经济、思想乃至对自然、社会的认识深度等无不在水利事业中得到最大反映。两汉时期各种治水观的形成，不仅体现了汉代人民对黄河认识的深度和实践水平，同时深受当时思想界中两种自然观、历史观和认识路线对立和斗争的影响，从而表现出人们在处理和驾驭人类社会同外部世界关系中不同的基本规范和准则。 The development of water conservancy is directly linked with the development of mankind’s social production and development, especially with the mode of agricultural production. The political, economic, ideological and even deep understanding of nature and society in an era are all greatly reflected in the water conservancy. The formation of various water control views during the Han Dynasty not only reflected the depth and practice level of the people of the Han Dynasty in understanding the Yellow River but also influenced by the oppositions and struggles of the two natural concepts, Basic norms and norms that differ in handling and controlling the relations between human society and the outside world.