四明尊者教行錄 1.22

1.22

Third year, dingyou. The Record of the Bao'en Cloister says: 'Previously, this cloister was constructed long ago and had become increasingly dilapidated. In the third year of Zhidao, together with the monk Yiwen of Yuhang, concerted efforts were made to manage it. It happened that the monk Jueyuan of Danqiu brought forth the resolve to exert his strength, and after three years the project was finished. Beholding its timber and stonework, splendid and majestic, with gold and jade colours brilliantly shimmering: putting the Buddha hall first and the monks' hall second made clear their proper order; placing the canon depository on the right and the abbot's quarters on the left made things convenient for affairs.'