樂邦文類 3.89

3.89

先君司封，頃時奉祠吳門，念蓮社可以歸心，迺糾率復為之。會者幾百人，綽有廬阜之風。繪二圖于壁，併書其事，立石寶積精舍。越十一載，而先君無疾而化，享壽八十有六。距今又十五載矣。四明曉師，會[禾*(〦/(坐-土+十))]樂邦文類，造門求之。予嘉其志，且欲斯文不朽，遂出以授之。慶元己未十月旦。男迪功郎監行，在草料場，鍾離（憙）謹志。

My late father, the Director of the Department of Honors, previously served at a shrine in Wumen; reflecting that the Lotus Society could provide a place for minds to take refuge, he gathered others to revive it. Those who gathered were nearly a hundred people, having the distinct air of Mount Lu. He painted two illustrations on the wall and recorded the matter together, erecting a stone at the Baoji Hermitage. Eleven years later, my late father transformed without illness, enjoying a lifespan of eighty-six. From then to now it has been another fifteen years. Master Xiao of Siming, compiling the *Collected Writings on the Land of Bliss*, arrived at my gate to seek it. I commended his ambition, and desiring that this text not perish, I brought it forth and bestowed it upon him. First day of the tenth month of the jiwei year of the Qingyuan era. His son, Zhongli Xi, Court Gentleman for Diligent Service and Supervisor of the Imperial Granary and Fodder Yard, respectfully recorded.