釋氏稽古略 4.232

4.232

西湖　唐白侍郎居易刺杭州。浚理為勝概。至是龍圖閣學士蘇軾守杭州。奏杭有西湖猶人之有眉目。而葑生已翳。乃浚湖之舊。環三十里際山為岸。積其葑於湖旁。直通南北為長道。楊柳木芙蓉間值其上。杭人名曰蘇公堤（坡集奏議）。

The West Lake: In the Tang dynasty, Vice Director Bai Juyi was Prefect of Hangzhou, and dredged it to create scenic beauty. By this time, Su Shi, Academician of the Hall of the Dragon Diagram, served as Prefect of Hangzhou. He submitted a memorial stating that Hangzhou having the West Lake was like a person having eyebrows and eyes, yet overgrown aquatic weeds had obscured it. He therefore dredged the lake according to its former bounds, bordering the mountains along thirty li to make embankments, piling the weeds along the sides of the lake to form a long causeway straight from north to south, planting willows and cotton roses alternately upon it. The people of Hangzhou named it the Causeway of Lord Su (Poji zouyi).