釋迦氏譜 1.84

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四以水源徵之。竊以四海為壑水趣所極也。閻浮洲中有大香山。即崑崙之別名也。此山獨高洲中最極。山南有池。名阿耨達。此名無熱惱也。具八功德。大龍所居名為水府。方出一河以注四海。所以水隨高勢以赴下流。彼高此下中邊定矣。此土黃河源出於彼。故爾雅云。河出崑崙墟色白。郭璞圖贊云。崑崙三層號曰天柱。寔維河源水之靈府。禹貢導河自積石者。據其伏流涌出為言也。故知水隨高來高為中矣。又河圖云。崑崙山東南方五千里。號曰神州。亦稱赤縣。崑崙名為天柱理非偏隅。號此東南明知非正。又李敻西奔崑崙。抑亦朝宗有據。黃帝夢遊華胥。於事從中又顯（如王邵解云。花胥國者。即天竺國也）。

Fourth, verifying it by the water sources: In my humble view, the four seas serve as the drainage basin, being the ultimate destination of the waters. In the middle of Jambūdvīpa there is the Great Gandhamādana Mountain, which is another name for Kunlun. This mountain is singularly lofty, the most extreme in the continent. South of the mountain is a lake named Anavatapta, which means "Free from the Torment of Heat." Endowed with the eight virtues, it is the residence of a great dragon king, called the Palace of Waters. In each direction it issues a river to flow into the four seas. Thus, water follows the high terrain to pour toward the low-lying flow. That is high and this is low; the center and the periphery are thereby determined. The Yellow River of this land has its source there. Thus the Erya states: "The River emerges from the ruins of Kunlun, and its color is white." Guo Pu's Illustrated Eulogy states: "Kunlun has three tiers, called the Pillar of Heaven; it is truly the source of the River, the numinous palace of waters." When the Yu Gong speaks of "directing the River from Jishi," it refers to the place where its subterranean stream surges forth. Thus we know that water comes from the high, and the high is the center. Furthermore, the Hetu states: "Five thousand li southeast of Mount Kunlun, it is called the Divine Province, and also called the Red District." Mount Kunlun is named the Pillar of Heaven, so in principle it cannot be a peripheral corner; calling this the southeast makes it clearly known not to be the true [center]. Furthermore, Li Xiong fled west to Kunlun, which also provides evidence for paying court to the source; the Yellow Emperor's dream journey to Huaxu also demonstrates its centrality from facts (as Wang Shao explained: "The land of Huaxu is indeed the land of Tianzhu").