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釋曉瑩字仲溫。未詳氏族。歷參叢席頓明大事。四眾推重。晚歸羅湖之上。杜門却掃不與世接。惟以生平之所見聞諸方尊宿提唱之語及友朋談說議論宗教之言或得於殘碑蠧簡有關典謨之說。皆會萃成編曰羅湖野錄。其所載者皆命世宗匠賢士大夫言行之粹美機鋒之勁捷酧酢之雄偉氣格之弘曠可以輔宗乘訓後學抑起人于至善。是故閱者不忍釋手云。

Shi Xiaoying, styled Zhongwen, was of unknown lineage. He trained in various monasteries and suddenly understood the Great Matter, winning the veneration of the four assemblies. In his later years, he returned to the shores of Luohu, shut his doors, swept away visitors, and did not interact with the worldly. He took only what he had seen and heard throughout his life—the instructional sayings of venerable masters from all quarters, the words of friends discussing the teachings of the sect, and statements related to standard canons obtained from damaged steles and moth-eaten bamboo slips—and compiled them all into a work entitled *Luohu yelu* (Rustic Records of Luohu). What is recorded therein are the pristine beauty of the words and deeds of epoch-making patriarchal masters and worthy literati, the sharpness and swiftness of their dynamic exchanges, the magnificence of their responses, and the vastness of their spirit, which can support the ancestral vehicle, instruct later students, and uplift people to supreme goodness. Therefore, those who read it cannot bear to put it down.