廬山記 2.2.2

2.2.2

九江錄云。 齊永明元年。 道士宋文超。 依廬山南麓而創焉。 觀記云。 玉笥山記云。 秦亂名宦者十有三人。 棄官學道。 經于廬山。 內武士三人。 曰唐建威李德殳宋雲刀。 欲遂棲焉。 餘十人曰。 不然。 初志歸于群玉洞府。 豈可中道而廢。 言訖未行。 一夕雷電奄。 至庵舍左右。 化成二溪。 溪中盤石上有玉簡天篆。 曰神化靈溪。 金簡標題。 真人受旨。 玉洞潛栖。 十人者莫知所終。 三武士遂栖于溪側。 漢武帝時。 賜名靈溪觀。 南唐齊王景達。 重修功未就而薨。 其賢順妃實成其志。 是碑也。 文林郎試祕書省正字掌宮宅表奏。 宋渙奉命撰。 開寶五年太歲壬申八月戊子朔六日樹。 故屋壁間有寫真。 題曰。 守太師尚書令齊王食邑一萬戶。 實封三千戶。 李達諡昭孝。 冊封太弟。 太歲癸酉二月丙戌二十四日己酉寫。 由靈溪一里。 至香泉院。 吳大和六年。 僧惠珍置次上塔次下塔。 皆百步相望。 香泉云者。 以流水過董奉之杏林故。 名二塔。 即歸宗之方墳也。 由下塔五里。 至隆教院。 在般若峯頂。 舊名般若臺。 隆教之傍有石門庵。 次布水庵。 次覺性庵。 一名崔師臺。 皆不遠百步。 覺性之上百餘步。 有重巖庵。 過重巖三里。 至謝景先草堂。 景先以醫技游公卿之門。 丞相韓魏公。 及臺閣名士。 往往贈之詩。 自云所居即杏林之故地。 杏林在山北。 事具太一觀。 由謝氏草堂三里。 至靈棲院。 一峯在其上百餘步卓然特立。 亦名紫霄峯。 峯頂有鐵浮圖九級。 記云。 劉瑗序云。 周顯德中。 有祥光現於其地。 人咸異之。 闕下十二尺。 得古記云。 赤烏二年。 有天竺沙門。 以釋迦佛舍利葬焉。 案高僧傳。 吳赤烏十年丁卯歲。 沙門康僧會初至建鄴。 時吳國初見沙門容服非常。 有司奏。 應撿察。 權即召會詰曰。 佛有何靈。 會曰。 如來遷迹已越千年。 遺骨舍利神應無方。 權以為誕謂曰。 若得舍利。 當為造塔。 乃潔淨室。 以銅瓶加几禮請。 至三七日。 忽聞瓶中鎗然有聲。 果得舍利。 舉朝集觀。 五色照耀。 權復以烈火試之不焚。 擊之入鐵不碎。 權大嗟伏。 即為造塔。 以始有佛宇故。 號建初。 則其前八年未有葬舍利者明矣。 世俗苟欲張大其事。 因失其實。 多此類也。 景德中。 始易浮圖以鐵。 皇祐二年重修。 晉咸康中。 梵僧耶舍卒亦墳于靈棲。 靈棲之下八里。 有三將軍廟。 去歸宗一里。 即謂秦武士唐建威已下三人者。 鄉人歲祠焉。 由靈棲至重雲庵四里。 次萬歲庵。 次天宮庵。 皆相去百步。 由天宮至餘峯庵一里。 餘峯之傍上山二十里。 至白雲峯。 上有洞穴。 大石如床。 洞中流泉。 其地可耕。 今無居者。 山中行人望懸瀑。 直下數百尺。 皆知其出於白雲洞也。 由餘峯二里。 至先天觀。 舊名崇善。 梁大同二年。 鄱陽太守楊友江置。 保大初。 女真楊保宗重修。 錫名真風。 有保大五年歲次丁未八月壬午朔二十八日己酉。 朝議郎尚書虞部員外郎武騎尉賜緋魚袋韓熙載奉勅撰記。 略曰。 六宮之中。 競施服玩珠珍綵繡。 計逾千萬。 碑陰刻當時嬪御姓氏十餘人。 其西北半里。 有柳大卿名宏。 建陽人。 官於江東。 樂此真境。 因作室焉。 由先天至太虛簡寂觀二里。 宋陸先生之隱居也。 先生名修靜。 吳興東遷人。 元嘉末因市藥京邑。 文帝素欽其風。 作停霞寶輦。 使左僕射徐湛宣旨留之。 先生固辭。 遂遊江漢。 後帝有大和之難。 人咸異之。 大明五年。 始置館廬山。 泰始三年。 明帝復加詔命。 仍使刺史王景文敦勸。 屢辭不獲。 乃至闕設崇虛館通仙堂。 以待之。 仍會儒釋之士。 講道於莊嚴佛寺久之。 永徽初。 啟求還山。 不許。

The Record of Jiujiang says: In the first year of the Yongming era of the Qi, the Daoist Song Wenchao founded it along the southern foothills of Lushan. The abbey record says: The Record of Mount Yusi says: In the turmoil of the Qin dynasty, thirteen famous officials abandoned office to study the Dao and passed by Lushan. Among them, three warriors—named Tang Jianwei, Li Deshu, and Song Yundao—wished to dwell here. The other ten said, "Not so. Our initial intent was to return to the grotto-heavens of Qunyu; how can we abandon it midway?" Having spoken, before they departed, thunder and lightning suddenly struck one evening on either side of their thatched huts, transforming into two streams. On a boulder within the stream was celestial seal script inscribed on a jade tablet, saying, "Spirit-transformed Divine Stream; jade tablet titled; perfected person receives the mandate; hidden dwelling in the jade cave." It is not known what became of the ten men, but the three warriors thereupon dwelt beside the stream. During the time of Emperor Wu of the Han, it was bestowed the name Lingxi Abbey. King Jingda of Qi under the Southern Tang died before the reconstruction was completed, but his virtuous and compliant consort brought his intention to fruition. As for this stele: Song Huan, Gentleman for Court Audiences, Probationary Proofreader in the Palace Library, and Director of Palace and Mansion Memorials, composed it by command. It was erected on the sixth day, Jiyou, of the eighth month, beginning on Wuzi, in the ninth year of the Taisui, the Renxin year of the Kaibao era. On the wall of the old building, there is a portrait inscribed: "Holding the post of Grand Preceptor and Director of the Department of State Affairs, King of Qi, with an estate of ten thousand households and a real fief of three thousand households, Li Da, posthumously named Zhaoxiao, invested as the Crown Brother. Painted on the twenty-fourth day, Jiyou, of the second month, Bingxu, in the Guiyou year." One li from Lingxi brings one to Xiangquan Monastery. In the sixth year of the Dahe era of Wu, the monk Huizhen erected an upper stūpa and then a lower stūpa, which face each other a hundred paces apart. As for the name "Fragrant Spring," it is because the flowing water passes by Dong Feng's apricot grove. The two stūpas are the square tombs of Guizong. Five li from the lower stūpa is Longjiao Monastery, situated on the summit of Prajñā Peak, formerly named Prajñā Terrace. Beside Longjiao is Shimen Hut, next Bushui Hut, and then Juexing Hut, also named Master Cui's Terrace, none of them more than a hundred paces distant. More than a hundred paces above Juexing is Chongyan Hut. Passing Chongyan, after three li one reaches the Thatched Cottage of Xie Jingxian. Jingxian, on account of his medical skill, was a visitor at the residences of the nobility. Prime Minister Han, Duke of Wei, as well as distinguished scholars of the ministries, frequently presented him with poems. He himself said that his dwelling was the former site of the Apricot Grove. The Apricot Grove is north of the mountain, its details given under the Taiyi Abbey. Three li from Master Xie's thatched cottage is Lingqi Monastery. A single peak stands loftily more than a hundred paces above it; it is also named Zixiao Peak. On the peak's summit is a nine-tiered iron stūpa. A record says: Liu Yuan's preface says: In the Xiande era of the Zhou, an auspicious light appeared in that place, and people all marveled at it. Digging twelve feet down, they found an ancient record saying: In the second year of the Chiwu era, an Indian śramaṇa entombed relics of Śākyamuni Buddha here. However, examining the Biographies of Eminent Monks, in the tenth year of the Chiwu era of the Wu, the dingmao year, the śramaṇa Kang Senghui first arrived in Jianye. At that time, the state of Wu had just seen the unusual appearance and dress of a śramaṇa. The authorities memorialized that this should be investigated. Sun Quan immediately summoned Senghui and questioned him: "What spiritual efficacy does the Buddha have?" Senghui said: "It has been over a thousand years since the Tathāgata departed his traces, but his mortal relics work spiritual responses without limit." Quan considered it boastful and said: "If you can obtain a relic, I shall build a stūpa for you." Thereupon [Senghui] purified a clean chamber, placed a bronze vase on a table, and worshipped and prayed. On the twenty-first day, a clinking sound was suddenly heard in the vase, and indeed relics were obtained. The entire court gathered to view them; they shone with five colors. Quan again tested them with a fierce fire, but they did not burn; struck into iron, they did not shatter. Quan sighed with great submission and immediately built a stūpa for them. Because this was the first Buddhist monastery, it was named Jianchu. Thus, it is clear that eight years prior, there was no one entombing relics. When worldly people wish to aggrandize matters, they consequently lose the truth; cases like this are many. During the Jingde era, the stūpa was first replaced with iron, and it was repaired in the second year of the Huangyou era. During the Xiankang era of the Jin, the Indian monk Yaśas also died and was entombed at Lingqi. Eight li below Lingqi is the Temple of the Three Generals, one li from Guizong, which refers to the three men from the Qin warrior Tang Jianwei on down. The villagers sacrifice to them annually. From Lingqi, it is four li to Chongyun Hut, next Wansui Hut, and then Tiangong Hut, all a hundred paces apart. From Tiangong, it is one li to Yufeng Hut. Beside Yufeng, ascending the mountain for twenty li, one reaches White Cloud Peak. Above it is a cave with a large stone like a bed; a spring flows within the cave, and the land can be tilled, though no one dwells there now. Wayfarers in the mountains who look upon the hanging cascade plummeting straight down hundreds of feet all know that it comes out of the White Cloud Cave. From Yufeng, it is two li to Xiantian Abbey, formerly named Chongshan. In the second year of the Datong era of the Liang, it was founded by the Grand Protector of Poyang, Yang Youjiang. Early in the Baoda era, the Daoist adept Yang Baozong repaired it, and it was granted the name Zhenfeng. There is an inscription composed by imperial command by Han Xizai, Court Gentleman for Consultation, Vice Director of the Bureau of Forestry and Hunting in the Department of State Affairs, Commandant of the Cavalry, and recipient of the Scarlet Fish Bag, on the twenty-eighth day, Jiyou, of the eighth month, Renwu, in the fifth year of the Baoda era, the Dingwei year. It says in brief: "Within the six palaces, they vied in donating fine garments, trinkets, pearls, precious gems, and embroidered silks, totaling over tens of millions." On the reverse of the stele are carved the names of more than ten concubines and palace women of that time. Half a li northwest of it is Liu, Chief Minister of the Court of Imperial Entertainments, whose personal name was Hong, a native of Jianyang. He held office in Jiangdong and, delighting in this transcendent realm, built a dwelling here. From Xiantian, it is two li to the Taixu Jianji Abbey. This was the retreat of Master Lu of the Song dynasty. The Master's personal name was Xiujing, a native of Dongqian in Wuxing. At the end of the Yuanjia era, because he was buying medicinal herbs in the capital, Emperor Wen, who had long admired his demeanor, made the Tingxia Jeweled Carriage and dispatched Xu Zhan, Left Supervisor of the Department of State Affairs, to convey the imperial decree retaining him. The Master firmly declined and then traveled through the Jiang and Han rivers. Later, when the Emperor met with the disaster of the Dahe [era], everyone marveled at his foresight. In the fifth year of the Daming era, he first established an abode on Lushan. In the third year of the Taishi era, Emperor Ming again issued an imperial summons, repeatedly sending the Regional Inspector Wang Jingwen to urge him. Having repeatedly declined without success, he went to the palace, where [the Emperor] set up the Chongxu Cloister and the Tongxian Hall to await him. Furthermore, he gathered Confucian and Buddhist scholars, and [the Master] expounded the Dao in the Zhuangyan Buddhist Monastery for a long time. In the beginning of the Yonghui era, he submitted a memorial requesting permission to return to the mountain, but it was not granted.