廬山記 2.2.6

2.2.6

至淨住院舊名登雲庵。 由淨住過澗至廣壽院二里而近。 舊名資聖太玄。 峯在其前其傍百餘步。 有金師臺。 昔東海僧道邈。 姓金故名金師臺。 由廣壽入萬壽源。 至萬壽院二里。 由萬壽復出。 南行三里。 至楞伽院。 舊名下白石。 其山號櫓斷源。 楞伽院有李氏山房。 李名常。 字公擇。 少時兄弟讀書山中。 既去寺僧虛其室不居。 因藏書室中幾萬卷。 蘇子瞻軾作山房藏書記。 今刻石留壁間。 由楞伽東上山三里。 至證道院。 舊名上白石。 由證道三里。 至太平興國院。 舊名臥雲庵。 有峯在其後。 亦名香爐峯。 前有經閣。 所藏之經。 朝廷祥符二年勅印經院賜焉。 由太平一里。 至上五峯香林院。 中道過幽澗。 潺湲清淺。 特可狎玩。 由香林五里。 至淨居院。 舊名上庵。 由淨居五里。 至下五峯延福院。 有南唐所賜達觀禪師智筠手制三十道。 三道元宗所署。 餘皆後主。 智筠河中人。 保大中住棲賢院。 開寶中詔住清涼寺。 後歸五峯。 初號幽棲院。 後名栖玄蘭若。 祥符元年。 改延福。 由延福三里。 至竹林院。 由竹林二里。 至福源庵。 舊名靈源。 由福源半里。 至石泉庵。 由石泉二里。 上凌霄巖明真院。 凡自淨住至明真十有三處。 水石無不佳者。 唯明真巖石玲瓏。 或欹或立。 有洞府之狀。 坐大石上。 對五老峯。 如賓客。 此亦山之最勝處也。 由明真復下山五里。 至淨妙院。 舊名德政庵。 古名青牛谷。 九江錄云。 昔有道士洪志。 乘青牛得道於此。 壇場猶存。 唐人楊衡宿青牛谷詩云。 隨雲步入青牛谷。 青牛道士留我宿。 可憐夜久月明中。 唯有壇邊一枝竹。 蓋亦古之名迹。 今為耕隴矣。 由淨妙一里。 至雲臺庵。 庵後有石崖。 崖上有流泉。 由雲臺履小徑三里。 至聖果院。 舊名淨明庵。 聖果之前有解空院。 舊名吉祥庵。 凡德政淨明吉祥三庵。 視諸僧居。 俱為完潔。 解空之西北百步。 有谷源庵。 庵之前路左疊石。 雖非峻卓。 固自奇偉。 庵後幽泉涓涓不竭。 不必湍激而後可愛也。 谷源東北行二里。 至證寂院。 舊名折桂庵。 唐相李逢吉。 舊依李渤學于此山。 逢吉去而為僧居。 故名折桂。 逢吉字虛舟。 長慶寶曆間。 附鄭注王守澄。 仕至宰相。 唐書有傳。 庵僧因逢吉家集中記錄刊于石。 辭多舛誤其山名幡竿源。 山上有南唐惠濟禪師石墳。 由證寂半里。 至華嚴院。 由華嚴東北行三里。 至永福院。 舊名龍雲。 道中望五老峯。 歷歷可數。 高下為十餘峯矣。 中有師子峯。 狀若刻削。 雲物隱映。 尤所肖似。 庵之後頗有亂石。 西北直上有鷹嘴峯。 亦在五老峯之間也。 蓋起淨住至永福院凡二十有一。 同在棲賢之澗東。 耆舊謂之澗東諸庵巖云。 由永福下山入大富莊八里。 由大富莊東北行至慧日禪院十里。 院在官道西。 下官道傍澗而行。 兩山挾澗重複者五里。 宛若洞府。 舊名仙居洞。 院記云。 唐乾寧中。 僧如義始結庵舍。 吳大和初。 僧惠從乃大構禪剎。 時楊澈剌江州。 頗捐信施。 仍親篆仙居永安禪院之牓。 題曰。 吳大和五年歲次癸巳正月戊寅朔。 奉化軍節度使江州觀察處置等使特進檢校太尉中書令使持節江州兼軍事江州刺史上柱國德化王食邑三千戶楊澈篆。 本朝祥符二年。 改今額。 而僧寶其故篆焉。 昔如義之居山也。 朱朴甞依以隷業。 乾寧中。 有道士許巖士。 出入禁中。 為姦利。 朴附之因薦。 朴有經濟才。 昭宗召見。 對以經義。 甚悅。 即日自國子博士。 拜諫議大夫平章事。 議論迂闊。 動為笑端。 數月巖士事敗。 俱為韓建所殺。 故今謂之朱朴書堂。 道傍有睡龍潭。 次白龜池。 次文殊臺。 出白石英。 堪入藥品。

Reaching Jingzhu Cloister, formerly named Dengyun Hermitage. Crossing the ravine from Jingzhu to Guangshou Cloister is nearly two li; its former name was Zisheng Taixuan. Peak lies before it; more than a hundred paces to its side stands the Master Jin Terrace. In the past, the monk Daomiao of Donghai had the secular surname Jin; hence it was named Master Jin Terrace. Entering Wanshou Source from Guangshou, it is two li to Wanshou Cloister. Setting out again from Wanshou and travelling three li south, one reaches Lengyan Cloister, formerly named Lower Baishi. Its mountain is called Luduanyuan. Lengyan Cloister contains the Mountain Study of the Li Family. Li's name was Chang, styled Gongze. In his youth, he and his brothers read books in the mountains. After he left, the temple monks kept his chambers empty and did not reside in them; because of this, nearly several tens of thousands of fascicles were stored in the chambers. Su Shizi Zhan wrote the Record of the Mountain Study's Library, which is now carved on stone and preserved on the wall. Climbing three li east up the mountain from Lengyan, one reaches Zhengdao Cloister, formerly named Upper Baishi. Travelling three li from Zhengdao, one reaches Taiping Xingguo Cloister, formerly named Woyun Hermitage. There is a peak behind it, also called Xianglu Peak. In front stands a sūtra pavilion; the scriptures stored there were bestowed by the court's Sūtra Printing Office by imperial decree in the second year of the Xiangfu reign era. Travelling one li from Taiping, one reaches Xianglin Cloister of Upper Wufeng. Halfway along the path, one crosses a secluded ravine, its ripples clear and shallow, exceedingly pleasant to linger by. Travelling five li from Xianglin, one reaches Jingju Cloister, formerly named Upper Hermitage. Travelling five li from Jingju, one reaches Yanfu Cloister of Lower Wufeng. It preserves thirty handwritten edicts bestowed by the Southern Tang on Chan Master Daguan, Zhiyun; three were signed by Yuanzong, and the rest were all by the Last Ruler. Zhiyun was a native of Hezhong. During the Baoda reign era, he resided at Qixian Cloister; during the Kaibao reign era, he was summoned by imperial decree to reside at Qingliang Temple. Later he returned to Wufeng; it was initially named Youqi Cloister, and later named Qixuan Hermitage. In the first year of the Xiangfu reign era, it was changed to Yanfu. Travelling three li from Yanfu, one reaches Zhulin Cloister. Travelling two li from Zhulin, one reaches Fuyuan Hermitage, formerly named Lingyuan. Travelling half a li from Fuyuan, one reaches Shiquan Hermitage. Travelling two li from Shiquan, one ascends Lingxiao Rock to Mingzhen Cloister. In all, from Jingzhu to Mingzhen there are thirteen places; of their waters and stones, none are not delightful. Only Mingzhen's rocks are exquisitely craggy, either tilting or standing upright, having the appearance of an immortal's grotto; sitting upon the great rocks, one faces the Five Elders Peak like guests—this too is among the mountain's finest scenic spots. Descending five li down the mountain again from Mingzhen, one reaches Jingmiao Cloister, formerly named Dezheng Hermitage, anciently called Qingniugu. The Jiujiang Record states: 'In the past, there was the Daoist Hongzhi, who rode a green ox and attained the Way here; the sacrificial altar still remains.' The Tang poet Yang Heng's poem 'Lodging at Green Ox Valley' says: 'Following clouds, I stepped into Green Ox Valley; / The green-ox Daoist lodged me for the night. / Lovely indeed, late into the night under the bright moon: / Only a single stem of bamboo beside the altar.' It was indeed an ancient famous site, but is now cultivated ridges. Travelling one li from Jingmiao, one reaches Yuntai Hermitage. Behind the hermitage is a stone cliff; upon the cliff is a flowing spring. Following a small path for three li from Yuntai, one reaches Shengguo Cloister, formerly named Jingming Hermitage. In front of Shengguo stands Jiekong Cloister, formerly named Jixiang Hermitage. Looking at the three hermitages of Dezheng, Jingming, and Jixiang, compared to other monastic dwellings, all are completely pure and immaculate. A hundred paces northwest of Jiekong stands Guyuan Hermitage. To the left of the path before the hermitage are piled stones; though not towering and lofty, they are naturally wondrous and grand. Behind the hermitage, a secluded spring trickles incessantly without drying up; it does not need to be rushing and turbulent to be lovable. Travelling two li northeast from Guyuan, one reaches Zhengji Cloister, formerly named Zhezhi Hermitage. The Tang chancellor Li Fengji formerly relied on Li Bo to study on this mountain; after Fengji left, it became a monastic dwelling, hence it was named Zhezhi. Fengji was styled Xuzhou. During the Changqing and Baoli reign eras, he attached himself to Zheng Zhu and Wang Shoucheng, and rose in office to chancellor; his biography is recorded in the Tang history. The monks of the hermitage carved records from Fengji's family collection on stone, but the phrasing has many errors. The mountain is named Fan'ganyuan. On the mountain is the stone tomb of Chan Master Huiji of the Southern Tang. Travelling half a li from Zhengji, one reaches Huayan Cloister. Travelling three li northeast from Huayan, one reaches Yongfu Cloister, formerly named Longyun. Gazing at the Five Elders Peak from along the path, they can be distinctly counted; rising and falling, they form more than ten peaks. In their midst is Lion Peak, shaped as if carved and chiseled; shimmering amid clouds and mists, it resembles one all the more. Behind the hermitage are many scattered stones; directly ascending to the northwest stands Eagle Beak Peak, also situated among the Five Elders Peak. Altogether from Jingzhu to Yongfu Cloister, there are twenty-one places; all are located east of the ravine of Qixian. The elders call them the Various Hermitages and Rocks East of the Ravine. Descending the mountain from Yongfu into Dafuzhuang is eight li. Travelling ten li northeast from Dafuzhuang, one reaches Huiri Chan Cloister. The cloister is to the west of the official post road; descending from the post road and travelling beside the ravine, two mountains flank the ravine in folded layers for five li, just like an immortal's grotto. Its former name was Xianju Grotto. The cloister record states: 'During the Qianning reign era of the Tang, the monk Ruyi first built a thatched hermitage. In the beginning of the Dahe reign era of Wu, the monk Huicong greatly erected a Chan monastery. At that time, Yang Che served as governor of Jiangzhou; he donated abundant offerings from faithful patrons and personally inscribed in seal script the plaque for Xianju Yong'an Chan Cloister, entitling it: "In the fifth year of the Dahe reign era of Wu, the year guisi, first month, wuyin new moon day. Seal script written by Yang Che, Military Commissioner of Fenghua Army, Surveillance and Disposal Commissioner of Jiangzhou, Specially Advanced, Acting Grand Commandant, Director of the Imperial Secretariat, Envoy Holding the Tally, Concurrently in Charge of Military Affairs of Jiangzhou, Governor of Jiangzhou, Upper Pillar of State, Prince of Dehua, Beneficiary of an Appanage of Three Thousand Households." In the second year of the Xiangfu reign era of our present dynasty, it was changed to the present title, and the monks treasure that former seal inscription.' Formerly, when Ruyi dwelt in the mountain, Zhu Po once relied on him to pursue his studies. During the Qianning reign era, there was the Daoist Xu Yanshi, who frequented the inner court and committed corrupt deeds; Po attached himself to him and was thereby recommended as possessing managerial talent. Emperor Zhaozong summoned him for an audience, and when questioned on the classics, he was greatly pleased; on that very day, from Erudite of the National University, he was appointed Policy Advisor and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. His discussions were broad and impractical, constantly serving as a laughingstock. Within a few months, Yanshi's enterprise collapsed, and both were slain by Han Jian; therefore, people nowadays call it Zhu Po's Library. Beside the path is Sleeping Dragon Pool, followed by White Turtle Pool, followed by Mañjuśrī's Terrace. It produces white quartz, suitable for use in medicine.