廬山記 2.3

2.3

右自寶嚴之南雲慶至于圓通。同隷江州。謂之山北。老子之宇二。同名觀。佛之宇五十有五。或曰寺曰院。曰庵巖曰蘭若。其實皆僧居也。由康王觀至于慧日之北慈雲。同隷南康。謂之山南。老子之宇九。佛之宇九十有三。余始遊廬山。問山中塔廟興廢及水石之名。無能為予言者。雖言之。往往襲謬失實。因取九江圖經前人雜錄。稽諸本史。或親至其處。考驗銘誌。參訂耆老。作廬山記。其湮泐蕪沒不可復知者則闕疑焉。凡唐以前碑記因其有歲月甲子爵里之詳故并錄之。庶或有補史氏云。

Above, from Yunqing south of Baoyan to Yuantong, all belong to Jiangzhou and are called the North of the Mountain. There are two structures of Laozi, both named abbeys. There are fifty-five structures of the Buddha, variously called monasteries, cloisters, hermitages, cliffs, or araṇyas, but in fact all are monks' dwellings. From Kangwang Abbey to Ciyun north of Huiri, all belong to Nankang and are called the South of the Mountain. There are nine structures of Laozi and ninety-three structures of the Buddha. When I first travelled Mount Lu, I inquired about the rise and fall of the mountain's stūpas and shrines and the names of its waters and rocks, but no one could tell me. Even when they did speak, they often repeated errors and departed from the truth. Therefore, taking the Jiujiang tu jing and the miscellaneous records of earlier men, I examined them against the standard histories, and in some cases went in person to the sites to inspect the inscriptions and consult the village elders, thereby composing the Record of Mount Lu. Where things were obliterated and lost beyond recovery, I left them unresolved as doubtful points. As for stele records prior to the Tang, because they contain full details of years, cyclical dates, ranks, and native places, I recorded them all together, in the hope that they might provide some supplement to the historians.