廬山記 3.16

3.16

張野字萊民。南陽宛人也。後徙潯陽柴桑。與陶元亮通婚姻。學兼華竺善屬文。州舉秀才。南中郎府功曹州治中後徵散騎常侍。俱不就。天資孝友。田宅舊業悉推與弟。一味之甘一庾之粟。共九族分之。衣食躬自菲薄。人不堪其憂。不改其樂。凡所著述傳於世萬餘言。師敬遠公。與劉雷同轍。遠公卒葬西嶺。謝靈運為銘。野序之。稱門人焉。義熙十四年戊午終。春秋六十九。

Zhang Ye, styled Laimin, was a man of Wan in Nanyang. Later he moved to Chaisang in Xunyang and formed marital ties with Tao Yuanliang. His learning encompassed both China and India, and he was skilled in literary composition. The province recommended him as a Flourishing Talent; he was appointed as Officer of Merit in the Headquarters of the General of the Southern Palace, Attendant Official of the Provincial Government, and later summoned as a Sanqi Changshi (Cavalier Regular Attendant), none of which he accepted. By nature he was filial and fraternal; he ceded all of his family's old estate of fields and residences to his younger brother. A taste of fine food or a peck of grain he shared together with all nine generations of his clan. In food and clothing, he was personally frugal; while others could not bear such hardship, he did not change his joy. In all, his writings transmitted to the world amounted to more than ten thousand words. He revered Master Yuan as his teacher, taking the same path as Liu [Yimin] and Lei [Cizong]. When Master Yuan died and was buried on the West Ridge, Xie Lingyun composed the inscription, and Ye wrote the preface, calling himself a disciple. He died in the fourteenth year of Yixi, the year wuwu, at the age of sixty-nine.