廬山記 5.101

5.101

予遊東林。頗愛屋間有唐以來人題名。寺僧因為予言。往歲屋室遷改。方板數百。文字昏闇。堆積閑處。不復愛惜。凡此者幸而未至於投削耳。嗟乎昔人嘆賢達勝士登山遠望者多矣。皆湮沒無聞。此幾是。今得永泰已來顏魯公下十有七人題名可見者。著之以備亡失云。

When I traveled to Donglin, I was quite fond of the inscriptions of names made among its rooms since the Tang. The monastery monks therefore told me: 'In former years, when the buildings were renovated and rearranged, there were several hundred square wooden panels; their inscriptions had grown dim and obscure, and they were piled up in neglected corners, no longer cherished. All of these have merely had the good fortune of not yet being thrown out or planed down.' Alas! In the past, people lamented that many worthy and distinguished gentlemen climbed mountains to gaze into the distance, yet all sank into oblivion without being heard of. This is very nearly the same case! Now I have gathered the visible name inscriptions of seventeen persons from the Yongtai era onward, beginning with Duke Yan of Lu, and set them down here to provide against their being lost.