廬山記 5.106

5.106

余今年七月。銜命按撫嶺南。中旬之初自番禺赴闕間。洪兵大擾。乃直趨鍾陵。既至留。一夕察其陰謀。備知情狀。明日渡章江。二十九日憩此。與言明二上人談玄。兼訪經藏遺趾晚晴西去六十四日。余廉問江西。仍帥襄鄂許蔡四軍赴鎮。十一月二十七日。兵次北田。余雖擇甲戎事。方經過松門。遲遲不能去之。以永暇遂駐前鋒於峴。再與言公游。時明上人已物故。悲愴久之。復跨馬前去。因書行上。題于水堂壁。大中十二年十一月二十七日。江南西道都團練觀察處置等使兼御史中丞韋宙題都團練衙推將仕郎權潭州戶曹參軍周勍觀察衙推前試太常寺奉禮郎張自牧男安南柔遠軍判官試左內率府冑參軍升從行。

"In the seventh month of this year, having received the imperial order to inspect and soothe Lingnan, I departed from Panyu at the beginning of the middle ten days of the month to return to the imperial court, when the troops of Hongzhou fell into great rebellion. I thus hastened straight to Zhongling. Having arrived, I stayed for one night, investigated their hidden plots, and came to know their full circumstances. The next day, I crossed the Zhang River, and on the twenty-ninth day rested here. I talked of the dark mystery with the two eminences Yan and Ming, and also visited the remaining foundations of the sūtra canon; on a clear evening, I went west. Sixty-four days later, I was appointed to investigate Jiangxi, and still led the four armies of Xiang, E, Xu, and Cai to proceed to the garrison. On the twenty-seventh day of the eleventh month, our troops halted at Beitian. Although I was wearing armor and occupied with military affairs, as I was passing through the Pine Gate, I lingered and could not bear to leave. To prolong my leisure, I therefore halted the vanguard at the hillside, and once again roamed with Master Yan. At that time, the Eminent Ming had already passed away; I grieved for a long time, then remounted my horse and rode forward. I therefore wrote of this journey and inscribed it on the wall of the Water Hall. Inscribed on the twenty-seventh day of the eleventh month of the twelfth year of Dazhong by Wei Zhou, Circuit Surveillance and Administrative Commissioner of Jiangnan West Circuit, etc., and Vice Censor-in-Chief. Attending him on the journey were Zhou Qing, Investigation Officer of Circuit Headquarters, Gentleman for Court Service, and Acting Revenue Officer of Tanzhou; Zhang Zimuxi, Investigation Officer of Circuit Headquarters and former Probationary Ritual Master of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices; and his son Sheng, Administrative Assistant of the Rouyuan Army of Annam and Probationary Weapons Officer of the Left Guards of the Heir Apparent."