廬山記 5.2

5.2

廬山自晉宋齊梁陳隋唐。至本朝。幾八百年。其間廢興盛衰皆有記述。歲月浸久往往亡失。若殷仲堪作遠公碑。天祐間猶見於貫休之詩。今無復遺漫矣。今錄太平東林已下五寺觀五代以前人所作碑誌爵里歲月之日。凡四十一。辭多不載。

From the Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen, Sui, and Tang dynasties down to the present dynasty, Mount Lu has seen nearly eight hundred years. During this time, records were kept of its decline and revival, its flourishing and decay, but as months and years stretched on, many were lost. For instance, the stele for Master Yuan composed by Yin Zhongkan was still seen in a poem by Guanxiu during the Tianyou era, yet today no trace remains. Herein are recorded the stelae, records, official ranks, native places, and dates composed by individuals before the Five Dynasties across five temples and abbeys from Taiping and Donglin downwards—forty-one in total. Most of their texts are omitted.