廬山記 3.10

3.10

Lei Cizong, styled Zhonglun, was a man of Nanchang in Yuzhang. Widely learned, he was especially clear on the Book of Songs and the Book of Rites. He did not take up summons and appointments, but entered Lushan and built a lodge to the east of the monks' quarters at Donglin, joining the society with Master Yuan. In the fifteenth year of Yuanjia of Emperor Wen of Song, he was summoned; upon reaching the capital, he established an academy at Mount Jilong and instituted more than a hundred students. After a long while, he returned to Lushan. The dukes and ministers gave him a farewell banquet. Later he was summoned again and built a chamber beneath the western cliff of Mount Zhong, calling it the Lodge for Summoning the Recluse (Zhaoyin Guan). Still maintaining his moral restraint, he did not enter official gates. Every day, going from Donglin in Hualin Garden into the Hall of Extending Worthies, he lectured on the Book of Mourning Attire for the Crown Prince and the various princes. He died in the twenty-fifth year of Yuanjia, the year wuzi, at the age of sixty-three.