集神州三寶感通錄 1.26

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十二代州城東古塔。俗云。阿育王寺。考北朔雁門。周時北狄地也。故詩云。北逐玁狁至于太原。然朔方馬邑。古城大冢往往非一。此非北狄所有。明知本是夏人為狄所侵故至太原也。

Twelve: The ancient stūpa east of Daizhou city is popularly called King Aśoka Temple. Examining Yanmen in the northern frontier, it was the land of the northern barbarians in Zhou times; thus the Classic of Poetry says: "In the north he drove out the Xianyun, as far as Taiyuan." However, in the northern frontier at Mayi, ancient cities and large burial mounds are frequently found; these did not belong to the northern barbarians. Clearly, it was originally Xia territory that was encroached upon by the barbarians, who thus reached Taiyuan.