集神州三寶感通錄 3.11

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岱州東南五臺山。古稱神仙之宅也。山方三百里。極巉巖崇峻。有五高臺。上不生草木松柏茂林森於谷底。其山極寒。南號清涼山。亦立清涼府。經中明文殊將五百仙人。往清涼雪山。即斯地也。所以古來求道之士。多遊此山。遺蹤靈窟奄然即目。不徒設也。中臺最高。去并州四百里。望如指掌。上有小石浮圖。其量千許。即魏文帝宏所立也。石上人馬迹宛然。有大泉。名曰太華。清澄如鏡。有二浮圖夾之。中有文殊師利像。人有至者。鍾聲香氣無日不有。神僧瑞像往往逢遇。龍朔已來。下勅令會昌寺僧會賾往彼修理寺塔。前後再返。亦遇靈感。中臺東南下三十里有大孚靈鷲寺。古傳漢明所造。現有東西二道場。像設猶在。南有花園三頃許。四時名花相續間發。貞觀中解脫禪師聚徒習定。自云。於花園北四度見文殊師利翼從滿空。群仙異聖不可勝紀。近有僧明禪師。居山三十餘載。亦遇仙聖飛空而去。唯留故皮南臺三十里內多是名花遍於峯岫俗號花山。中有聖寺。鍾聲時發。曾見異人形偉冠世言語之間。超騰遂遠其山甚近滯俗者罕登。登者必感勝緣。故述前來往者也。

Mount Wutai, southeast of Daizhou, was anciently called the abode of divine immortals. The mountain is three hundred li square, extremely precipitous, lofty, and steep. It has five high terraces, upon which neither grass nor trees grow; dense forests of pines and cypresses stand thick at the valley bottom. The mountain is extremely cold; to the south it is called Mount Qingliang, and Qingliang Prefecture was also established there. The sūtras make clear that Mañjuśrī took five hundred immortals and went to the Qingliang Snow Mountains, which is this very place. For this reason, seekers of the Way from ancient times have mostly traveled to this mountain; its surviving traces and numinous caves suddenly meet the eye, not established in vain. The Central Terrace is the highest, four hundred li from Bingzhou, appearing in view like [the lines in] the palm of one's hand. On it are small stone stūpas, numbering about a thousand, which were erected by Emperor Wen of the Wei, [Tuoba] Hong. On the stones, tracks of humans and horses are distinctly present. There is a great spring named Taihua, clear and limpid as a mirror, flanked by two stūpas, within which is an image of Mañjuśrī. For anyone who arrives, the sound of bells and fragrant scents are present without fail every day; holy monks and auspicious images are frequently encountered. Since the Longshuo era (661–663), an imperial edict ordered the monk Huize of Huichang Temple to go there to repair the monastery and stūpas; he went back and forth twice and also met with numinous resonances. Thirty li down to the southeast of the Central Terrace is Dalingjiu Temple, anciently transmitted to have been built by Emperor Ming of the Han. Currently there are two bodhimaṇḍas, eastern and western, and the image installations are still present. To the south is a flower garden of about three qing, where throughout the four seasons renowned flowers bloom successively in turn. During the Zhenguan era (627–649), Meditation Master Jietuo gathered disciples to practice meditation. He personally said that north of the flower garden he saw Mañjuśrī four times with an entourage filling the sky, accompanied by multitudes of immortals and extraordinary holy beings beyond count. Recently there was Meditation Master Sengming, who lived on the mountain for over thirty years; he also encountered immortals and holy ones and flew away through the sky, leaving behind only his old skin. Within thirty li of the Southern Terrace, there are mostly renowned flowers spread across the peaks and ridges, commonly called Flower Mountain. In it is a holy monastery where the sound of bells rings out at times. An extraordinary person has been seen whose tall and stalwart frame surpassed the world; in the midst of conversation, he soared and leaped far away. That mountain is very near, but those who are attached to the secular world rarely climb it. Those who do climb it are sure to evoke superior conditions; thus I have recorded those who came and went previously.