集神州三寶感通錄 1.26

1.26

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.