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English version You Tianyuan donated his fields and houses to become temple property. He always wanted to paint a Buddha image and needed copper blue (a pigment), but he worried about not being able to obtain it. Suddenly, he dreamed of a person kneeling before his bed, saying, 'There are copper bells beneath this place.' Upon waking, he immediately dug and indeed found two bells. He used the copper blue to paint the Buddha image and donated the copper to Yuan Gong (Venerable Huiyuan) to cast Buddha statues. Later, his fate became unknown. Que Gongze (person's name) Joined the White Lotus Society of Mount Lu. After his death, a member of the society went to Baima Temple in Luoyang and held a memorial service for Que Gongze at night. Suddenly, all the trees, forests, halls, and buildings turned golden. A voice in the air said, 'I am Que Gongze. I prayed to be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss, and now I have been reborn.' After speaking, he disappeared. Lu Xiujing (person's name) A native of Wuxing. He became a Taoist priest early in life. He established a residence on Mount Lu. At that time, Dharma Master Yuan (Venerable Huiyuan) lived in Donglin Temple, where flowing springs surrounded the temple and flowed down into the stream. Every time he saw guests off here, tigers would roar. Therefore, it was named Tiger Creek. Later, when seeing guests off, he never crossed Tiger Creek, except for Tao Yuanming and Lu Xiujing, who found their discussions of the Tao very compatible and unknowingly crossed the creek. So they laughed together, and the world passed it down as the 'Three Laughs Picture'. In the third year of the Tai Shi era of the Song dynasty, he passed away in the capital. The court bestowed upon him the posthumous title 'Jianji'. His former residence was converted into a Taoist temple (the biography in the Yunji Qiqian states that he passed away in the fifth year of the Yuanhui era). Biographies of Worthies Who Did Not Join the Society Tao Qian (person's name) Style name Yuanming (another style name Yuanliang). He was the great-grandson of Tao Kan, the Grand Marshal of Jin. From a young age, he cherished lofty aspirations. He wrote the 'Biography of Mr. Five Willows' to describe himself. People at the time considered it a true record. Initially, he served as a military advisor. He said to his friends, 'I would like to play the zither and sing to provide for my livelihood.' The officials heard of this and appointed him as the magistrate of Pengze. The commandery sent a supervisor to the county. The officials reported that he should be formally dressed to meet him. Tao Qian sighed and said, 'I cannot bend my waist for five pecks of rice and respectfully serve the petty people of the village.' So he resigned from his post as magistrate and wrote the 'Returning Home' poem. When the Song dynasty replaced the Jin dynasty, he, as a descendant of Jin dynasty ministers, was ashamed to submit to a different dynasty. He lived in Chaisang, Xunyang, and, along with Zhou Xuzhi and Liu Yimin, refused to accept appointments from the court. The world called them the 'Three Recluses of Xunyang'. He once said that in the empty room in summer, lying high under the north window, with a cool breeze blowing, he considered himself like Xi --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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皇上人。性不解音。畜素琴一张。弦徽不具。每朋酒之会。则抚而和之曰。但识琴中趣。何劳弦上声。尝往来庐山。使一门生。二儿舁篮舆以行。时远法师与诸贤结莲社。以书招渊明。渊明曰。若许饮。则往。许之。遂造焉。忽攒眉而去。宋元嘉四年卒。世号靖节先生。 谢灵运 祖玄有功晋室。灵运为康乐公主孙。袭封康乐公。文章为江左第一(应为江右指金陵也)尝着木屐上山则去前齿。下山则去后齿。寻山陟岭。必造幽峻。至庐山。一见远公。肃然心伏。乃即寺筑台。翻涅槃经。凿池植白莲。时远公诸贤。同修净土之业。因号白莲社(或云□为东西二地)。灵运尝求入社。远公以其心杂而止之。 范𡩋 字武子。笃学多所通览。时浮虚相煽。儒雅日替。𡩋以其源始于王弼何晏二人之罪。深于桀纣。乃著论非之。累迁中书侍郎。朝廷疑义。辄咨访之。出补豫章太守。大设庠序。起学台。功用弥广。刺史王凝之上言抵罪免官归家。远公招之入社。而𡩋竟不能往。 龙眠李伯时。为余作莲社十八贤图。追写当时事。按十八贤行状。沙门慧远。初为儒。因听道安讲般若经。豁然大悟。乃与其弟慧持。俱弃儒落发。太元中。至卢山。时沙门慧永。先居香谷。远欲驻锡是山。一夕山神见梦。 现代汉语译本 皇上人（姓名不详）。天性不理解音乐，却收藏着一张没有琴弦和琴徽的素琴。每当聚会饮酒时，就抚摸着琴说：‘只要懂得琴中的乐趣，何必在意琴弦上的声音呢？’ 曾经前往庐山，让一个门生和两个儿子抬着轿子跟随。当时远法师（慧远）与各位贤士结成莲社，写信邀请渊明（陶渊明）。渊明说：‘如果允许饮酒，我就去。’ 得到允许后，就前往莲社。忽然皱着眉头离开了。宋元嘉四年去世，世人称他为靖节先生。 谢灵运（人名） 祖父谢玄对晋朝有功。谢灵运是康乐公主的孙子，继承了康乐公的爵位。文章是江南第一（应为江右，指金陵）。曾经穿着木屐上山，就去掉前齿；下山，就去掉后齿。寻找山水，必定要到幽深险峻的地方。到达庐山后，一见到远公（慧远），就肃然起敬，心悦诚服。于是就在寺庙旁筑台，翻译《涅槃经》，开凿池塘种植白莲。当时远公和各位贤士，一同修习净土法门，因此号为白莲社（或者说是分为东西两地）。谢灵运曾经请求加入莲社，远公认为他心不纯正而拒绝了他。 范𡩋（人名） 字武子。勤奋好学，博览群书。当时社会风气浮夸虚伪，儒雅之风日渐衰落。范𡩋认为这种风气的源头在于王弼和何晏二人，他们的罪过比夏桀和商纣还要深重。于是著书立论批判他们。多次升迁至中书侍郎。朝廷有疑难问题，常常向他咨询。后外调补任豫章太守，大力兴办学校，建造学台，政绩显著。刺史王凝之上书弹劾他，被判罪免官，回到家中。远公（慧远）邀请他加入莲社，但范𡩋最终未能前往。 龙眠李伯时（李公麟），为我创作了《莲社十八贤图》，追忆描绘了当时的情景。按照十八贤的行状记载，沙门慧远（慧远），最初是儒生，因为听道安讲解《般若经》，豁然大悟。于是和他的弟弟慧持，一同放弃儒学，剃度出家。太元年间，来到庐山。当时沙门慧永，先住在香谷。慧远想要在此山驻锡，一天晚上山神托梦。
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English version Huang Shangren (name unknown). By nature, he did not understand music, yet he possessed a plain zither without strings or frets. Whenever there was a gathering with wine, he would stroke the zither and say, 'As long as one understands the interest within the zither, why bother with the sound of the strings?' He once traveled to Mount Lu, having a disciple and two sons carry him in a sedan chair. At that time, Dharma Master Yuan (Huiyuan) and various virtuous men formed the Lotus Society, inviting Yuanming (Tao Yuanming) by letter. Yuanming said, 'If drinking is allowed, I will go.' Having been granted permission, he went to the Lotus Society. Suddenly, he frowned and left. He passed away in the fourth year of the Yuanjia era of the Song Dynasty, and was known to the world as Mr. Jingjie. Xie Lingyun (person's name) His grandfather, Xie Xuan, had rendered meritorious service to the Jin Dynasty. Xie Lingyun was the grandson of Princess Kangle, inheriting the title of Duke of Kangle. His writing was considered the best in Jiangnan (should be Jiangyou, referring to Jinling). He once wore wooden clogs when going up the mountain, removing the front teeth; when going down the mountain, removing the back teeth. Seeking out mountains and rivers, he would always go to secluded and precipitous places. Upon arriving at Mount Lu, he was deeply impressed and sincerely admired after seeing Master Yuan (Huiyuan). Thereupon, he built a platform next to the temple, translated the Nirvana Sutra, and dug a pond to plant white lotuses. At that time, Master Yuan and the various virtuous men were practicing the Pure Land Dharma together, hence the name White Lotus Society (or it is said to be divided into east and west locations). Xie Lingyun once requested to join the Lotus Society, but Master Yuan refused him because he considered his mind to be impure. Fan Ning (person's name) Zi Wuzi. He was diligent in his studies and well-versed in many subjects. At that time, the social atmosphere was extravagant and hypocritical, and the style of Confucian elegance was declining. Fan Ning believed that the source of this trend lay in Wang Bi and He Yan, and that their sins were even greater than those of Jie of Xia and Zhou of Shang. Therefore, he wrote treatises to criticize them. He was promoted several times to the position of Attendant in the Secretariat. Whenever the court had doubts, they would often consult him. Later, he was transferred to serve as the Governor of Yuzhang, where he vigorously established schools and built learning platforms, achieving remarkable results. The Inspector Wang Ning impeached him in a memorial, and he was convicted, dismissed from office, and returned home. Master Yuan (Huiyuan) invited him to join the Lotus Society, but Fan Ning ultimately failed to go. Longmian Li Boshi (Li Gonglin) created the 'Eighteen Sages of the Lotus Society' for me, recalling and depicting the events of that time. According to the records of the eighteen sages, the Shramana Huiyuan (Huiyuan) was initially a Confucian scholar, but after listening to Dao'an explain the Prajna Sutra, he suddenly attained enlightenment. Thereupon, he and his younger brother Huichi abandoned Confucianism and became monks. During the Taiyuan era, he came to Mount Lu. At that time, the Shramana Huiyong was already living in Xianggu. Huiyuan wanted to reside on this mountain, and one night the mountain god appeared in a dream. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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稽首留师。忽于后夜。雷电大震。平旦地皆坦夷材木委积。江州刺史桓伊表奏其异。为师建寺。是为东林。因号其殿为神运。时有彭城遗民刘程之。豫章雷次宗。雁门周续之。南阳宗炳。张诠。张野。凡六人。皆名重一时。弃官舍缘。来依远师。复有沙门道昺。昙恒惠睿昙诜道敬道生昙顺凡七人。又有梵僧佛䭾䟦陀罗。佛䭾邪舍二尊者。相结为社。号庐山十八贤。时陈郡谢灵运。以才自负。少所推与。及来社中。见远师心悦诚服。乃为开池种白莲。求预净社。远师以其心乱拒而不纳。陶潜时弃官居栗里。每来社中。或时才至。便攒眉回去。远师爱之。欲留不可得。道士陆修静居简寂观。亦常来社中。与远相善。远自居东林。足不越虎溪一日送陆道士。忽行过溪。相持而笑。又尝令人沽酒。引渊明来。故诗人有爱陶长官醉兀兀。送陆道士行迟。迟沽酒过溪俱破戒。彼何人斯师如斯。又云陶令醉多招不得。谢公心乱去还来者。皆其事也。此图初为人路。与清流激湍。萦带曲折。逾石桥。溪回路转。石岩一。又缭而上石岩一。二岩之间。有方石池种白莲花。嵓之傍。有石梯。度山迤逦而去。不知所穷。当图穷处。横为长云。蔽覆树腰岩顶。其高深远近。盖莫得而见也。傍石池有高崖悬泉。下潴为潭。支流贯池。下注大溪。激 现代汉语译本： 我恭敬地顶礼慧远大师。忽然在一天深夜，雷电交加，到了早晨，地面变得平坦，木材堆积如山。江州刺史桓伊上表奏明这件奇异的事情，为大师建造寺庙，这就是东林寺。因此，寺庙的大殿被命名为神运殿。当时有彭城的遗民刘程之（人名），豫章的雷次宗（人名），雁门的周续之（人名），南阳的宗炳（人名），张诠（人名），张野（人名），总共六人，都是当时名声显赫的人物，他们放弃官职和世俗的牵绊，前来依附慧远大师。又有沙门道昺（人名），昙恒（人名），惠睿（人名），昙诜（人名），道敬（人名），道生（人名），昙顺（人名），总共七人。还有梵僧佛䭾䟦陀罗（Buddhabhadra，意为贤护），佛䭾邪舍（Buddhayasas，意为佛名）两位尊者，他们结成社团，号称庐山十八贤。当时陈郡的谢灵运（人名），以自己的才华自负，很少推崇别人。等到他来到社团中，见到慧远大师后，内心喜悦，诚心信服。于是他开凿池塘种植白莲，请求加入净土社团。慧远大师认为他心绪烦乱，拒绝接纳他。陶潜（人名）当时辞官隐居在栗里，每次来到社团中，有时刚到，就皱着眉头回去了。慧远大师喜爱他，想要留住他却不能如愿。道士陆修静（人名）住在简寂观，也经常来社团中，与慧远大师关系很好。慧远大师自从居住在东林寺，脚不曾越过虎溪。有一天送陆道士，忽然走过了虎溪，两人相视而笑。又曾经让人买酒，引陶渊明前来。所以诗人们有‘喜爱陶长官醉醺醺的样子，送陆道士走得很慢很慢，买酒过溪都破了戒’的诗句，‘那是什么人啊，像慧远大师这样。’又说‘陶渊明喝醉了多次都招不来，谢灵运心绪烦乱来了又走’，说的都是这些事。这幅图最初是人走的路，与清澈的流水和湍急的激流，环绕着曲折的道路。越过石桥，溪水回环，道路转弯。有一处石岩。又环绕着向上，又有一处石岩。两处石岩之间，有一方石池，种植着白莲花。石岩的旁边，有石梯，沿着山势蜿蜒而去，不知道尽头在哪里。当图画到尽头的地方，横着画着长长的云彩，遮蔽覆盖着树的腰部和岩石的顶部。它的高深和远近，大概是无法看见的。石池旁边有高高的悬崖，泉水悬挂下来，下面汇聚成水潭。支流贯穿水池，向下注入大溪，激荡着。