浙江西谿，宋之留下谿也，宋高宗南渡，初欲都於此，高宗覽圖曰：「且留下！」故有「留下」之名。地處武林之西，初為荒僻，自南宋都浙，遂多名蹟；此地老竹參天，長松蔽日，不僅寺庵林立，風景更屬幽絕。法華碧峰之勝，非特方外高流雲集，文人墨客屐齒亦多及焉。論其名勝，有西谿輦道，乃秦代之舊也，明唐寅有「西谿圖」，所繪者即其風物也。法華山，有晉僧法華之靈蹟，因以名山，古法華寺之遺址在焉。又有碧峰、桃源嶺、方井、北高峰塔、龍歸塢、得仙橋、東法華泉、金魚井亭、放山臺、白蕩灘、上埠谿、金蓮池、橫山草堂……等勝蹟。論其梵刹，則有古法華寺，即雲棲別室，乃晉曇翼法師所建，宋建炎中，高宗幸西谿，改龍歸；明隆萬間，雲棲宏大師重振宗風，經營三十餘年，遂成叢林，初號雲棲別室，俗名鄭庵。喜鵲寺，在秦亭下，唐鳥窠禪師道場也。佛慧寺，在碧峰山麓，後晉天福七年（九四二），普覺明禪師開山，明永樂間，本源文達禪師重建。報先寺，在佛慧寺路北，蓋唐寺也，明萬曆間有恆如禪師在此習天臺教四十年。法華律院，明嘉靖中，東暉曉禪師建。永樂庵，創自五代梁貞明間。寶壽寺，宋太平興國中有臥禪師在此施法。光明寺，唐高宗勅賜光明禪寺。隆慶寺，後唐莊宗徑山欽禪師中興。其他佛教勝蹟，不勝枚擧。宋代以降，「西谿百詠」之輯不一作，可見其勝也。清順治間，吳本泰與門人黃燦及其子啓圻、釋智一等纂輯「西谿梵隱志」，分門有四：紀勝、紀刹、紀詩、紀文，釐卷為四，西谿名勝與梵刹之文獻，略具於是矣！雖非全為梵隱而作，要為佛教勝蹟存記錄也。茲據清光緒七年（一八八一）武林丁氏八千卷樓刋本景印。
Xixi Monastic Seclusion Gazetteer (西溪梵隱志)
About 西谿梵隱志
Qing · by 吳本泰撰 釋智一編
41,775 · about 139 min
The *Record of the Buddhist Seclusion at Xixi* was compiled by the Qing dynasty scholar Wu Bentai and edited by the monk Zhiyi. It is a specialized gazetteer documenting the Buddhist monasteries and the human geography of the Xixi area in Hangzhou. Completed in the early Qing period, the work provides detailed accounts of the rise and decline of ancient temples, the deeds of eminent monks, the local landscape and scenery, as well as literary inscriptions by scholars throughout history. It merges the dual value of Buddhist historical records and regional documentation. The text not only preserves historical materials concerning temple economies, sectarian lineages, and religious activities of Jiangnan Buddhism during the Ming-Qing transition, but also reflects the intermingling of Buddhism with literati culture. As an important canonical work for the study of regional Buddhist history and local culture, it serves as an authoritative reference for investigating the ecology of Buddhist monasteries in the Qing dynasty and the religious geography of Hangzhou, holding a unique position within the field of Buddhist local gazetteers.
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AI translation for reference only — not authoritative, not a statement of final truth. Awakening of the Dharma requires personal practice.