The Original Text and Translation of the Biography of Luoyang Galand

THE TEMPLE OF JIALAN in Luoyang is a literary work of notes in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and it is also a precious classic of Chinese studies. After revisiting Luoyang, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the author Yang Xianzhi recalled the prosperous scene of Luoyang in the past, described the rise and fall of Buddhist temple buildings, and reflected the political history, social changes and customs at that time.

The book has five volumes, covering more than 70 Buddhist temples in Luoyang. It can be said that there is a legendary story behind every temple, which is fascinating and fascinating.

Luoyang Galand Ji is characterized by concise and delicate writing, complicated but not chaotic narrative, and scattered prose. Structurally, the Buddhist classics in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were all annotated, that is, the text and sub-annotations cooperated to organize Qi Bo's content in an orderly way, which was highly valued by experts in literature and history in previous dynasties. Together with Li Daoyuan's Notes on Water Classics, it is called "the double gem of Northern Dynasties literature".

There are many legends and allusions in Luoyang, which contain literary brushstrokes, and are unique, similar to the lens of a documentary, and make, Luoyang, Zhu and Qi Shu collectively known as the three famous works of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Luoyang Galand not only described the shape and scale of palace houses and the rise and fall of temples, but also described related political and historical events, social and economic conditions, as well as social customs and feelings at that time, which was highly valued by historians of all dynasties. The narrative of the book is mainly prose, while the description is often accompanied by parallel prose, which is clear, clean and beautiful. There are many historical stories and stories about supernatural beings. Although the plot is not complicated and the text is quite concise, it is vivid, concrete and lifelike, similar to the stories about immortals in the Southern Dynasties and Shi Shuo Xin Yu.