Old records (state) that outside the Chiipao there used to bea dedicated to Ah-gute at Nanking, on " plot, of temple land, yi-wang which was very ancient. In the 3rd lo Wu-chih of the reign of Sun, Wu kingdom,.the temple and. Prince Ah-vit) repaired and called nds were fit aid out, and Ah-yn, Wang's Chien-ch'u-se0, It was afterwards demolished The Chin dynast, doting dos seen of Tang, Chin dynasty, during the reign of Taikang, there was a priest named Lin-p'u-k'o who got 08 talisman at Obang-kau-li and 8 deposited it in the sacred enclosure. The Emperor Chien Wen of the Chin dynasty changed the name from Chien-ch'u-sit to Chang-kau-st) and, repaired positing within Kao Tsung, of the Tang dynasty, when he was repairing the temples everywhere, changed its name to Ten-hsi-ssi. T'ai-ten of the Sung dynasty changed its name in the year Ch'ien-t8 to Tou-pei-ching-chung-est. Under Shun of the Yuan dynasty it was burned down.
When Yung-lo of the Ming dynasty removed his capital to Peking, he began to restore it in order to commemorate the goodness of the Empress of (his ancestor) Kao. The work was begun on the 15th day of the 6th noon at noon, and was finished on the Ist day of the 8th moon of the 6th year of the Emperor Hstian-té—in all 19 years. He gave orders to Hw'ang Li-tsi, a rule, Buddhist priests are the most sloth" Board of Works, to-copy a ful idiotic creatures that encumber the and make it of nine stories and earth; and it says much for Taipi colours, and to call it "The best intelligence, that contact with it she (Zit, No. 1) in commemoration of the Em-virtues. This tower was 329 (Chinese) have operated so complete a revolution the belt (or button) at the top was overlaid feet and inches and nine-tenths high. And in the mind of this old—renegade. Inrefreshing contrast to his iniquity, let with the low copper, to" re it for Sver; whilst ib colours wocobeilliaat,"Thave 190 queis Sie Tegwed of the Ya-hora-tal (jewel rain hill) which brings on the scene was a brilliant. 's head at top, with eight priest of the theoretical. type—aicetio Bp and down the eight roofs were 0 dant chains of iron with 72 bells on them. pure and learned. There dwelt once at the monastery of the Porcelain Tower, an making in all 152. There were. 128 lamps. abbot so renowned for his piety, learning, In the centre of the basement were 12 glass lamps. They required some 64 catties of oil. of Buddha, that heaven rained down and perseverance in preaching te doctrine These lamps shot their bright gleams as high jewels on this hill, in recognition of his as the thirty-third heaven, and brought to merit; and Chinese visitors to Nanking go light far and wide the good and' bad deeds of men, and at the same time warded off lasting there habitually, to search for specimens. evi I went there too, as in duty bound, but I
weighing 900 catties and one platter of 430 At the summit. were two copper basing fear too many had been before me. I could find only gravel; though I did hear of pebbles being now and then discovered which, It extended on the East to the En-tung Hai like the Clifton stones, show miniature Kung-shen Road, on the South to Ta-mi-hang landscapes when rubbed flat'and polished. and Kuo-fu-yuan, on the West to Lai-p'n-The chief merit I discovered in the hill, chiao and on the North to the river (moat). was the excellent view it commands of the The circuit measured 9 li and 13 steps, After Yunglo's repairs, this pagoda became city. the glory of many generations and commemorated his gratitude.
Hence it was called the "temple of grati-
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