Dazhu Mountain lies 120 li south of the county seat. The *Qi Cheng* records: a famous mountain by the sea. Sheer and craggy, ten thousand fathoms high, its presence overwhelms the surrounding peaks. At its foot, rocks split open to form a gate; there is Stone Gate Temple, and beside it a spring gushing forth like pearls and jade, called Jade Spring, hence the mountain is also known as Jade Spring Mountain. Beside the spring lies a Reclining Elephant Rock; to the east are Lion Peak and Bell Peak, both strikingly lifelike. About two li south, there is Flying Rock; ascending tier by tier leads to the South Heaven Gate. Past Iron Plate Bridge, there is a stone chamber also called Hemp Garment Hermitage, and further Zhu Zhao Hermitage, Black Dragon Pool, Imperial Altar, Ksitigarbha Shrine, and Jade Palace immortal traces too numerous to mention — truly a wonder of the region.
Thus I observe the measure of contentment, forsaking ambitions like drifting clouds, building a house and planting trees, free and self-possessed. The ponds suffice for fishing, the harvested grain for farming. Watering the garden and selling vegetables provides for daily meals; tending sheep and brewing cheese awaits the seasons' needs. Filial in devotion, brotherly in bonds — this too is the governance of the unskilled.