《徐仙真錄》Vol. 5

This document provides a detailed record of the landholdings belonging to Hong'en Lingji Ancestral Temple (a Daoist temple), including the locations, areas, and tax data for various plots of land.

The temple owned multiple plots of land, primarily distributed as follows:

1. A local plot of 4 mu 9 fen, requiring annual summer tax payments of 29 copper coins and autumn grain payments of 3 dou 9 sheng 1 ge (including both principal tax and wastage). Each mu was subject to a principal tax of 5 sheng 4 ge 2 shao of rice.

2. A 1 mu 6 fen enclosure behind the residence

3. Plot Xian-3 (by the stream in front of the temple), 2 fen 7 li, yielding annual rent of 1 shi 1 dou of grain

4. Plot Xian-4 (in front of the Confucian Temple), 7 fen, yielding annual rent of 2 shi 8 dou

5. Plot Xian-5 (in front of Gui Palace), 6 fen 3 li, yielding annual rent of 2 shi 5 dou

6. A 2 mu 8 fen eastern enclosure in Peiyang

7. Plot Jing-6 (below Shihong Road), 1 mu 3 fen 8 li, yielding annual rent of 5 shi 5 dou 2 sheng

8. Plot Xiao-1 (by the signboard), 2 fen 2 li, yielding annual rent of 8 dou 8 sheng

9. Plot Zhong-1 (below Honglu), 1 mu 2 fen, yielding annual rent of 4 shi 8 dou

10. Three sections of Plot Jing-6 in Chencang enclosure (near Wenshu Nunnery), yielding annual rent of 1 shi 5 dou

Additional holdings included:

• 2 mu of garden land requiring summer tax of 8 coins and autumn grain payment of 1 dou 7 ge
• 30 lychee trees in Shihan enclosure (in front of Yushan Temple), calculated as 1 mu 8 fen of garden land
• 2 lychee trees in Kengli enclosure (behind Ni Residence), calculated as 1 fen of garden land
• 2 lychee trees in the residence's rear enclosure (behind Gui Palace), calculated as 1 fen of garden land

Hong'en Lingji Temple also possessed:

• 2 mu 6 fen of combined farmland and garden land requiring summer tax of 11 coins and autumn grain payment of 1 dou 4 sheng 1 ge
• Within this, 1 mu 4 fen of farmland taxed at 5 sheng 4 ge 2 shao of rice per mu, with summer tax of 6 coins and autumn payment of 7 sheng 7 ge
• A 9 fen enclosure plot in Chenchong

(Note: Historical measurement conversions: 1 shi = 10 dou, 1 dou = 10 sheng, 1 sheng = 10 ge; 1 mu = 10 fen, 1 fen = 10 li. These land revenues were primarily used to sustain the temple's daily operations and religious activities.)

This document records the land holdings of the ancient Daoist temple "Lingji Xinggong" (Numinous Blessings Traveling Palace), representing a typical example of Daoist economic records. The main content details the specific locations, acreage, and rental conditions of multiple plots of land.

In front of the divine palace lies plot "Er-10" measuring 0.39 mu, yielding an annual rent of 1.2 dan of grain. At the Daoist ridge, plot "Shang-9" covers 0.51 mu with a rent of 1.5 dan. Another plot "Heng-7" at Guotangwei, also before the divine palace, measures 0.5 mu with identical rent of 1.5 dan.

Additional recorded properties include: two garden plots totaling 1.2 mu at Huangxi in Guotangwei; 6.18 mu of farmland at Qilong Mountain's Lingji Xinggong, each mu requiring 5.42 sheng of standard rice as summer tax plus 27 wen in copper cash, and 3.58 dou of autumn grain tax; 2.5 mu at Qianyangwei comprising plot "Cun-2" (0.8 mu yielding 3.32 dan rent), "Cun-3" (0.5 mu yielding 2 dan), and "Zheng-4" (0.64 mu yielding 2.68 dan); 3.68 mu at Wengshemuwei including twelve plots "Hua-8" (totaling 2.71 mu yielding 8.13 dan rent) and three plots "Hua-9" (0.97 mu yielding 2.91 dan).

These records reflect how ancient Daoist temples functioned as religious institutions maintaining substantial landholdings, supporting daily operations through collected rents. The text employs traditional measurement units: "dan, dou, sheng, he" for volume; "mu, fen, li" for area; "summer tax copper cash" denoting monetary taxes collected in summer; and "autumn grain rice" indicating in-kind taxes collected in autumn.