The following lines were written at the request of the abbot of a temple in the Cheng-tu plain, the Lung-chang-sze, an old Buddhist monastery situated in the Hien or district of Hsin-fan, about twenty miles north of the capital, Cheng-tu, on the road to Mien-chu. It occupies a beautiful site, surrounded by a forest of grand old trees, and is said to date from the Han dynasty. The abbot was, when we visited it, a man of uncommon culture, and very friendly to foreign visitors, whom he entertained free of charge. He is able to do this, as the monastery is well endowed and independent of offerings from the faithful. The place lies at some distance from the main road and is little frequented by worshippers. It is celebrated among literary Chinese for its wealth of “pei-tse,” of which there are many hundreds scattered through the different pavilions. These are records engraved on stone and are in the handwriting of numerous celebrated visitors of the present and previous dynasties, among them the poet Su-tung-po of the Sung dynasty. The buildings and grounds are in excellent condition, and the outlying “dependencies” or guest houses are exceptionally clean and comfortable. In visiting establishments like the Lung-chang-sze, one cannot but be struck with the social aspect of Chinese Buddhism, be the religious aspect satisfactory or otherwise according to the views held by the foreign visitor.