《徐霞客游记·江右游日记十二》
寺后面是七祖塔，塔前有棵很屯老的黄荆树，它是七祖立誓后把誓言刻记在上面的那棵树。
寺后为七祖塔，前有黄荆树甚古，乃七祖誓而为记者。
Behind the temple is the pagoda of the Seventh Patriarch. In front of the pagoda is an old Sophora japonica tree with dense foliage. It is the tree on which the Seventh Patriarch carved his oath after he made it.