《徐霞客游记·鸡山志略一》
故而正在扩建石桥，以为是五百罗汉应验真身之地，可也是四旁没有其余的洞穴。
故方广石梁，以为五百应真之地，而亦旁无余窦。
Therefore, the stone bridge was being expanded as the place where the true forms of the Five Hundred Luohan would appear, but there were no other caves of any sort to be found around it.
<s>[INST] Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 故方广石梁，以为五百应真之地，而亦旁无余窦。 [/INST] Therefore, the stone bridge was being expanded as the place where the true forms of the Five Hundred Luohan would appear, but there were no other caves of any sort to be found around it.</s>
Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 故方广石梁，以为五百应真之地，而亦旁无余窦。
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Therefore, the stone bridge was being expanded as the place where the true forms of the Five Hundred Luohan would appear, but there were no other caves of any sort to be found around it.
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