Sometime during the T'ang dynasty (618--907) there lived a leisured gentleman named Ma Cheng, who liked to wander about the country and climb mountains, no matter how steep or high.
唐穆宗長慶年間，有一位處士姓馬名拯，性情淡泊，好尋山水，不管山勢如何險峻，無不登臨。