Sitaji 寺塔記

Jing-Luo sita ji 京洛寺塔記, briefly Sitaji 寺塔記, "Records of temples and pagodas in the capitals", is a gazetteer-style work on temples and pagodas. It was written in one juan during the Tang period 唐 (618-907) by Duan Chengshi 段成式 (811-863), who is better known for his book Youyang zazu 酉陽雜俎. The term Jing-Luo refers to the secondary capital Luoyang 洛陽.

In 843, Duan Chengshi visited the Daxingshan Temple 大興善寺 with colleague Zhang Junxi 張君希. He realised that many earlier works, such as the Liangjing xinji 兩京新記, omitted details about Buddhist sites, so he set out to record the pagodas along the two main streets of the city (i.e., the eastern and western sections of Zhuque Boulevard 朱雀街), noting what had previously been unrecorded. Ten years later, after much of his original draft had been damaged, he recalled his earlier visit and compiled this volume.

The book describes more than ten sites, including the Daxingshan Temple in the urban quarter Jinggong Fang 靖恭坊, the pagoda of the Tripiṭaka Master Bukong (Bukong Sanzang Ta 不空三藏塔), and the Anguo Temple 安國寺 in the city district Changle Fang 長樂坊. The Sitaji records their locations, architectural features, sculptures, and murals, and intersperses anecdotes, hearsay, and notable biographies. As a result, it has, despite its brevity, considerable historical value and is especially useful for the study of ancient Chinese temple and pagoda architecture.

The text is preserved in the series Shuofu 說郛, Jindai mishu 津逮秘書, and the Chinese Tripitaka. A modern edition was published in 1981 by the Zhonghua Shuju 中華書局, together with the Youyang zazu.