Ladiesand gentlemen, the half pavilion close to the hill is the place called LiuyiSpring. It is located on the southern foot of the solitary hill and to the westof Xiling Seal Engravers’ Society.

The Liuyi Spring pool covers an area of 2 squaremeters (22 square feet). It is where Hui Qin, an eminent monk of the NorthernSong Dynasty, used to preach, and it’s also the place Su Dongpo met HuiQin through the introduction of their mutual friend, Ouyang Xiu, also known byhis literary name Retired Scholar Liuyi. Liu Yi in Chinese means six ones. Suand Hui Qin often sampled tea and composed poems together, thus became friends.Four years after that, Su left Hangzhouwhereas Ouyang passed away. In 1089, Su returned to take up the post of the refect.He was very sad when he learnt that Hui Qin had also passed away. When he cameto Hui Qin’s temple, he found spring water was seen to flow out from under hispreaching desk. In memory of Ouyang, Su named the spring after RetiredScholar Liuyi.
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