晋代陶侃(259—334)曾居麓山,“种杉结庵”,故名“杉庵”。其址就在书院之内。因此后人追溯书院历史,往往念及其开拓之功。还有一个射蟒传说,说岳麓山上原有一条巨蟒,化作道士,在长沙城到处扬言:“七月十五日夜,有神仙将从白鹤观(长沙城小西门附近)至抱黄洞(岳麓山禹王碑北向的山谷中)搭下一座天桥,引渡凡人升 The Taoist dynasty (259-334) of the Jin Dynasty once lived in the Lushan Mountain. The site is within the college. Therefore, the descendants traced the history of the academy and often read the work of their pioneering work. There is also a legend of the shooting cricket, saying that there was a giant magpie on Yuelu Mountain, turned into a priest, and threatened in Changsha City: “On the night of July 15, there will be immortals from Baiheguan (near Changsha City’s Xiaoximen) to Baohuangdong. (In the valley facing the north of Yuelu Mountain, the monument is erected), take a footbridge and extradite mortals.