〔欧阳氏(植)救急疗贫易简奇方〕一卷 存
景陵县志曰。欧阳植。字叔坚。邑庠生。治举业。旁精医。着有灵台秘要。邑进士胡懋忠刻于固。始有易简
奇方。邑进士熊寅刻于婺源。有全生四要。邑知府王曰然刻于临洮。
〔灵台秘要〕未见
〔陆氏(道元)范蒙医会录〕未见
陆道元曰。小儿杂证便蒙捷法外。有药性脉法经脉运气伤寒杂证女科总名之范蒙医会录。尚在修纂。待完日
并刊。以就高明同志者正之。是望。(金金录补遗)
〔吕氏(祥)急笃怪疑试效奇方〕医藏目录六卷 未见
〔亡名氏孤峰捷验方〕医藏目录卷阙 未见
〔沈氏(野)暴证知要〕二卷 存
〔潘氏(云杰)类集试验良方〕二卷 存
〔梁氏(学孟)痰火颛门〕(陆世科刻本改名国医宗旨)医藏目录四卷 存
梁学孟曰。医之可法者。自轩岐而下。张仲景李东垣刘河间朱丹溪之外。代不乏人。遍购全书而读之。知内
经即吾儒之论孟也。张李刘朱。即吾儒之周程张朱也。而诸贤又所以羽翼于内经者也。玩味之余。因见十二经之
病。火居大半。故人之横亡暴夭者。悉是火证。而为庸医所误。十常八
九。遂作痰火颛门。
〔龚氏(居中)痰火点雪〕四卷 存
〔经验良方寿世仙丹〕十二卷 存
〔经验百效内科全书〕八卷 存
〔徐氏(世曾)医家大法〕二卷 未见
〔途中备用方〕一卷 未见
〔亡名氏应急良方〕一卷 未见
〔谢氏(奇举)元微秘要〕八卷 未见
〔徐氏(常吉)医家正典〕一卷 未见
〔亡名氏医学发蒙〕二十三卷 未见
〔医翼通考〕二卷 未见
〔邵氏(之翰)调理四证切要〕一卷 未见
〔段氏(成冕)经验良方〕一卷 未见
〔松篁刘氏(阙名)经验方〕三卷 未见
〔谈野翁试验小方〕四卷 未见
〔亡名氏太乙紫金丹方〕一卷 未见
按上十三种。见于淡生堂书目。
〔阴氏(有澜)医贯奇方〕一卷 存
太平县志曰。阴有澜。字九峰。太医院吏目。通览群籍。尤精性理。其治疾也。根极五行生克。而神明出之。
远近求药者日千计。澜悉洞彻膏肓。计日报可。暇即延请师儒。讲究理学。年八十八岁。往来台使者。皆望风式
庐。以为人瑞。没祀阳明书院。
〔亡名氏穷乡便方〕二卷 存
〔王氏(良璨)小青囊〕十卷 存
〔吴氏(中秀)医林统宗〕未见
上见于松江府志。
〔方氏(隅)医林绳墨〕八卷 存
自序曰。绳墨一书。乃为后学习医之明鉴。俱领内经景升东垣丹溪河间诸先生之成法。而着方立言。非方
一人之私论也。盖医之一道。其理甚微。其责甚重。活人生人。在此三指之下。两剂之中。若无主见。未有不杀
人者。 自肄业以来。早夜精心。微危是慎。日与诸门弟子谆切讲解。故以生平所读之书。意味深长之理。时刻
玩诵。或前先生所立之论。未及配方。或前长者所主之方。未及着论。方论不齐。难以应用。由是一一配合。必
使补泻升降得宜。寒热温凉有准。分门别类。酌病投汤。如涉海者。授之以指南之针。如登山者。告之以曲折之
路。又复定立主意。俾不犹疑。庶使后之有志救世者。引绳画墨。不致以生人之道。而为死人之具也。如其中见
有差讹。识有未到。凡我同志。乞为笔削论订之。则医林幸甚。而医之为道亦幸甚。万历甲申八月既望日。七十
有七老人钱塘医官方 书。
周京氏序略曰。先生何时人。生于前之隆庆。失厥称字。其着是书也。乃在万历之甲申。有引自号为七十有
七老人。仁和医官方 。想亦家世相传。而善精岐黄之学人欤。时康熙十六年。岁在丁巳。立春后九日。向山堂
夕惕主人周京雨郇氏序。
〔郑氏(泽)墨宝斋集验方〕□卷 存
自序曰。不佞泽居常愿人人无疾痛病苦。故最喜禁方书。每闻人蓄方书。试之验者。无敢不叩。叩之无敢不
尽。尽矣辄解试之。试之再验。乃始付之管城君。为渐纪录。录之既久。至三十余年。乃可成帙。己不敢自秘。
辄思公于
人。故谋付剞劂氏以广其传。遂征序于白下焦太史。太史相视而笑。莫逆于心。曰。子有禁方。愿藉我以信之。
吾亦有禁方。欲藉尔以传之。因合而并刻之。共得如千条。皆已验之方。精良之伎也。天下大矣。岂无有同志。
而更喜方书者乎。凡有新得。有未备。请即随手增补之。或可转刻。可缮写。请即随力传布之。俾人得免于疾痛
病苦。渠宁无负不佞泽之初心。凡苟有患者。循汇而求之。庶亦可恃以无恐者矣。梦圃居士郑泽题。
〔黄氏(惟亮)医林统要捷法通玄方论〕四卷 存
〔俞氏(政)虺后方〕一卷 存
〔胡氏(一龙)青囊至秘〕十二卷 未见
〔罗氏(周彦)医宗粹言〕十四卷 存
贺万诈序曰。慕斋罗君。盖余老年伯闻野大中丞诸孙也。家学渊源。施于有政。复精素问难经。及诸名贤宗
指。刀圭所至。凋瘵尽平。时捐俸修□散济宇下。比三载而海上颂更生。与其称不冤者。声相袭矣。会邑士大夫
谋广其术。以寿斯民。遂出手编若干卷。题之曰。医宗粹言。盖集古圣贤之成。而不自居。且明对方。先论原本。
君之言曰。人之初生。□受一气。而后情欲渐开也。故立先天后天元阴元阳之辨。而统之曰元气论。有气则有消
息盈虚迟速顺逆之生机。而脉兆焉。自八十一难叔和王公畅其指。鹤皋吴君□其蕴。今稍增益其未备。而仍存其
题。以着篇首。气有先后天。不能不藉于养。故曰上药养性。中药养命。是以药性次之。法考焉用药如用兵。讵
可执一。其归随证之法。不可易也。次之用药准绳。运气不齐。受病亦异。不稽之天行。其奚以尽矣。次之以四
时方论。若夫男女长幼。以及内外科。方术虽
殊。总之归本元气。斟酌脉理。因时随证。攻与□而已。故以四科备录终焉。旨哉君之论乎。详而有要。简而不
遗。祖述轩岐。备□名贤。而启 后学人。其在斯乎。仁术且永垂矣。盖君幼而善病。弱不胜衣。遂业儒书。博
综羲农。而后尊生调摄名理。有味乎文正之言。达则良相。穷则良医。其造命同也。自是南游吴楚。北涉淮泗。
侨寓良安者。十余祀。与诸名贤家。及荐绅学士。讨论研究。佐以慧□投之即附应景从。至分符海上。医疗与政
事并传。或者方之淳于公云。余先大王父春轩公以□病。惕然许世子之戒也。尽去其所学而学焉。竟为名医。所
着有医经大旨。明医会要诸书。行于世。盖亦先原本后成方也。今得君集。窃有当于衷。缀言简端。若夫吏治。
俟录之采风者。姑略之。君讳周彦。字德甫。号赤诚。歙县人。
江南通志曰。罗慕庵徽籍。移家泰州。医不取利。其持论先调理而后汤药。灾疫流行。施药救人。全活无算。
所着有医宗粹言四十卷。行世。
〔王氏(师文)医学新传〕未见
兰溪县志曰。王子英子师文。号敬舟。着医学新传。
〔邢氏(增捷)医案心法〕未见
按上见于新昌县志。
〔吴氏(文献)三石医教〕四十卷 未见
按上见于婺源县志。
〔朱氏(日辉)医学元要〕未见
婺源县志曰。朱日辉。字充美。东源人。天性温粹。笃志嗜学。于书无不读。长于强记。后弃举子业。专治
岐黄家言。按脉审方。一以儒理为权衡。所值多全活。邑令周天建重其名。时加币聘。辉屡晋谒无私请。周益礼之。尤
勇于义。保先茔。继绝祀。殡遗骸。置祭田。毅然举行。堪
为末流针砭。不独以刀圭擅誉也。与中翰余垣称莫逆。垣尝为文美之。龙眠方中发亦赋诗贻赠。一时知名群和焉。
所集有医学元要。加减十三方。试奇方。闻见录。大家文翰等书。授子莹。莹得其学。亦以医名世。
〔加减十三方〕未见
〔试奇方〕未见
〔张氏(用谦)医方摘元〕未见
无锡县志曰。张用谦深究朱李。着有医方摘元。同时有徐吾元。论运气甚精博。有医经原旨。
〔徐氏(吾元)医经原旨〕未见
〔程氏(公礼)医家正统〕未见
幼幼全书曰。程公礼。字耆祥。休宁丰大基人。幼有至性。事父云端母吴。孝谨。晨昏不离。长娶吴氏。相
敬如宾。恒念贫无以济人。乃夙夜研究方书。遂博通素难百家言。所经延医诸验。详医学传。着有医家正统。行
仁辑要。保赤方略。藏于家。
〔行仁辑要〕未见
〔缪氏(希雍)先醒斋笔记〕医藏目录一卷 存
丁元荐序曰。先大夫雅好医。录方几成帙。予小子试之。茫乎无绪也。岁丁亥。交缪仲淳氏。仲淳豪爽。自
负岐黄之诀。谛东垣仲景以上。尤注精本草。曰。三坟书不传。传者此尔。游辙不持药囊。为人手疏方。辄奇中。
其所诊视。及刀匕汤液。与俗医左。俗医不能解辄谤。遇险怪证。数年不起。或皇遽计无复之。必拱手。请质缪
先生。仲淳往
往生死人。攘臂自快不索谢。上自明公卿。下至卑田院乞儿。直平等视。故索方日益相知。录其方递相传试。靡
不奇验。仲淳一切无所吝曰。顾用之何如尔。仲淳意所独到。坚执不移。至俗医相顾却走意气。闲定自若。其察
脉审证。四顾踟蹰。又甚细甚虚甚小心。生平好游。缁流细客。樵叟村竖,相与垂眄睐。披肝胆。以故搜罗秘方
甚富。然惟仲淳能衷之曰。吾以脉与证试方。不以方尝病也。予辛亥赐告归。不敢以山中余日。漫付高枕。汇三
十余年所积方取奇中者裁之。仲淳并录后先医案。类而梓之以广其传。窃自附古人手录方书之意云。仲淳讳希雍。
海虞故家子。多侨寓。所至称寓公。癸丑春日曲肱道人丁元荐题。
〔先醒斋广笔记〕四卷 存
自序曰。予既不事王侯。独全微尚。幽栖自遂。远泳累。以保天年。然无功及物。亦岂道人之坏乎。于是
搜辑医方。精求药道。用存利济。随所试效。病家藏之。好事者抄录。转相授受。复多获验。先是长兴丁客部长
孺手集予方一册。命之曰先醒斋笔记。梓行于世。板留岩邑。未便流通。交游中多索此书者。卒无以应。予适旅
泊。金沙文学庄君敛之时时过从。请增益群方。兼采本草常用之药。增至四百余品。详其修事。又增入伤寒温病
时疫治法要旨。并属其季君 之。镂板流行。传之远迩。庶穷乡僻邑。舟次旅邸。偶乏明医。俾病者按方施治。
以瘳疾苦。则是书或行。补于世也夫。敛之曰。善。时天启二年。岁次壬戌。仲冬既望。东吴缪希雍自序。
四库全书提要曰。先醒斋笔记四卷。明缪希雍撰。希雍。字仲淳。常熟人。明史方技传。附见李时珍传中。
天启
中王绍徽作点将录。以东林诸人。分发水浒传一百八人姓名。称希雍为神医安道全。以精于医理故也。是编初名
先醒斋笔记。乃长兴丁元荐取希雍所用之方。裒为一编。希雍又增益群方。兼采本草常用之药。增至四百余品。
又增入伤寒温病时疫治法。故曰广笔记。希雍与张介宾同时。介宾守法度。而希雍能颇变化。介宾尚温补。而希
雍颇用寒凉。亦若易水河间各为门径。然各有所得力。朱国祯涌幢短剧。记天启辛酉。国祯患膈病。上下如分两
截。中痛甚不能支。希雍至。用苏子五钱即止。是亦足见其技之工矣。
〔本草单方〕十九卷 存
钱谦益序曰。缪仲淳既没数年。其着书多盛行于世。而所摘录本草单方。朱黄甲乙。野狼籍箧笥中。康文初庄
敛之搜讨证次。穷岁月之力。而后成书。于执侯梓而传之。于是缪氏之遗书粲然矣。仲淳以医名世。几四十年。
医经经方两家。浩如烟海。靡不讨论贯穿。而尤精于本草之学。以谓古三坟之书。未经秦火者。独此耳。神农本
经朱字。譬之六经也。名医增补别录。朱墨错互。譬之注疏也。本经以经之。别录以纬之。沉研缵极。割剥理解。
神而明之。以观会通。本草经疏之作。抉摘轩岐。未发之秘。东垣以来。未之前闻也。出其余力。集录单方。
其驳。搴其芜秽。其津涉生民者甚至。此书成而经疏之能事始毕。仲淳可以无憾于地下矣。三君之初。岂曰小
补之哉。仲淳电目戟髯。如世所图羽人敛客者,谭古今国事盛败兵家胜负。风发泉涌。大声殷然。欲坏墙屋。酒
间每慷慨谓余曰。传称上医医国。三代而下。诸葛亮之医蜀。王猛之医秦。繇此其选也。以宋事言之。熙宁之法。
泥成方以致病者也。元 之政。执古方以治病者也。
绍述之小人。不诊视病状何如。而强投以乌头野狼毒之剂。则见其立毙而已矣。子有医国之资者。今将谓何。余沉
吟不能对。仲淳酒后耳热。仰天叫呼。痛饮沾醉乃罢。呜呼。仲淳既老病以死。而余亦连蹇放弃。效忠州之录方
书。以终残年。因是书之刻。念亡友之坠言。为废书叹息久之。仲淳讳希雍。吾里之古族也。侨居长兴。后徙于
金坛老焉。葬在阳羡山中。余它日当为文以志之崇祯六年十二月。虞山老民钱谦益叙。
〔易氏(思兰)医案〕一卷 存
〔赵氏(献可)医贯〕六卷 存
〔徐氏(灵胎)医贯砭〕二卷 存
【欧阳植】《救急疗贫易简奇方》一卷,现存。
《景陵县志》记载:欧阳植,字叔坚,是县学的生员,研习科举学业,同时精通医学。著有《灵台秘要》。邑进士胡懋忠在固始将其刻印,此时才有《易简奇方》。邑进士熊寅在婺源将其刻印,有《全生四要》。知府王曰然在临洮将其刻印。
《灵台秘要》,未见。
【陆道元】《范蒙医会录》,未见。
陆道元说:除了小儿杂病的简便方法外,还有关于药性、脉法、经脉、运气、伤寒及杂病、女科的总称《范蒙医会录》。目前尚在编纂中,待完成后一并刊印,以请教于高明之士和志同道合者。这是所期望的。(据《金匮钩玄补遗》补充)
【吕祥】《急笃怪疑试效奇方》,载于《医藏目录》六卷,未见。
无名氏《孤峰捷验方》,载于《医藏目录》卷阙,未见。
【沈野】《暴证知要》二卷,现存。
【潘云杰】《类集试验良方》二卷,现存。
【梁学孟】《痰火颛门》(陆世科刻本改名《国医宗旨》),载于《医藏目录》四卷,现存。
梁学孟说:值得效法的医学,自轩辕、岐伯以下,除张仲景、李东垣、刘河间、朱丹溪之外,历代也不乏其人。遍购全书而读之,知道《内经》就像儒家所说的《论语》和《孟子》一样。张仲景、李东垣、刘河间、朱丹溪,就像儒家的周敦颐、程颢、程颐、张载、朱熹一样。而这些先贤又是用来辅翼《内经》的。在品味研读之余,发现十二经的病证,火证占大多数。所以人突然死亡或早夭的,全都是火证,而被庸医误治的,十有八九。于是撰写了《痰火颛门》。
【龚居中】《痰火点雪》四卷,现存。
《经验良方寿世仙丹》十二卷,现存。
《经验百效内科全书》八卷,现存。
【徐世曾】《医家大法》二卷,未见。
《途中备用方》一卷,未见。
无名氏《应急良方》一卷,未见。
【谢奇举】《元微秘要》八卷,未见。
【徐常吉】《医家正典》一卷,未见。
无名氏《医学发蒙》二十三卷,未见。
《医翼通考》二卷,未见。
【邵之翰】《调理四证切要》一卷,未见。
【段成冕】《经验良方》一卷,未见。
松篁刘氏(姓名不详)《经验方》三卷,未见。
谈野翁《试验小方》四卷,未见。
无名氏《太乙紫金丹方》一卷,未见。
按:以上十三种,见于淡生堂书目。
【阴有澜】《医贯奇方》一卷,现存。
《太平县志》记载:阴有澜,字九峰,太医院吏目。博览群书,尤其精通性理之学。他治疗疾病,根究五行生克的道理,并灵活运用于其中。远近来求药的人每天数以千计。阴有澜对膏肓之疾都能洞察透彻,每日报告病情皆可治愈。闲暇时就延请师儒,研究理学。享年八十八岁。往来台州使者,都望风仰慕,登门拜访,视其为长寿祥瑞之人。死后入祀阳明书院。
无名氏《穷乡便方》二卷,现存。
【王良璨】《小青囊》十卷,现存。
【吴中秀】《医林统宗》,未见。
以上见于《松江府志》。
【方隅】《医林绳墨》八卷,现存。
自序说:《绳墨》一书,是为后学习医者的明鉴。都遵循《内经》、景升、东垣、丹溪、河间各位先生的成法,而著方立论,并非某一个人的私论。大概医学这一道,其理非常微妙,其责任非常重大。救人活人,就在这三指之下,两剂药之中。如果没有主见,没有不杀人的。自从开始学习医术以来,早晚精心钻研,对细微危重的病症格外谨慎。每天与各位门徒弟子恳切讲解。所以将平生所读之书,意味深长的道理,时刻玩味诵读。或者前人先生所立的理论,来不及配方;或者前代长者所主的方剂,来不及着论。方论不齐,难以应用。因此一一配合,必须使补泻升降得宜,寒热温凉有准。分门别类,根据病情投药。就像渡海的人,给他指南针;就像登山的人,告诉他曲折的路径。又确立主旨,使人不犹豫。希望使后来有志于救世的人,遵循规矩,不至于把救人的道术,变成害人的工具。如果其中有差错错误,见识不到的地方,凡是我志同道合的朋友,请求为我在笔削议论上订正。那么医学界的幸事,也是医学大道的幸事。万历甲申年八月十五,七十七岁的老人钱塘医生方隅书写。
周京氏序略说:先生是何时的人?生于之前的隆庆年间,失传了他的表字。他撰写这本书,是在万历甲申年。有引言自称七十七岁老人,仁和医生方隅。想也是家世相传,并且善于精通岐黄之术的人吧。当时是康熙十六年,岁次丁巳,立春后第九日,向山堂夕惕主人周京雨郇氏作序。
【郑泽】《墨宝斋集验方》□卷,现存。
自序说:我郑泽平时希望人人没有疾病痛苦。所以最喜欢禁方书籍。每次听说有人收藏方书,尝试有效的,没有不敢去请教的。请教了没有不敢全部告诉我的。全部告诉我后就立即尝试。尝试再次有效,才交给印刷工匠,逐渐记录。记录久了,到三十多年,才成书册。自己不敢私自珍藏,就想着公开给人看。所以谋求交给刻书人以广泛流传。于是向白下焦太史征询序言。太史相视而笑,心意相通。说:你有禁方,愿意借我来取信于人。我也有禁方,想借你来传播。于是合在一起并刻,共得一千多条,都是已经验证的方子,精良的技术。天下很大,难道没有志同道合,并且更喜欢方书的人吗?凡是新得到的,有不完备的,请即随手增补。或者可以转刻,可以抄写,请即尽力传播。使人们得以免除疾病痛苦。这难道不是辜负了我郑泽的初心吗?凡是如果有患者,顺着汇编去寻求,或许也可以依靠而不恐惧。梦圃居士郑泽题。
【黄惟亮】《医林统要捷法通玄方论》四卷,现存。
【俞政】《虺后方》一卷,现存。
【胡一龙】《青囊至秘》十二卷,未见。
【罗周彦】《医宗粹言》十四卷,现存。
贺万诈序说:慕斋罗君,大概是我老年伯闻野大中丞的孙子。家学渊源深厚,施用于政治。又精通《素问》、《难经》以及各位名贤的宗旨。用药所到之处,衰败的疾病全都平复。时常捐出俸禄修建房屋散发救济。过了三年,海上地区歌颂获得新生。与其说不冤枉他的名声,声威相继。恰逢邑中士大夫谋划推广他的医术,以造福百姓。于是拿出手编若干卷,题名叫做《医宗粹言》。大概集合古圣贤的成就,而不自居有功。并且明确对方剂,先论述原本。罗君的话说:人刚出生时,禀受一气,然后情欲逐渐开启。所以设立先天后天、元阴元阳的辨别,并统称为元气论。有气就有消长盈亏迟速顺逆的生机,而脉象征兆于此。自从《八十一难》叔和王公阐发其旨意,鹤皋吴君蕴藏其内涵,现在稍微增益其不完备的地方,仍然保留其题目,放在篇首。气有先后天之分,不能不借助于调养。所以说上药养性,中药养命。所以药性排在其次。考察用法,用药如同用兵,岂可固执一端。其归宿在于随证施治的方法,不可改变。其次是用药准绳,运气不齐,患病也不同。不考察天行疫病,怎么能穷尽呢?其次是四时方论。至于男女老幼,以及内外科,方术虽然不同,总之回归根本元气,斟酌脉理,因时随证,攻邪而已。所以以四科备录作为结尾。罗君的论述真是精妙啊!详细而有要领,简要而不遗漏。祖述轩辕、岐伯,完备各位名贤,从而启发后学者。大概就在这里吧。仁术将会永垂不朽。罗君小时候擅长生病,弱不禁风。于是从事儒书,博综伏羲、神农,而后尊重生命调摄名理,体味文正的话:显达时做良相,困顿时做良医,他们造就命运是一样的。从此南游吴楚,北涉淮泗。侨居良安十多年,与各名贤家族,以及缙绅学士,讨论研究。辅以智慧,投药即应验。直到分守海上,医疗与政务并传。有人将他比作淳于髡。我的先祖春轩公因为某种病,警惕许世子的告诫。完全放弃所学而去学医。最终成为名医。所著有《医经大旨》、《明医会要》等书,流行于世。大概是先原本后成方。现在得到罗君的集子,私下觉得合乎心意。写下简短的话放在书端。至于吏治,等待采集民谣的人记录,姑且省略。罗君名周彦,字德甫,号赤诚,歙县人。
《江南通志》记载:罗慕庵是徽州籍,移家泰州。行医不取利。他的持论先调理而后汤药。灾疫流行时,施药救人,救活无数。所著有《医宗粹言》四十卷,流行于世。
【王师文】《医学新传》,未见。
《兰溪县志》记载:王子英、王师文,号敬舟,著有《医学新传》。
【邢增捷】《医案心法》,未见。
按:以上见于《新昌县志》。
【吴文献】《三石医教》四十卷,未见。
按:以上见于《婺源县志》。
【朱日辉】《医学元要》,未见。
《婺源县志》记载:朱日辉,字充美,东源人。天性温和纯粹,立志嗜学,对于书籍无不阅读。擅长强记。后来放弃科举学业,专门研究岐黄家之言。按脉审方,一概以儒家道理为权衡。所诊治的多能救活。县令周天建看重他的名声,时常加币聘请。朱日辉多次晋见,没有私下的请求。周天建更加礼遇他。尤其勇于义举,保护祖先坟墓,延续断绝的祭祀,埋葬遗骸,置办祭田,毅然实行,堪为末流医生的针砭,不仅仅凭借医术享有声誉。与中翰余垣称为莫逆之交。余垣曾经写文章赞美他。龙眠方中发也赋诗赠送。一时知名人士纷纷唱和。所集的有《医学元要》、《加减十三方》、《试奇方》、《闻见录》、《大家文翰》等书。传授给儿子朱莹。朱莹得到他的学问,也以医术闻名于世。
《加减十三方》,未见。
《试奇方》,未见。
【张用谦】《医方摘元》,未见。
《无锡县志》记载:张用谦深入探究朱丹溪、李东垣,著有《医方摘元》。同时有徐吾元,论述运气非常精博,有《医经原旨》。
【徐吾元】《医经原旨》,未见。
【程公礼】《医家正统》,未见。
《幼幼新书》记载:程公礼,字耆祥,休宁丰大基人。幼年就有至孝本性,侍奉父亲程端、母亲吴氏,孝顺谨慎,早晚不离。长大后娶吴氏,相敬如宾。常常想到贫穷无法济助别人,于是日夜研究方书。于是博通《素问》、《难经》及百家之言。所经过邀请医治的都有效验,详见《医学传》。著有《医家正统》、《行仁辑要》、《保赤方略》,藏于家中。
《行仁辑要》,未见。
【缪希雍】《先醒斋笔记》,载于《医藏目录》一卷,现存。
丁元荐序说:先父一向喜好医学,记录方子几乎成册。我尝试使用,茫然没有头绪。丁亥年,结交缪仲淳先生。仲淳豪爽,自负精通岐黄秘诀,审视东垣、仲景以上,尤其注重《本草》。说:三坟之书不流传,流传的是这个。出游携带药囊,为人手写方子,往往奇特有效。他所诊视,以及刀匕汤液,与普通医生不同。普通医生不能理解就诽谤。遇到险怪病症,几年治不好。或者惊慌失措无计可施,一定拱手,请求质问缪先生。仲淳往往使死人复活,挽起袖子自得其乐,不索取报酬。上自明朝公卿,下至卑田院乞丐,一律平等看待。所以索方的人日益增多,互相知晓,记录他们的方子传递尝试,没有不奇特的。仲淳一切都不吝啬,说:只是看如何使用罢了。仲淳独到的见解,坚持不移,以至于普通医生相对退却走开,意气闲定自如。他察脉审证,四处徘徊,又非常细致、谦虚、小心。生平喜欢游历,僧侣细客、樵夫村童,与之垂青,披肝沥胆。所以搜罗秘方非常丰富。然而只有仲淳能内心认同,说:我用脉与证来检验方子,不用方子来试探病人。我在辛亥年获得假期回家,不敢把山中的剩余时光,随意托付给高枕无忧。汇集三十多年所积累的方子,选取奇特有效的裁减。仲淳并记录前后医案,分类刻印以广泛流传。私下附会古人手录方书的心意。仲淳名希雍,海虞旧家子弟,多侨居各地,所到之处被称为寓公。癸丑年春日曲肱道人丁元荐题。
《先醒斋广笔记》四卷,现存。
自序说:我不侍奉王侯,独自保全微小的志向,幽静隐居自我满足,远离游泳劳累,以保全天然寿命。然而没有功德及于万物,难道是修道人的破坏吗?于是搜辑医方,精求药道,用以保存利益救济。随着所尝试有效,病家收藏它。好事者抄录,转相授受,又多次获得验证。在此之前,长兴丁客部长孺手集我的方子一册,命名为《先醒斋笔记》,刻印流行于世。板留在岩邑,不便流通。交游中很多人索要这本书,最终无法回应。我正好旅居金沙,文学庄君敛之时常来访,请求增益各种方子,兼采本草常用药物,增加到四百多种。详细说明炮制。又加入伤寒温病时疫治法要旨,并嘱托他的弟弟之。刻印流行,传之远近。希望穷乡僻邑,舟次旅邸,偶尔缺乏明医,使病人按方施治,以治愈疾病痛苦。那么这本书或许流行,补益于世啊。敛之说:好。当时是天启二年,岁次壬戌,仲冬十五。东吴缪希雍自序。
《四库全书提要》说:《先醒斋笔记》四卷,明代缪希雍撰。希雍,字仲淳,常熟人。《明史·方技传》附见于李时珍传中。天启年间,王绍徽作《点将录》,将东林诸人分发到《水浒传》一百零八人姓名中,称希雍为神医安道全,因为他精通医理。这本书初名《先醒斋笔记》,是长兴丁元荐取希雍所用的方子,聚集为一编。希雍又增益各种方子,兼采本草常用药物,增加到四百多种。又加入伤寒温病时疫治法,所以叫《广笔记》。希雍与张介宾同时,介宾遵守法度,而希雍能颇多变化。介宾崇尚温补,而希雍颇用寒凉。也像易水、河间各为门户路径。然而各自有所得力。朱国祯《涌幢小品》记载,天启辛酉年,朱国祯患膈病,上下如分两截,中间疼痛甚重不能支撑。希雍到来,用苏子五钱即止。这也足以见到他技艺的高超。
《本草单方》十九卷,现存。
钱谦益序说:缪仲淳去世几年后,他的著作大多流行于世。而他摘录的本草单方,朱黄甲乙,杂乱在箱箧中。康文初庄敛之搜讨考证次序,耗尽岁月之力,而后成书。于是拿着给侯梓刻印流传。于是缪氏的遗书灿烂了。仲淳以医术闻名于世,将近四十年。医经、经方两家,浩如烟海,无不讨论贯穿。尤其精通本草之学。认为古三坟之书,未经秦朝火烧的,只有这个。《神农本草经》朱字,比喻为六经。名医增补《别录》,朱墨错互,比喻为注疏。《本经》以经之,《别录》以纬之。深沉研究极致,割剥理解,神而明之,以观会通。《本草经疏》的写作,抉摘轩辕、岐伯未发的秘密,自东垣以来,未曾听闻。拿出余力,集录单方。驳斥错误的,拔除芜秽,对于民生涉及很深。这本书完成,而《经疏》的能事才开始完毕。仲淳可以在地下无憾了。三位君子的初衷,难道是小补吗?仲淳目光如电,胡须如戟,像世间所画的羽人敛客,谈论古今国事盛败、兵家胜负,风发泉涌,大声轰鸣,想要毁坏墙屋。酒间常常慷慨对我说:传说上医医国。三代以下,诸葛亮的医蜀,王猛的医秦,由此选择。拿宋朝的事来说,熙宁的法度,拘泥成方以致病。元朝的政令,执守古方以治病。绍述的小人,不诊视病状如何,而强行投以乌头、野狼毒的药剂,则看见立刻死亡罢了。您有医国的资质,现在怎么说呢?我沉吟不能回答。仲淳酒后耳热,仰天呼叫,痛饮沾醉才罢休。唉,仲淳既老病而死,而我 also 连蹇放弃,效仿忠州录制方书,以终残年。因为这本书的刻印,怀念亡友的遗言,放下书叹息很久。仲淳名希雍,我们乡里的古族。侨居长兴,后来迁徙于金坛老死。葬在阳羡山中。我日后应当写文章来纪念他。崇祯六年十二月。虞山老民钱谦益叙。
【易思兰】《医案》一卷,现存。
【赵献可】《医贯》六卷,现存。
【徐灵胎】《医贯砭》二卷,现存。
[Ouyang Zhi] *Jiuzhu Liaopin Yijian Qifang* (Emergency Relief and Poverty Alleviation Simple and Miraculous Prescriptions), one volume, extant.
*Jingxian County Gazetteer* records: Ouyang Zhi, courtesy name Shujian, was a student of the county school (*xiangsheng*), studied for the imperial examinations, and simultaneously mastered medicine. He authored *Lingtai Miyao*. The Jinshi of the county, Hu Maozhong, had it printed in Gushi, at which time *Yijian Qifang* came into existence. The Jinshi Xiong Yin had it printed in Wuyuan, including *Quansheng Siyao*. The Prefect Wang Yiran had it printed in Lintao.
*Lingtai Miyao*, not seen.
[Lu Daoyuan] *Fanmeng Yihui Lu* (Record of Medical Assembly in Fanmeng), not seen.
Lu Daoyuan stated: In addition to quick methods for miscellaneous pediatric diseases, there is the *Fanmeng Yihui Lu*, which covers drug properties, pulse diagnosis, meridians, vital energy cycles, cold damage, miscellaneous diseases, and gynecology under a general title. It is still being compiled and will be published upon completion, to seek correction from those with high understanding and like-minded scholars. This is my hope. (Supplemented from *Jinkui Gouxuan Buyi*)
[Lv Xiang] *Jidu Guiyi Shixiao Qifang* (Trial-Effective Miraculous Prescriptions for Urgent, Severe, Strange, and Doubtful Cases), recorded in *Yicang Mulu* six volumes, not seen.
Anonymous *Gufeng Jiexian Fang* (Quickly Verified Prescriptions from Lonely Peak), recorded in *Yicang Mulu* volume missing, not seen.
[Shen Ye] *Baozheng Zhiyao* (Essentials for Acute Diseases), two volumes, extant.
[Pan Yunjie] *Leiji Shiyan Liangfang* (Classified Collection of Tested Good Prescriptions), two volumes, extant.
[Liang Xuemeng] *Tanhuo Zhuanmen* (Exclusive School on Phlegm-Fire) (Renamed *Guoyi Zongzhi* by Lu Shike's edition), recorded in *Yicang Mulu* four volumes, extant.
Liang Xuemeng said: Medicine worthy of emulation, since Xuanyuan and Qibo, apart from Zhang Zhongjing, Li Dongyuan, Liu Hejian, and Zhu Danxi, has never lacked people in subsequent generations. Having purchased and read all complete works, I know that *Neijing* is like the Confucian classics *Analects* and *Mencius*. Zhang, Li, Liu, and Zhu are like Zhou Dunyi, Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi, Zhang Zai, and Zhu Xi. And these sages serve to support *Neijing*. After pondering, I observed that among diseases of the twelve meridians, fire syndromes account for the majority. Thus, people who die suddenly or prematurely all suffer from fire syndromes, yet eight or nine out of ten are misdiagnosed by mediocre physicians. Hence, I wrote *Tanhuo Zhuanmen*.
[Gong Juzhong] *Tanhuo Dianxue* (Snow-Dotting on Phlegm-Fire), four volumes, extant.
*Jingyan Liangfang Shoushi Xiandan* (Experienced Good Prescriptions for Longevity and Immortal Elixir), twelve volumes, extant.
*Jingyan Baixiao Neike Quanshu* (Complete Book of Internal Medicine with Hundred Proven Effects), eight volumes, extant.
[Xu Shizeng] *Yijia Dafa* (Great Methods of Physicians), two volumes, not seen.
*Tuzhong Beiyong Fang* (Prescriptions for Emergency Use on the Road), one volume, not seen.
Anonymous *Yingji Liangfang* (Good Prescriptions for Emergencies), one volume, not seen.
[Xie Qiju] *Yuanwei Miyao* (Secret Essentials of Yuanwei), eight volumes, not seen.
[Xu Changji] *Yijia Zhengdian* (Orthodox Canon of Physicians), one volume, not seen.
Anonymous *Yixue Fameng* (Enlightenment on Medicine), twenty-three volumes, not seen.
*Yiyi Tongkao* (Comprehensive Examination of Medical Wings), two volumes, not seen.
[Shao Zhihan] *Tiaoli Sizheng Qieyao* (Essentials for Regulating Four Syndromes), one volume, not seen.
[Duan Chengmian] *Jingyan Liangfang* (Experienced Good Prescriptions), one volume, not seen.
Songhuang Liu氏 (Name unknown) *Jingyan Fang* (Experienced Prescriptions), three volumes, not seen.
Tan Yeweng *Shiyan Xiaofang* (Small Tested Prescriptions), four volumes, not seen.
Anonymous *Taiyi Zijin Dan Fang* (Prescription for Taiyi Purple Gold Pill), one volume, not seen.
Note: The above thirteen items appear in the Dan Shengtang Catalog.
[Yin Youlan] *Yiguan Qifang* (Miraculous Prescriptions of Yiguan), one volume, extant.
*Taiping County Gazetteer* records: Yin Youlan, courtesy name Jiufeng, was a Clerk in the Imperial Hospital. He had a broad knowledge of various texts and was particularly proficient in Neo-Confucian philosophy. In treating diseases, he rooted his practice in the generation and restriction of the Five Elements and applied them divinely. Thousands sought medicine from him daily. Yin thoroughly understood deep-seated ailments and reported daily recoveries. In his leisure, he invited teachers and scholars to study Neo-Confucianism. He lived to eighty-eight years old. Envoys passing through Taizhou admired him and visited his home, regarding him as an auspicious longevity figure. After his death, he was enshrined in Yangming Academy.
Anonymous *Qiongxiang Bianfang* (Convenient Prescriptions for Remote Villages), two volumes, extant.
[Wang Liangcan] *Xiao Qingnang* (Little Green Bag), ten volumes, extant.
[Wu Zhongxiu] *Yilin Zongzong* (General Source of the Medical Forest), not seen.
The above appears in *Songjiang Prefecture Gazetteer*.
[Fang Yu] *Yilin Shengmo* (Standard Measure of the Medical Forest), eight volumes, extant.
Preface says: *Shengmo* serves as a clear mirror for students learning medicine. It follows the established methods of Mr. Jingling, Dongyuan, Danxi, and Hejian from *Neijing*, formulating prescriptions and statements. These are not private theories of one person. Medicine is a path where principles are subtle and responsibilities heavy. Saving lives depends on these three fingers [pulse taking] and within two doses of medicine. Without independent judgment, one inevitably causes death. Since beginning my studies, I have devoted day and night to careful inquiry, being cautious about subtle and critical conditions. I explain earnestly to disciples daily. Thus, I take books read throughout my life and profound truths, reciting them constantly. Sometimes theories established by predecessors lack corresponding prescriptions, or prescriptions advocated by elders lack theoretical discussion. The inconsistency makes application difficult. Therefore, I matched them one by one, ensuring tonification and purgation, ascending and descending were appropriate, and cold, heat, warm, and cool properties were accurate. Categorized by type, decoctions are prescribed according to disease. Like guiding a sailor with a compass or telling a mountaineer the winding path. I established main principles to prevent hesitation, hoping future generations aiming to save the world would follow standards, not turning the way of saving lives into tools of death. If errors exist or insights are lacking, I request friends to correct and discuss them. This would be a blessing for medicine and the medical profession. On the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Jia-Shen year of Wanli, the seventy-seven-year-old old man, physician Fang Yu of Qiantang, wrote.
Preface by Zhou Jing briefly states: When did this gentleman live? Born during the Longqing era, his courtesy name is lost. He wrote this book in the Jia-Shen year of Wanli. The introduction calls himself the seventy-seven-year-old old man, Renhe physician Fang Yu. He likely inherited family traditions and was skilled in the learning of Qi and Huang. At that time, in the 16th year of Kangxi, Ding-Si year, nine days after Start of Spring, Zhou Jing Yuxun of Xiangshantang wrote the preface.
[Zheng Ze] *Mobaozhai Jiyan Fang* (Collected Effective Prescriptions of Mobao Studio), □ volumes, extant.
Preface says: I, Zheng Ze, always wished everyone would be free from disease and suffering. Thus, I most enjoy collecting secret prescriptions. Whenever I heard someone possessed prescription books, if they were effective, I dared not fail to ask. Once asked, they dared not withhold anything. After receiving them completely, I would test them. If tested again and found effective, I would then entrust them to printers to gradually record. After recording for a long time, over thirty years, a volume was formed. I dared not keep them secret, so I thought to make them public. Thus, I planned to have them printed to spread their transmission. I sought a preface from Grand Secretary Jiao of Baixia. The Grand Secretary smiled, sharing a mutual understanding. He said: You have secret prescriptions, wishing to use me to verify them. I also have secret prescriptions, wishing to use you to transmit them. So we combined and printed them together, obtaining nearly a thousand entries, all verified prescriptions and excellent techniques. The world is vast; surely there are like-minded people who prefer prescription books. For any new acquisitions or incomplete parts, please add them freely. If suitable for reprinting or copying, please distribute them according to your ability, so people may avoid disease and suffering. Would this not betray my original intention? Any patient seeking through this compilation might find reliance and fearlessness. Mengpu Jushi Zheng Ze inscribed.
[Huang Weiliang] *Yilin Tongyao Jiefa Tongxuan Fanglun* (Essential Quick Methods and Profound Prescription Discussions of the Medical Forest), four volumes, extant.
[Yu Zheng] *Hui Hou Fang* (Prescriptions After Snakebite), one volume, extant.
[Hu Yilong] *Qingnang Zhimi* (Most Secret Green Bag), twelve volumes, not seen.
[Luo Zhouyan] *Yizong Cuiyan* (Refined Words of the Medical Ancestor), fourteen volumes, extant.
Preface by He Wanzha says: Gentleman Muzhai Luo is likely the grandson of my elder uncle Wenye, Grand Commandant. His family learning is profound, applied in governance. He further mastered *Suwen*, *Nanjing*, and the core teachings of famous sages. Wherever his needle and herb therapy reached, declining illnesses were pacified. He often donated his salary to build houses for charity. Within three years, the coastal region praised his revival of lives. His reputation was well-deserved. Meeting with local scholars who planned to expand his skills to benefit the people, he presented his handwritten manuscripts, titling them *Yizong Cuiyan*. It gathers the achievements of ancient sages without claiming credit. It clarifies prescriptions, first discussing origins. The gentleman said: At birth, humans receive one Qi, after which desires gradually open. Thus, distinctions between Pre-heaven and Post-heaven, Primordial Yin and Primordial Yang are established, unified under the Theory of Primordial Qi. With Qi comes vitality signs of growth, decline, fullness, emptiness, slowness, speed, smoothness, and reversal, reflected in pulses. Since Master Wang Shuhe elucidated the meaning of *Eighty-One Difficulties*, and Scholar Wu Hegao contained its essence, I have slightly added what was lacking, retaining the title at the beginning. Qi having pre- and post-heaven aspects cannot do without nourishment. Hence, superior drugs nourish nature, medium drugs nourish life. Thus, drug properties follow next. Usage is examined; using medicine is like using troops; how can one be rigid? The return is the method of treating according to symptoms, which cannot change. Next are standards for drug usage. Vital energy cycles vary, diseases differ. Without investigating epidemic trends, how can one exhaustively understand? Next are seasonal prescription discussions. Regarding men, women, young, and old, internal and external departments, although methods differ, all return to Primordial Qi, weighing pulse logic, adapting to time and symptoms, attacking pathogens. Thus, ending with four categories. How profound is the gentleman's theory! Detailed yet concise, simple yet comprehensive. Following Xuanyuan and Qibo, preparing famous sages, and enlightening future learners lies here. Benevolent arts will last forever. The gentleman suffered illness in childhood, too weak to bear clothes. He studied Confucian classics, comprehensively mastering Fuxi and Shennong, then respected life regulation and philosophical principles, appreciating the words of Wenzheng: "When successful, be a good minister; when unsuccessful, be a good doctor; both shape destiny." Thereafter, he traveled south to Wu and Chu, north across Huai and Si. Living in Liang'an for over ten years, he discussed with famous families and scholars. Assisted by wisdom, his prescriptions responded immediately. Until governing Haishang, medicine and administration were transmitted together. Some compare him to Chunyu Gong. My great-grandfather Chunxuan Gong, alarmed by Prince Xu's warning due to illness, abandoned his previous studies to learn medicine. He eventually became a famous doctor, authoring *Yijing Dazhi* and *Minghui Huiyao*, which circulated. They generally prioritized origins before formulas. Now obtaining the gentleman's collection, I feel it aligns with my heart. I write brief remarks for the front. As for official governance, I leave it to folk song collectors to record, briefly omitting it. The gentleman's name is Zhouyan, courtesy name Defu, pseudonym Chicheng, from Shexian County.
*Jiangsu General Gazetteer* records: Luo Mu'an was of Huizhou origin, moved to Taizhou. He practiced medicine without seeking profit. His theory prioritized regulation before decoctions. During epidemics, he distributed medicine to save people, saving countless lives. He authored *Yizong Cuiyan* forty volumes, which circulated.
[Wang Shiwen] *Yixue Xinchuan* (New Transmission of Medicine), not seen.
*Lanxi County Gazetteer* records: Wang Ziying and Wang Shiwen, pseudonym Jingzhou, authored *Yixue Xinchuan*.
[Xing Zengjie] *Yian Xinfa* (Heart Method of Medical Cases), not seen.
Note: The above appears in *Xinchang County Gazetteer*.
[Wu Wenxian] *Sanshi Yijiao* (Three Stones Medical Teachings), forty volumes, not seen.
Note: The above appears in *Wuyuan County Gazetteer*.
[Zhu Rihui] *Yixue Yuanyao* (Essential Origins of Medicine), not seen.
*Wuyuan County Gazetteer* records: Zhu Rihui, courtesy name Chongmei, from Dongyuan. Naturally gentle and pure, dedicated to learning, reading all books. Strong memory. Later abandoned civil service exams to specialize in Qi-Huang medicine. Pulse diagnosis and prescription review were judged solely by Confucian principles. Most cases resulted in survival. County Magistrate Zhou Tianjian valued his fame and frequently hired him with gifts. Zhu paid respects repeatedly without private requests. Zhou treated him with even greater respect. He was especially courageous in righteousness: protecting ancestral tombs, continuing extinct sacrifices, burying remains, establishing sacrificial fields, acting decisively. He served as a critique for later generations, not just renowned for medical skill. He was close friends with Hanlin Academician Yu Yuan, who wrote articles praising him. Fang Zhongfa of Longmian also composed poems for him. Famous figures of the time echoed. Collected works include *Yixue Yuanyao*, *Jiajian Shisan Fang*, *Shiqi Fang*, *Wenjian Lu*, *Dajia Wenhan*, etc. He taught his son Zhu Ying. Ying acquired his learning and also became famous for medicine.
*Jiajian Shisan Fang* (Thirteen Modified Formulas), not seen.
*Shiqi Fang* (Trial Miraculous Prescriptions), not seen.
[Zhang Yongqian] *Yifang Zhaiyuan* (Extracted Origins of Medical Prescriptions), not seen.
*Wuxi County Gazetteer* records: Zhang Yongqian deeply explored Zhu [Danxi] and Li [Dongyuan], authoring *Yifang Zhaiyuan*. Contemporary Xu Wuyuan discussed vital energy cycles with great precision and breadth, authoring *Yijing Yuanzhi*.
[Xu Wuyuan] *Yijing Yuanzhi* (Original Principles of Medical Classics), not seen.
[Cheng Gongli] *Yijia Zhengtong* (Orthodox Lineage of Physicians), not seen.
*Youyou Quanshu* records: Cheng Gongli, courtesy name Qixiang, from Fengda Base, Xiuning. Possessed extreme filial piety from youth, serving father Duan and mother Wu with caution, never leaving day or night. Married Wu, respecting each other like guests. Often thinking of poverty preventing him from helping others, he studied prescription books day and night. Thus, he broadly mastered *Suwen*, *Nanjing*, and hundred schools. All medical consultations he attended were effective, detailed in *Yixue Zhuan*. He authored *Yijia Zhengtong*, *Xingren Jiyao*, *Baochi Fanglüe*, kept at home.
*Xingren Jiyao* (Collecting Benevolence Essentials), not seen.
[Miao Xiyong] *Xianxingzhai Biji* (Notes from the First Awakening Studio), recorded in *Yicang Mulu* one volume, extant.
Preface by Ding Yuanjian says: My late father greatly loved medicine, compiling prescriptions almost into a volume. I tried them but found them chaotic. In the Ding-Hai year, I met Miao Zhongchun. Zhongchun was bold and confident in his mastery of Qi-Huang secrets, examining Dongyuan and Zhongjing upwards, paying special attention to *Bencao*. He said: The Three Ancient Books are not transmitted; what is transmitted is this. He did not carry medicine bags while traveling, writing prescriptions by hand for people, often achieving miraculous results. His diagnoses and treatments differed from common doctors. Common doctors could not understand and slandered him. Encountering dangerous and strange cases lasting years, or when panicked and hopeless, people would bow and ask Mr. Miao. Zhongchun often revived the dead, rolling up his sleeves in satisfaction, demanding no payment. From high officials to beggars in poorhouses, he treated them equally. Thus, those seeking prescriptions increased, exchanging and testing them, all proving miraculous. Zhongchun was not stingy, saying: It depends only on how they are used. Zhongchun's unique insights were firm and unyielding, causing common doctors to retreat in awe, remaining calm. His pulse diagnosis and syndrome differentiation were meticulous, hesitant, very careful. He loved traveling, befriending monks, travelers, woodcutters, and villagers, opening his heart. Thus, he collected many secret prescriptions. However, only Zhongchun could approve them internally, saying: I test prescriptions with pulses and syndromes, not test patients with prescriptions. In the Xin-Hai year, I returned home on leave. Not daring to waste mountain days sleeping, I compiled over thirty years of accumulated prescriptions, selecting those with miraculous effects. Zhongchun also recorded preceding and succeeding medical cases, classified and printed them to spread widely. I privately attach myself to the intent of ancients hand-copying prescription books. Zhongchun's given name was Xiyong, from an old family in Haiyu, often residing elsewhere, known as a guest official. In the Gui-Chou spring, Qugong Daoren Ding Yuanjian inscribed.
*Xianxingzhai Guang Biji* (Expanded Notes from the First Awakening Studio), four volumes, extant.
Preface says: I do not serve kings or lords, preserving my humble aspirations, living in seclusion to satisfy myself, avoiding travel fatigue, to preserve natural lifespan. Yet having no merit benefiting things, is it not a flaw of Daoists? Thus, I collected medical prescriptions, carefully seeking drug ways, to preserve benevolence and relief. Whatever proved effective, patients stored it. Enthusiasts copied and passed it on, gaining more verification. Previously, Ding Changru of Changxing collected my prescriptions into one volume, naming it *Xianxingzhai Biji*, printing it for the world. Plates remained in rocky areas, inconvenient for circulation. Many friends requested this book, but I could not respond. I happened to stay in Jinsha. Literary scholar Zhuang Lianzhi often visited, requesting additions to various prescriptions, incorporating commonly used Bencao herbs, increasing to over four hundred types. Detailing processing methods. Also adding essential principles for treating Cold Damage, Warm Diseases, and Epidemics, entrusting his younger brother Zhi to carve blocks for circulation, spreading far and near. Hoping that in remote villages, inns, and boats, where bright doctors are scarce, patients can treat themselves according to prescriptions to alleviate suffering. If this book circulates, it benefits the world. Lianzhi said: Good. In the second year of Tianqi, Ren-Xu year, mid-winter fifteenth. Miao Xiyong of Dongwu self-prefaced.
*Summary of the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries* states: *Xianxingzhai Biji* four volumes, written by Ming dynasty Miao Xiyong. Xiyong, courtesy name Zhongchun, from Changshu. *History of Ming* Biography of Artisans attaches him to Li Shizhen's biography. During Tianqi, Wang Shaowei created *Dianjianglu*, assigning Donglin figures to names in *Water Margin*, calling Xiyong the Divine Doctor Andaoquan because of his proficiency in medical principles. This work was originally named *Xianxingzhai Biji*, compiled by Ding Yuanjian of Changxing collecting Xiyong's prescriptions. Xiyong then added various prescriptions, incorporating commonly used Bencao herbs, increasing to over four hundred types. Also adding treatments for Cold Damage, Warm Diseases, and Epidemics, hence called *Guang Biji* (Expanded Notes). Xiyong was contemporary with Zhang Jiebin. Jiebin adhered to rules, while Xiyong allowed considerable variation. Jiebin favored warming and tonifying, while Xiyong used cooling and clearing. Like Yishui and Hejian schools, each with their own paths, yet each had strengths. Zhu Guozhen's *Yongchuang Duanju* records that in Xin-You year of Tianqi, Zhu Guozhen suffered from diaphragm disease, feeling separated top and bottom, severe middle pain unbearable. Xiyong arrived, used five qian of Su Zi [Perilla Seed], and pain stopped. This shows his skill.
*Bencao Danfang* (Single Herb Prescriptions from Bencao), nineteen volumes, extant.
Preface by Qian Qianyi says: Several years after Miao Zhongchun's death, his books mostly circulated. But his excerpted single herb prescriptions from Bencao, marked in red and yellow, A and B, lay scattered in chests. Kang Wenchu Zhuang Lianzhi searched, verified, and ordered them, exhausting years of effort, finally completing the book. He handed it to Hou Zi for printing and transmission. Thus, Miao's遗书 became brilliant. Zhongchun was famous for medicine for nearly forty years. Medical classics and formula families were vast as smoke and sea, which he discussed and penetrated, especially mastering Bencao learning. He believed the ancient Three Ancient Books, untouched by Qin fires, were only this. *Shennong Benjing* in red characters is like the Six Classics. Famous doctors' supplemented *Bielu*, with red and black mixed, is like commentaries. *Benjing* acts as warp, *Bielu* as weft. Deeply studying and extracting ultimate meanings, dissecting and understanding, divine and illuminating, observing convergence. The creation of *Bencao Jingshu* (Commentary on Bencao Classic) excavated secrets of Xuanyuan and Qibo unheard of since Dongyuan. Using spare energy, he collected single prescriptions. Refuting errors, removing weeds, it benefited the people greatly. With this book completed, the task of *Jingshu* began. Zhongchung could have no regrets underground. Was the initial intent of the three gentlemen merely a small supplement? Zhongchun had electric eyes and axe-like beard, like the immortal recluse depicted, discussing rise and fall of nations, military victories and defeats, flowing like wind and springs, loud and resonant, shaking walls. At wine, he often generously told me: Legends say the best doctor treats the state. Below the Three Dynasties, Zhuge Liang treating Shu, Wang Meng treating Qin, are chosen from this. Speaking of Song affairs: Xining laws were rigid formulas causing disease. Yuan politics held ancient formulas to treat disease. Petty officials of succession did not diagnose symptoms but forcibly administered Aconite and Wild Wolf Poison, seeing immediate death. You have talent to treat the state; what do you say now? I pondered unable to answer. Zhongchun, drunk and ears hot, shouted at heaven, drank heavily until drunk, then stopped. Alas, Zhongchun died of old age and illness, and I too faced setbacks and dismissal, emulating Zhongzhou recording prescriptions to end my remaining years. Because of this book's printing, remembering the fallen friend's words, I put down the book sighing for a long time. Zhongchun's given name was Xiyong, an ancient clan in our locality. Resided in Changxing, later moved to Jintan to grow old. Buried in Yangxian mountains. I should write an article to commemorate him someday. December, sixth year of Chongzhen. Old Man of Yushan, Qian Qianyi, prefaces.
[Yi Silan] *Yian* (Medical Cases), one volume, extant.
[Zhao Xianke] *Yiguan* (Medical Continuum), six volumes, extant.
[Xu Lingtai] *Yiguan Bian* (Critique of Medical Continuum), two volumes, extant.