余重表弟山崎子政（善）世以针科仕。
朝尤妙手爪之运见为侍医。兼医学教谕。尝语余曰。灵素之外。明堂尚矣。甲乙收而传焉。继之有徐
叔向秦承祖甄权等书。俱系于亡佚。是可惜也。宋仁宗仿贞观故事命翰林医官王唯一撰定铜人针灸图经。于
是三阴三阳合任督而为十四孔穴。三百六十五其义始备矣。元滑寿着发挥一根据忽公泰金兰循经云。
忽氏之书此间无传。然考其文。正与铜人同。则循经全采之于铜人而滑氏不及。寓目于铜人也。自此而
降。各家撰述颇多。得失互存后学不能无迷。今本之于灵素甲乙。参之于铜人图经。而上自千金外台。下
至明清诸书。搜罗众说。会粹精要。正之以经脉。流注量之以尺度分寸。揣之以定 骨间动脉宛宛中。则
莫有孔穴乖错之弊。明堂之能事毕矣。若夫方圆迎随之。微吹云见苍之妙。则在于得之心手。岂可言传
水藩侍医原子子柔撰经穴汇解八卷纂二十有余家之说。考证辨订。定为一家之学。以嘉惠后学。殆与子
政之言符。盖其用心也。勤矣书已上梓以问序于余。余非颛门。故昧乎经俞之义焉。得折辞然子柔在数
百里之外。恳请不已。回缀所闻于子政。揭于卷端。以念读斯书者云。
文化四年岁在丁卯仲春上 东都医官督医学丹波元简撰
水户藩 扈从士员立原任书
我的表弟山崎子政（名善）世代以针灸医术仕宦。
他在朝廷中尤其因精妙的针法操作技艺而被任命为侍医，兼任医学教谕。
他曾对我说：“在《灵枢》、《素问》之外，《明堂》一书也是极为重要的。《甲乙经》收录并传承了它。后来又有徐叔向、秦承祖、甄权等人的著作，但都失传了，这真是可惜啊。宋仁宗效仿唐太宗贞观年间的旧例，命令翰林医官王唯一撰写定稿《铜人针灸图经》，从此三阴三阳与任脉、督脉合为十四经脉，三百六十五个穴位，其义理才完备了。元代滑寿著有《发挥》一篇，依据忽公泰的《金兰循经》。忽氏的这本书在此地没有流传，然而考察其文字，正与《铜人》相同，那么《循经》完全是采录自《铜人》，而滑氏不及，只是瞥见过《铜人》罢了。从此以后，各家撰述很多，得失并存，后学者不能不感到迷惑。现在以《灵枢》、《素问》和《甲乙经》为本，参证《铜人针灸图经》，上自《千金方》、《外台秘要》，下至明清诸书，搜罗众说，汇聚精华，用经脉来校正，用流注来衡量，用尺度分寸来量度，用手指揣按以确定骨间动脉宛宛中的位置，就没有穴位错乱的弊病了，《明堂》的功能也就完备了。至于方圆迎随等手法，以及微吹云见苍等奥妙，在于心得手应，哪里能用言语传授呢？水藩侍医原子子柔编纂《经穴汇解》八卷，纂集二十多家的学说，考证辨订，定为一家之学，以嘉惠后学，大概与子政的话相符，他的用心确实勤勉。书已刻印，向我求序。我不是专门研究此道的专家，所以对经俞的意义很愚昧，只能推辞，然而子柔在数百里之外，恳请不已，于是写下我所听到的关于子政的话，揭示在卷首，以让读此书的人知晓。”
文化四年，岁次丁卯，仲春上旬，东都医官、督医学丹波元简撰。
水户藩扈从士员立原任书。
My cousin, Yamazaki Shosei (given name: Zen), served in officialdom through generations of expertise in acupuncture and moxibustion.
In the imperial court, he was particularly renowned for his skillful manipulation of needles and appointed as a Court Physician, concurrently serving as an Instructor at the Medical Academy.
He once said to me, "Beyond the *Ling Shu* (Spiritual Pivot) and *Su Wen* (Basic Questions), the *Ming Tang* (Hall of Brightness) is also of paramount importance. The *Jia Yi Jing* (Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion) collected and transmitted it. Later works by Xu Shuxiang, Qin Chengzu, Zhen Quan, and others have all been lost, which is truly regrettable. Emperor Renzong of Song, imitating the precedent of the Zhenyuan era of Emperor Taizong of Tang, ordered Wang Yiyi, a Hanlin Medical Officer, to compile and finalize the *Bronze Figure Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion*. From then on, the Three Yin and Three Yang meridians, combined with the Ren and Du vessels, formed the fourteen main channels, and the 365 acupoints were fully systematized. In the Yuan dynasty, Hua Shou wrote the *Fa Hui* (Exposition), based on Hu Gongtai's *Jin Lan Xun Jing* (Golden Orchid Meridian Circulation). Hu's book has not been circulated here; however, examining its text reveals it is identical to that of the *Bronze Figure*. Thus, *Xun Jing* was entirely derived from the *Bronze Figure*, whereas Hua Shou merely had a cursory acquaintance with it. Since then, numerous individual compilations have emerged, containing both merits and flaws, leaving later students confused. Now, basing this work on the *Ling Shu*, *Su Wen*, and *Jia Yi Jing*, and cross-referencing the *Bronze Figure Classic*, while gathering theories from the *Qian Jin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) and *Wai Tai Mi Yao* (Prescriptions from the Outer Cabinet) above, down to various Ming and Qing texts, collecting diverse opinions and synthesizing their essence, correcting them according to meridian pathways, measuring them by flow and circulation, quantifying them by standard units and cun measurements, and palpating to locate the pulsating arteries within the bone depressions, one avoids the error of misplaced acupoints, thereby completing the function of the *Ming Tang*. As for the subtleties of circular and square movements, following and opposing techniques, and the profound effects described as 'slight blowing clouds revealing azure,' these lie in mental comprehension and manual dexterity, and cannot be conveyed merely by words. Zhao Zirou, a Court Physician from the Mito Domain, compiled the *Jing Xue Hui Jie* (Comprehensive Explanation of Acupoints) in eight volumes, drawing upon more than twenty schools of thought, verifying and revising them to establish a unified doctrine, thereby benefiting future students. This aligns closely with Shosei's remarks, reflecting his diligent effort. The book has been printed, and he requested a preface from me. I am not a specialist in this field and am ignorant of the meanings of the primary and secondary acupoints, so I wished to decline; yet, since Zirou resides hundreds of miles away and persists in his request, I have recorded what I heard from Shosei and placed it at the beginning of the volume, so that readers may know."
Written by Danbo Yuanjian, Imperial Physician of Edo and Director of the Medical Academy, in the early spring of the Ding Mao year, Culture Era, Year 4.
Inscribed by Tachihara Ninsho, Attendant Scholar of the Mito Domain.