胡 序曰。浙中精于医学人。有二高子。居钱唐者。曰士宗先生。居四明者。曰鼓峰先生。余志学时。慕士
宗先生之名。欲受业其门。迫于贫不果。每得其着述。不厌研究以为私淑之益。洎后闻鼓峰先生。所言多奇论。
治病多奇中。则又心窃愿见之。而不获一晤其人以为恨。乙巳春。越溪王谦中来。为余言鼓峰医术。当代少有出
其右者。且以其所着医家心法示余。余深喜数十年景企之私。一旦得读其书。不啻见其人。何快如之。及披阅终
编。见其用心。似欲出前人意表。而修辞不免纰缪于轩岐仲景。心窃异之。鼓峰之奇。乃如是欤。何所见与所闻
之不同也。夫天下之理。莫不本于正。何有于奇。意主于奇。则索隐行怪。而惑世欺人之言出。未有不悖圣贤之
道者。读鼓峰之书。而想其平日之所言所行。时出于奇者。亦约略可见。较之士宗之持身整饬。应事周慎。而其
着述典而可则者。不相径庭欤。不揣鄙陋。就其书中。有不合于轩岐正义者。妄为纠正。爰以济世之心切也。鼓
峰而心存乎济世者。谅不以予言为吹索也夫。雍正三年岁次乙巳嘉平既望。钱塘胡 念庵氏识。
〔四明医案〕一卷 存
〔吕氏（东庄）医案〕一卷 存
按潜村扬乘六云峰。合以上三书。及西塘感症。凡四种。增以评点。题曰己任编。
胡念庵序言说：浙江地区精通医学的人中，有两位高姓先生。居住在钱塘的，叫士宗先生；居住在四明的，叫鼓峰先生。我立志学习医术时，仰慕士宗先生的名声，想要拜入他的门下求学，但因贫穷未能如愿。每当得到他的著作，都不厌其烦地深入研究，以此作为私下效法他的益处。后来听说鼓峰先生，言论多有奇特之处，治病也多能奇效命中，于是心中暗暗渴望见到他，却未能谋面，以此为憾。乙巳年春天，越溪的王谦中来到我这里，向我讲述鼓峰先生的医术，认为在当代很少有人能超过他，并且把他所著的《医家心法》展示给我看。我非常高兴，几十年来的仰慕之情，一旦得以阅读他的书，不啻于见到了本人，快乐莫过于此了。等到翻阅完整本书后，发现他的用心，似乎想要超出前人的意料之外，但修辞方面不免在轩岐（黄帝内经）和仲景（伤寒杂病论）的正统义理上出现疏漏谬误，我心中对此感到诧异。鼓峰先生的奇特，竟然到了这种地步吗？为什么所见与所闻如此不同呢？天下的道理，没有不基于正道的，哪里会有所谓的“奇”？如果立意在于追求奇特，就会去探索隐秘、行为怪异，从而说出迷惑世人、欺骗他人的言论，没有不违背圣贤之道的。读鼓峰的书，想象他平日所说的话和所做的行为，时常出于奇特的地方，也大致可以看到了。这与士宗先生持身严谨端正、处理事务周全谨慎，以及其著作典雅且可作为准则相比，难道不是大相径庭吗？我不揣冒昧，指出他书中不符合轩岐正统义理的地方，妄加纠正，是因为救世之心迫切啊。鼓峰先生如果心存救世，想必不会认为我的话是吹毛求疵吧。雍正三年岁次乙巳嘉平月既望日，钱塘胡念庵记。
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按语：潜村杨乘六云峰，将以上三书，加上西塘感症，共四种，增加评点，题名为《己任编》。
Preface by Hu Nian'an: Among those in Zhejiang who are proficient in medicine, there are two gentlemen surnamed Gao. The one residing in Qiantang is Mr. Shizong; the one residing in Siming is Mr. Gugeng. When I resolved to study medicine, I admired the reputation of Mr. Shizong and wished to become his disciple, but poverty prevented me from doing so. Whenever I obtained his writings, I studied them without tiring, regarding this as the benefit of privately emulating him. Later, I heard that Mr. Gugeng often made extraordinary theories and frequently achieved miraculous cures, so I secretly longed to meet him, yet regretted not having had the opportunity to see him. In the spring of the Yisi year, Wang Jianzhong from Yuexi came to me and spoke of Mr. Gugeng's medical skills, stating that few in the contemporary era could surpass him. He also showed me Mr. Gugeng's work, *Yijia Xinfa* (Medical Master's Mind Method). I was deeply pleased; my private admiration accumulated over decades seemed, upon reading his book, equivalent to seeing the person himself. What joy could be greater? However, after finishing the review, I observed that his intentions seemed to aim beyond the expectations of predecessors, yet his rhetoric inevitably contained flaws and errors regarding the orthodox principles of Xuānqí (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) and Zhòngjǐng (Shanghan Zabing Lun). I found this strange in my heart. Is Mr. Gugeng's extraordinariness really like this? Why do what I have seen and heard differ so much? The principles of the world are fundamentally based on orthodoxy; where does "extraordinariness" come from? If one focuses on being extraordinary, one will seek hidden secrets and act strangely, leading to words that confuse the world and deceive people, which invariably deviate from the Way of the Sages. Reading Mr. Gugeng's book and imagining his daily words and deeds, one can roughly perceive when he acted extraordinarily. This stands in stark contrast to Mr. Shizong, who maintained strict personal conduct and handled affairs with caution, and whose writings were elegant and served as a standard. Without presuming upon my own ignorance, I have rashly corrected those parts of his book that do not conform to the orthodox righteousness of Xuānqí, driven by an urgent desire to aid the world. If Mr. Gugeng indeed harbors a heart for aiding the world, he surely will not consider my words to be nitpicking. Recorded by Hu Nian'an of Qiantang, on the 16th day of the tenth lunar month of the Yisi year, third year of Yongzheng.
*Siming Yi'an* (Siming Medical Cases), one volume, extant.
*Lüshi (Dongzhuang) Yi'an* (Mr. Lü's [Dongzhuang] Medical Cases), one volume, extant.
Note: Yang Chengyun of Qiancun, combining the above three books with *Xitang Gan Zheng* (Xitang Infectious Diseases), totaling four works, added commentary and titled it *Jiren Bian*.