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《題：温泉考 全》
《割書：此書は醫者はいふに及ず湯治（とうぢ）する人皆一本を蔵（をさめ）て其事に益（ゑき）あり湯治の方（しかた）を｜くわしく説き且病に湯治して愈（いゆ）ると愈さるの差別あることを知らしめ又｜病に依り湯治して却而 害（かい）ある症（しよう）を説き又 温泉（をんせん）のわき出る事を説たる｜和漢の諸説を挙け委く其 誤（あやまり）を弁しすべて温泉の古事由来を記す》
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温泉小言序
平安原子公瑶以儒爲業生平足
跡半于天下親経目覩之所淂著
温泉小言一篇以論其質性主療
辟就忌宜消息之法於湯泉一事
殆無餘蘊焉而名以小者盖譕矣
公瑶没三十年其子敬仲携来謁
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《題：温泉考 全》
《割書：この書は医者はいうに及ばず、湯治する人は皆一本を手元に蔵めて、その事に益あり。湯治の方法をくわしく説き、かつ病に湯治して癒ると癒らぬとの差別（区別）あることを知らしめ、また病によっては湯治して却って害ある症を説き、また温泉の湧き出る事について説いたる和漢の諸説を挙げ、委しくその誤りを弁じ、すべて温泉の古事・由来を記す。》
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【左丁：温泉小言序】
温泉小言 序
平安の原子公瑶は儒を業として生涯、その足跡は天下の半ばに及び、親しく経て目に覩（み）たる所を得て、「温泉小言」一篇を著し、以って温泉の質性・主療・辟就・忌宜・消息の法を論じ、湯泉の一事について殆ど余蘊（よとどまり）なし。名づけて「小」とするは、蓋し謙遜なり。
公瑶の没して三十年、その子敬仲が携え来たりて謁し…（以下次頁へ続く）
英語訳
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Published in the Kansei Kinoto-Tora year (1794)
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Written by Master Sōkei [Seal]
Edited by Master Jutsuai
《Title: Onsen Kō — Complete Volume》
《Annotation text (split columns): This book is of benefit not only to physicians but to all who undergo hot spring cures (tōji); every such person should keep a copy at hand. It explains in detail the proper method of hot spring treatment, and makes known that there is a distinction between conditions that are cured and those that are not cured by taking the waters. It also discusses conditions in which hot spring treatment may in fact cause harm, and it examines the various Chinese and Japanese theories explaining how hot springs come to well up from the earth, carefully refuting their errors. In sum, it records all the historical origins and background of hot springs.》
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[Left folio: Preface to "Onsen Shōgen" (Hot Springs: Minor Observations)]
Preface to "Onsen Shōgen"
Hara Shikōyō of Heian (Kyoto), who made Confucian scholarship his lifelong vocation, traversed half the realm in his travels, and from what he personally experienced and observed with his own eyes, he composed a work in one fascicle entitled "Onsen Shōgen" (Minor Observations on Hot Springs), in which he discusses the nature and properties of hot springs, their primary therapeutic uses, which to seek out or avoid, what is beneficial and what is contraindicated, and the regimen to be followed. In the matter of hot springs alone, he has left virtually nothing unexplored. That he named it "Minor" (小) is, I venture to say, an act of modesty.
Thirty years after Shikōyō's death, his son Keichu came bearing the manuscript to present it…(continues on the following page)