翻刻
百-工 煕（ヒロマル）￣カナ₋哉。農不￣シテ＿レ違￣ハ＿レ時￣ニ。而五-穀豊矣。実￣ニ黙＿二-
契￣ス于唐虞￣ノ遺-法￣ニ＿一矣。《振り仮名：吾₋儕｜ワナミ》遇￣テ＿二太-平￣ノ之世￣ニ＿一。而
人《送り仮名：〱》守＿二其職￣ヲ＿一。家《送り仮名：〱》勤￣ルトキハ＿二其業￣ヲ＿一。則其₋心寛-平広-大￣ニシテ。
而自￣ラ与＿二 天-地万-物＿一。爲￣ル＿二 一-体￣ト＿一也矣。何￣ソ₋其￣レ幸￣ナルカナ₋
哉。何￣ソ₋其￣レ幸￣ナルカナ₋哉。崎-陽￣ニ有＿二処-士西₋川如-見￣トイフ者￣ノ＿一。
自￣リ＿レ幼好￣ニ＿二 天-文￣ノ学￣ヲ＿一。博￣ク究￣メ＿二群-書￣ヲ＿一。旁￣ク訪￣レ＿二華-人￣ニ＿一。以＿下
測＿二-験￣スル儀-象￣ヲ＿一諸-器￣ヲ＿上。而窺￣ヒ＿二日月星辰￣ノ之度-数￣ヲ＿一。
察￣シ＿二気-盈朔-虚￣ノ之進-退￣ヲ＿一。積￣テ＿レ年￣ヲ而成￣シ＿レ功￣ヲ。以￣テ＿下所￣ノ
＿レ得￣ル＿二于心￣ニ＿一者￣ヲ＿上。卒￣ニ著￣シテ＿二諸-書￣ヲ＿一而教￣ノ＿レ 人￣ニ焉。其￣ノ声-称
揚＿二-溢󠄀《送り仮名：セリ》於四方￣ニ＿一也。往-年暫￣ク来￣リ＿二于 江-都￣ニ＿一遂￣ニ
還￣テ＿レ郷￣ニ以￣テ＿二 天-年￣ヲ＿一終￣ル矣。噫（アヽ）奇-士也。其￣ノ₋子正-休。
継￣テ＿二父￣ノ₋業￣ヲ＿一亦精￣シ＿二其￣ノ₋学￣ニ＿一矣。近-歳東￣ニ₋遊￣テ。而常￣ニ来＿二-
往￣シテ于士-林￣ニ＿一教￣フ＿二 天-学￣ヲ＿一。聞₋者莫＿レ不￣トイフコト＿レ服￣セ＿二其₋言￣ニ＿一也。
嘗￣テ著￣シテ＿二 天-学名-目-鈔￣ヲ＿一。而授￣ク＿二受￣ルノ＿レ業￣ヲ之徒￣ニ＿一焉。所₋
現代語訳
百工（あらゆる職人・工人）は広く栄えることよ。農は時を違えず、五穀は豊かに実る。まことに、唐虞（堯・舜の時代）の遺法（受け継がれた法制・教え）に黙契（自然と合致）しているのである。われわれ（吾儕）は太平の世に遇い、人々はみなその職を守り、家々がみなその業に勤しむならば、その心は寛平広大となり、自ずと天地万物と一体をなすのである。なんと幸いなことよ、なんと幸いなことよ。
崎陽（長崎）に、処士・西川如見という者がいた。幼い頃から天文の学を好み、広く群書を究め、あまねく華人（中国人）を訪ねて、儀象（天体観測器具）をはじめとする諸器を測験（実測・検証）し、日月星辰の度数を窺い、気盈・朔虚の進退（太陽暦と太陰暦のずれの消長）を察し、年を積み重ねて功を成した。そして、心に得たところを、ついに諸書に著して人々に教えた。その声名・称賛は四方にあふれ広まった。かつてしばらく江都（江戸）に来たり、ついに郷に帰って天年（天寿）をもって終えた。ああ、奇士（稀有な人物）であった。
その子・正休は、父の業を継いで、またその学に精しい。近年は東（江戸）に遊学し、常に士林（学者・文人の社会）に往来して天学（天文学）を教えた。聞く者でその言（言説）に服さない者はないという。かつて『天学名目鈔』を著して、業を受ける徒（弟子たち）に授けた。〔以下次頁に続く〕
英語訳
How the hundred craftsmen flourish and prosper! Farmers do not miss the proper seasons, and the five grains ripen in abundance. Truly, this silently accords with the inherited methods of the age of Tang and Yu (the sage-kings Yao and Shun). We, living in this age of great peace, with each person fulfilling their duty and each household diligently pursuing their livelihood, find that their hearts become broad and serene, and they naturally become one body with Heaven, Earth, and the ten thousand things. How fortunate this is! How fortunate this is!
In Kiyo (Nagasaki), there was a man known as the reclusive scholar (*shoshi*) Nishikawa Joken. From youth he was fond of the study of astronomy; he widely investigated a great many books, and sought out Chinese people far and wide in order to measure and test astronomical instruments and other devices, thereby observing the degrees and numbers of the sun, moon, stars, and constellations. He examined the advance and retreat of the *qi ying* (the excess of the solar year) and *shuo xu* (the deficit of the lunar month), and, accumulating years of effort, brought his work to fruition. He then took what he had gained in his mind and ultimately wrote it up in various books to instruct others. His reputation and fame spread and overflowed in all four directions. In a previous year, he came briefly to Kōto (Edo), and thereafter returned to his hometown, where he ended his days at the allotted span of heaven. Ah, what a remarkable man he was!
His son, Masayasu (Seikyu), inherited his father's work and is likewise accomplished in his learning. In recent years, he traveled east [to Edo] and regularly came and went among the community of scholars (*shinrin*), teaching astronomy (*tengaku*). It is said that none who heard him failed to be won over by his words. He once composed the *Tengaku Meimoku-shō* (A Digest of Astronomical Terminology) and presented it to his disciples who were studying under him. [continued on the next page]