汉武洞冥记 · 郭宪 · Chapter 4 of 8

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憲家世述道書,推求先聖往賢之所撰集,不可穷尽,千室不能藏,萬乘不能載,犹有漏逸。或言浮誕,非政教所同,經文史官記事,故略而不取,盖偏国殊方,並不在錄。愚謂古曩餘事,不可得而棄。況汉武帝,明俊特異之主,東方朔因滑稽浮誕,以匡諫洞心於道教,使冥迹之奧,昭然顯著。今籍舊史之所不載者,聊以聞見,撰《洞冥記》四卷,成一家之書,庶明博君子該而異焉。武帝以欲穷神仙之事,故絕域遐方,貢其珍異奇物,及道術之人,故於汉世盛於群主也。故編次之云尔。

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