皇甫坦(?—?),字履道,临淄(今山东临淄)夹江县甘江镇陶渡村人。

早年初避走蜀地,后隐居道教第七洞天峨嵋山。精通医术,在绍兴年间宋高宗之母显仁皇太后患目疾,医治无效,皇甫坦入临安,“坦以嘘呵布气,目即愈,翳脱隙然矣。”宋高宗曾一再向他“问以长生久视之术”,他的回答是:“心无为则身安”;移居庐山,为其筑室,赐御书名其所曰“清虚庵”,而且“诏绘坦像,御赞之”。善相人,有先知之术,见李凤娘,大惊说:“此女当母仪天下。”高宗遂许以其过继皇孙赵惇(日后的宋光宗),但李凤娘性妒悍,之后高宗大骂“是妇将种,吾为皇甫坦所误。”[1]后来光宗还曾探访他[2]

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