茫茫苦海，虩虩風波。算將來俱是貪嗔撒網，淫毒張羅。
茫茫苦海，虩虩风波。算将来俱是贪嗔撒网，淫毒张罗。
Vast and boundless, the sea of bitterness;fearsome, the wind and the waves.Reckon it up: it is all greed and anger casting their nets,lust and venom spreading their snares.
幾能夠，翻身跳出是非窩？討一個清閒自在，不老婆婆。
几能够，翻身跳出是非窝？讨一个清闲自在，不老婆婆。
How many ever manageto turn over and leap out of the nest of right and wrong?Win yourself a life of leisure and ease,and be a granny who never grows old.
湘子在那團瓢內到得三更時分，一陣清風吹將來，湘子就不見了。看官，且說這個時候，湘子到那裡去？原來湘子去見了鍾師父，同去參朝玉帝，奏道：「叔父韓愈，荷蒙玄造，已得回心。尚有嬸娘竇氏與林氏蘆英，執迷不悟，難以度脫點化，伏候聖裁。」金童傳旨道：「竇氏原係上界聖姥，因在蟠桃會上盜折葵花，謫下凡間受苦；蘆英原是凌霄殿玉女，因玄帝驅遣天將收伏群魔，天門未閉，蘆英往下窺探，故此貶到凡間，孤眠獨宿，以警思凡。韓湘可同呂岩、藍彩和，再去度化一遭，共成正果。」湘子只得謝恩，前去參見西王母。西王母道：「沖和子喜得覺悟前因，回位有日。只是聖姥、玉女尚在迷途，誰人再去度他？」湘子道：「玉帝遣臣韓湘子同呂岩、藍彩和前去度他，望娘娘指教。」西王母道：「他二人久墮塵寰，一心貪戀著榮華富貴，韓湘須索往補陀山觀音大士處借些仙物變化，才好打動得他。」湘子道：「觀音大士是釋家之尊，與我玄門不相吻合，他如何肯把仙物借與我們？」西王母道：「觀世音乃治世之尊，救人之祖，他那裡分一個彼我。」湘子道：「謹遵仙旨。」辭了王母娘娘，出了瑤台紫府，三個駕起雲頭到南海，見了觀音，借了鶯哥，仍望長安而去。正是：
湘子在那团瓢内到得三更时分，一阵清风吹将来，湘子就不见了。看官，且说这个时候，湘子到那里去？原来湘子去见了钟师父，同去参朝玉帝，奏道：「叔父韩愈，荷蒙玄造，已得回心。尚有婶娘窦氏与林氏芦英，执迷不悟，难以度脱点化，伏候圣裁。」金童传旨道：「窦氏原系上界圣姥，因在蟠桃会上盗折葵花，谪下凡间受苦；芦英原是凌霄殿玉女，因玄帝驱遣天将收伏群魔，天门未闭，芦英往下窥探，故此贬到凡间，孤眠独宿，以警思凡。韩湘可同吕岩、蓝彩和，再去度化一遭，共成正果。」湘子只得谢恩，前去参见西王母。西王母道：「冲和子喜得觉悟前因，回位有日。只是圣姥、玉女尚在迷途，谁人再去度他？」湘子道：「玉帝遣臣韩湘子同吕岩、蓝彩和前去度他，望娘娘指教。」西王母道：「他二人久堕尘寰，一心贪恋着荣华富贵，韩湘须索往补陀山观音大士处借些仙物变化，才好打动得他。」湘子道：「观音大士是释家之尊，与我玄门不相吻合，他如何肯把仙物借与我们？」西王母道：「观世音乃治世之尊，救人之祖，他那里分一个彼我。」湘子道：「谨遵仙旨。」辞了王母娘娘，出了瑶台紫府，三个驾起云头到南海，见了观音，借了莺哥，仍望长安而去。正是：
In the round hut, when the third watch of the night came, a gust of clear wind blew in, and Xiangzi was gone. Now where, you may wonder, reader, did Xiangzi go at such an hour? He had gone to see Master Zhongli, and together they went to attend the Jade Emperor’s court, where Xiangzi reported: “My uncle Han Yu, through the favour of Your mysterious workings, has turned his heart. But my aunt, Lady Dou, and Luying of the Lin family still cling to their delusion and will not wake, and it is hard to deliver and enlighten them. I humbly await Your Majesty’s sacred decision.” The Golden Boy conveyed the decree: “Lady Dou was once the Holy Mother of the upper realm. Because she plucked a hollyhock without leave at the Peach Banquet, she was banished to the mortal world to suffer. Luying was once a jade maiden of the Hall of Divine Mists. When the Dark Emperor sent out the heavenly generals to subdue the demons, the gates of Heaven were left open, and Luying peeped down. For this she was banished to the mortal world, to sleep alone and lie alone as a warning against longing for the world of men. Han Xiang may go with Lü Yan and Lan Caihe to bring them to the Way once more, so that together they may attain the true fruit.” Xiangzi could only give thanks, and then he went to pay his respects to the Queen Mother of the West. “How happy it is that Chonghezi has woken to the causes of his former life,” said the Queen Mother. “The day of his return to his place is not far off. But the Holy Mother and the jade maiden are still lost on the road of delusion. Who will go again to bring them to the Way?” “The Jade Emperor has sent your servant Han Xiangzi, with Lü Yan and Lan Caihe, to bring them to the Way,” said Xiangzi. “I hope Your Majesty will instruct me.” “Those two have long been sunk in the dusty world,” said the Queen Mother, “with their hearts set on glory, riches and rank. Han Xiang, you must go to the Bodhisattva Guanyin on Mount Potalaka and borrow some immortal thing to work your transformations with. Only then will you be able to move them.” “The Bodhisattva Guanyin is revered by the Buddhists,” said Xiangzi, “and her ways don’t agree with ours of the Mysterious Gate. Why would she lend an immortal thing to us?” “Guanyin is the venerable one who sets the world in order,” said the Queen Mother, “the ancestor of all who save others. Why would she draw a line between ‘them’ and ‘us’?” “I respectfully obey your immortal command,” said Xiangzi. He took his leave of the Queen Mother of the West and went out of the Jasper Terrace and the Purple Palace, and the three of them rode the clouds to the Southern Sea, saw Guanyin, borrowed the parrot and set off back toward Chang’an. Truly: