話說濟公同妖道二人正自口角相爭，老道說：「和尚，我叫你三聲，你敢答應我三聲？」濟公說：「慢說三聲，六聲我都敢答應你。你叫罷！」老道一連叫了三聲，那老道口中唸唸有詞，把酒盃往桌上一拍，說聲：「敕令。」祇見和尚正自吃著酒，忽然間翻身躺地下。梁員外一見吃驚，連說：「老法師，這是怎麼了？」老道說：「你要問哪，我略施小術，就把他給治倒。我這酒盃在這扣一天，和尚躺一天﹔我把這酒盃拿起來，或給他吃藥了，他纔能活哪！」這話方說完，祇見和尚站起來了。老道說：「我這酒盃並未拿起來，你就活了。」和尚說：「來，你還沒給我藥吃，我再躺下就完了。」老道說：「和尚你敢把生辰八字告訴我嗎？」和尚說：「那也無妨，我就告訴你，我是某年某月某日生人，都告訴了你，你怎麼樣罷？」老道立刻口中唸唸有詞，說聲：「敕令。」照定和尚頭頂之上擊了一掌，說聲：「急！」站起身來，說：「員外，我走之後，你急速把和尚放走，要不然雞一鳴他准死，你可要打人命官司。」梁員外一看那濟公昏迷不醒，人事不知。老道往外就走，員外在後面緊緊跟隨，說：「仙長爺慢走，我來替和尚賠罪。」
话说济公同妖道二人正自口角相争，老道说：「和尚，我叫你三声，你敢答应我三声？」济公说：「慢说三声，六声我都敢答应你。你叫罢！」老道一连叫了三声，那老道口中念念有词，把酒杯往桌上一拍，说声：「敕令。」祇见和尚正自吃着酒，忽然间翻身躺地下。梁员外一见吃惊，连说：「老法师，这是怎么了？」老道说：「你要问哪，我略施小术，就把他给治倒。我这酒杯在这扣一天，和尚躺一天﹔我把这酒杯拿起来，或给他吃药了，他才能活哪！」这话方说完，祇见和尚站起来了。老道说：「我这酒杯并未拿起来，你就活了。」和尚说：「来，你还没给我药吃，我再躺下就完了。」老道说：「和尚你敢把生辰八字告诉我吗？」和尚说：「那也无妨，我就告诉你，我是某年某月某日生人，都告诉了你，你怎么样罢？」老道立刻口中念念有词，说声：「敕令。」照定和尚头顶之上击了一掌，说声：「急！」站起身来，说：「员外，我走之后，你急速把和尚放走，要不然鸡一鸣他准死，你可要打人命官司。」梁员外一看那济公昏迷不醒，人事不知。老道往外就走，员外在后面紧紧跟随，说：「仙长爷慢走，我来替和尚赔罪。」
Now, Ji Gong and the sorcerous Daoist were in the middle of their quarrel when the Daoist said, “Monk, if I call you three times, do you dare answer me three times?” “Never mind three times,” said Ji Gong. “I’ll dare answer you six. Go on, call!” The Daoist called him three times running. Muttering an incantation, he slapped his wine cup down on the table upside down and said, “By command!” The monk, who had been drinking away, suddenly keeled over and lay on the floor. Squire Liang was alarmed at the sight. “Venerable Master,” he kept saying, “what’s happened to him?” “Since you ask,” said the Daoist, “I used a little trick and laid him out. For every day my wine cup stays turned down here, the monk lies there a day. Only when I pick the cup up, or give him some medicine, can he live!” The words were barely out of his mouth when the monk stood up. “I haven’t picked up my wine cup,” said the Daoist, “and you’ve come back to life.” “Fair enough,” said the monk. “You haven’t given me any medicine yet. I’ll just lie down again, and that settles it.” “Monk,” said the Daoist, “do you dare tell me the eight characters of your birth?” “No harm in that,” said the monk. “I’ll tell you. I was born in such-and-such a year, on such-and-such a day of such-and-such a month. There, I’ve told you everything. Now what are you going to do?” At once the Daoist muttered an incantation, said, “By command!”, struck the monk with his palm right on the crown of his head and said, “Swift!” He stood up. “Squire, once I’ve gone, send the monk away at once. Otherwise he’ll be dead by cockcrow, and you’ll have a murder case on your hands.” Squire Liang looked: Ji Gong lay in a stupor, dead to the world. The Daoist made straight for the door, and the squire followed close behind him. “Immortal Master, please don’t go! Let me apologize on the monk’s behalf.”
老道並不答言，一直到五仙山祥雲觀之內，叫師弟劉妙通：「快給綁個草人來！」劉妙通問：「你又害誰呀？」張妙興說：「我這不是無故害人，祇因我化梁員外，這和尚濟顛僧，他膽敢戲耍於我，我是要暗害濟公，報仇雪恨，方出我胸中之氣。」劉妙通也不敢違背他，立刻用乾草綁個草人來，放在那裏。惡道又派劉妙通制辦物件，吃完晚飯，自己先把八仙桌兒放在那大殿之前，然後把香爐、蠟扦五供，應用東西物件全都排好，把兩個草人按放在兩旁。
老道并不答言，一直到五仙山祥云观之内，叫师弟刘妙通：「快给绑个草人来！」刘妙通问：「你又害谁呀？」张妙兴说：「我这不是无故害人，祇因我化梁员外，这和尚济颠僧，他胆敢戏耍于我，我是要暗害济公，报仇雪恨，方出我胸中之气。」刘妙通也不敢违背他，立刻用干草绑个草人来，放在那里。恶道又派刘妙通制办物件，吃完晚饭，自己先把八仙桌儿放在那大殿之前，然后把香炉、蜡扦五供，应用东西物件全都排好，把两个草人按放在两旁。
The Daoist did not answer, but went straight back to Xiangyun Temple on Mount Wuxian and called to his junior brother Liu Miaotong, “Quick, tie me up a straw man!” “Who are you out to harm this time?” Liu Miaotong asked. “I’m not harming anyone without cause,” said Zhang Miaoxing. “I was getting money out of Squire Liang, and this monk, Crazy Ji, had the gall to make a fool of me. I mean to do Ji Gong in by secret arts and have my revenge. Only then will I get this rage out of my chest.” Liu Miaotong did not dare cross him either. At once he tied up a straw man out of dry straw and set it down there. The wicked Daoist also sent Liu Miaotong to get together the things he needed. When they had eaten supper, he first set out an Eight Immortals table in front of the main hall, then laid out the censer, the candle spikes and the rest of the five altar pieces, and everything else he would need, and set the two straw men one on either side.
惡道候至星斗出全，他到外面先把道冠摘下來，把扎頭繩一去，包頭條一解，把頭髮散開，把寶劍拉出來，立刻點上香，口中禱告說：「過往神靈，三清教主，保佑弟子，我要把濟顛害了！我化了梁員外銀兩，我給燒香上供，掛袍還願。」說完，把劍用無根水撣了，拿五穀糧食一撒，研了朱砂，撕了黃毛邊紙條，畫了靈符三道，把劍放好，粘上符咒，口中急說道：「快。」把寶劍一掄，那道符的火光，越掄越大，口中說：「頭道靈符，叫他狂風大作！二道靈符，把濟公魂魄拘來！三道靈符，我叫他人死為鬼，鬼死為灰！」正自揚揚得意，祇覺背後一股冷風，搶刀剁來。老道往旁一閃身，抬頭一看，來了一位綠林英雄，借燈光細看，頭戴透風馬尾巾，鬢邊斜插一枝守正戒淫花，身穿皂緞軟褂，靠周身密排寸扣，緞皂褲，花裹腿，藍緞襪，倒納千層底趿鞋。面如白玉，目如明星，眉似漆刷，鼻梁高聳，脣若丹霞，五官俊美，手執利刃，照定老道剁來。張妙興往旁邊一閃，用手一指點，口中唸唸有詞。說聲：「敕令。」那人翻身栽倒。老道要過來搶劍剁，祇聽屋中說：「師兄，你千萬別殺，那是我小弟的朋友。」過去先把那人扶起。
恶道候至星斗出全，他到外面先把道冠摘下来，把扎头绳一去，包头条一解，把头发散开，把宝剑拉出来，立刻点上香，口中祷告说：「过往神灵，三清教主，保佑弟子，我要把济颠害了！我化了梁员外银两，我给烧香上供，挂袍还愿。」说完，把剑用无根水掸了，拿五谷粮食一撒，研了朱砂，撕了黄毛边纸条，画了灵符三道，把剑放好，粘上符咒，口中急说道：「快。」把宝剑一抡，那道符的火光，越抡越大，口中说：「头道灵符，叫他狂风大作！二道灵符，把济公魂魄拘来！三道灵符，我叫他人死为鬼，鬼死为灰！」正自扬扬得意，祇觉背后一股冷风，抢刀剁来。老道往旁一闪身，抬头一看，来了一位绿林英雄，借灯光细看，头戴透风马尾巾，鬓边斜插一枝守正戒淫花，身穿皂缎软褂，靠周身密排寸扣，缎皂裤，花裹腿，蓝缎袜，倒纳千层底趿鞋。面如白玉，目如明星，眉似漆刷，鼻梁高耸，唇若丹霞，五官俊美，手执利刃，照定老道剁来。张妙兴往旁边一闪，用手一指点，口中念念有词。说声：「敕令。」那人翻身栽倒。老道要过来抢剑剁，祇听屋中说：「师兄，你千万别杀，那是我小弟的朋友。」过去先把那人扶起。
The wicked Daoist waited until all the stars were out. Then he went outside, took off his Daoist cap, pulled away the cord that bound up his hair, unwound his head cloth and let his hair fall loose. He drew his sword, lit incense at once and prayed aloud: “Gods and spirits passing by, Master of the Three Pure Ones, protect your disciple! I mean to do away with Crazy Ji! I’ve got silver out of Squire Liang, and I’ll burn incense and make offerings to you, and drape you in a new robe to fulfil my vow.” His prayer done, he flicked rootless water over the sword, scattered the five grains, ground cinnabar, tore strips of yellow maobian paper and drew three spirit talismans. He set the sword ready, stuck a talisman on it and cried, “Quick!” He whirled the sword, and the more he whirled it, the bigger grew the talisman’s fire. “First talisman,” he said, “raise a raging gale! Second talisman, fetch me Ji Gong’s soul! Third talisman, I’ll make him die and become a ghost, and the ghost die and become ash!” He was gloating away when he felt a cold rush of air at his back: someone was coming at him with a blade. The Daoist dodged aside, looked up and saw that a hero of the greenwood had arrived. By the lamplight he got a good look at him. On his head was an airy horsehair cap, and tucked aslant by his temple was a Flower of Rectitude and Chastity. He wore a soft jacket of black satin with close-set inch-long buttons all the way down, black satin trousers, patterned leggings, blue satin socks and slip-on shoes with stitched thousand-layer soles. His face was like white jade, his eyes like bright stars, his brows as if brushed on in lacquer, the bridge of his nose high, his lips like rosy clouds — handsome in every feature. Blade in hand, he came hacking at the Daoist. Zhang Miaoxing dodged aside, pointed a finger at him, muttered an incantation and said, “By command!” The man toppled over. The Daoist was rushing in to cut him down with his sword when a voice called from the house: “Brother, whatever you do, don’t kill him! He’s a friend of mine.” The speaker came over and first helped the man up.
書中交代，來者乃是鎮江府丹陽縣人，姓陳名亮，家住陳家堡，自幼父母雙亡，跟著叔父、嬸母長大成人。他還有一個胞妹玉梅，他叔父陳廣泰，開白布店生理。陳亮自幼愛練拳腳棍棒，他和保鏢之人，學了一趟進步連環腿的工夫，後來結交本地有一人，名叫雷鳴，綽號人稱風裏雲煙。二人情如骨肉，把陳亮引入綠林之內。在江西玉山縣，有保鏢頭姓楊名明，綽號人稱威鎮八方夜遊神，乃是行俠仗義之人，專愛管一個路見不平之事，殺貪官，斬惡霸，平生好交結天下英雄。陳亮自入綠林之後，也就跟這些俠義在一處，人稱玉山縣三十六俠，內中何等人物都有。祇因這日是楊明之母壽誕之辰，眾人都來祝壽，俱有壽禮。陳亮來了，並未帶來一物。雷鳴就說：「賢弟，你今理應制辦些禮物來，以表你孝敬之心。老伯母生辰，叫別位觀之也好看。」陳亮說：「我有禮物，少時取來，與眾不同些。」此時正值四月初旬，夜內三更之後，他偷來一盤北鮮十個大桃，眾人一看個個稱奇。此時新桃未熟，陳桃已完，他會找來十個大桃，真不容易。眾人給賀了一個號，人稱聖手白猿，從此人都以此號呼之。
书中交代，来者乃是镇江府丹阳县人，姓陈名亮，家住陈家堡，自幼父母双亡，跟着叔父、婶母长大成人。他还有一个胞妹玉梅，他叔父陈广泰，开白布店生理。陈亮自幼爱练拳脚棍棒，他和保镖之人，学了一趟进步连环腿的工夫，后来结交本地有一人，名叫雷鸣，绰号人称风里云烟。二人情如骨肉，把陈亮引入绿林之内。在江西玉山县，有保镖头姓杨名明，绰号人称威镇八方夜游神，乃是行侠仗义之人，专爱管一个路见不平之事，杀贪官，斩恶霸，平生好交结天下英雄。陈亮自入绿林之后，也就跟这些侠义在一处，人称玉山县三十六侠，内中何等人物都有。祇因这日是杨明之母寿诞之辰，众人都来祝寿，俱有寿礼。陈亮来了，并未带来一物。雷鸣就说：「贤弟，你今理应制办些礼物来，以表你孝敬之心。老伯母生辰，叫别位观之也好看。」陈亮说：「我有礼物，少时取来，与众不同些。」此时正值四月初旬，夜内三更之后，他偷来一盘北鲜十个大桃，众人一看个个称奇。此时新桃未熟，陈桃已完，他会找来十个大桃，真不容易。众人给贺了一个号，人称圣手白猿，从此人都以此号呼之。
A word of explanation: the newcomer was from Danyang County in Zhenjiang Prefecture. His surname was Chen, his given name Liang, and he lived at Chen Family Fort. He had lost both parents as a child and been brought up by his uncle and aunt. He also had a younger sister, Yumei, and his uncle, Chen Guangtai, ran a shop selling white cloth. From boyhood Chen Liang had loved practising with fists and feet, staves and cudgels, and from a professional escort he had learned a set of Advancing Linked Kicks. Later he made friends with a man of those parts named Lei Ming, known by the nickname Cloud and Smoke in the Wind (Fengli Yunyan). The two were as close as flesh and blood, and Lei Ming drew Chen Liang into the greenwood. In Yushan County in Jiangxi there was the head of an escort agency, surnamed Yang, given name Ming, whose nickname was Awe of the Eight Directions, the Night-Roaming God. He was a man who acted the knight-errant and upheld justice. He made it his business to take up any wrong he came across on the road; he killed corrupt officials and cut down local tyrants, and all his life he loved to befriend the heroes of the land. After Chen Liang joined the greenwood he kept company with these chivalrous men. They were known as the Thirty-Six Heroes of Yushan County, and there were men of every sort among them. One day it was the birthday of Yang Ming’s mother. Everyone came to offer congratulations, and all of them brought birthday gifts. Chen Liang came without bringing a thing. “Worthy brother,” said Lei Ming, “you really ought to have got some gifts together to show your filial respect. It’s the old lady’s birthday. It would look better in front of everyone else too.” “I have a gift,” said Chen Liang. “I’ll fetch it in a while. It’ll be something out of the ordinary.” It was then early in the fourth month. Some time after the third watch that night he stole a platter of ten big fresh peaches, and everyone who saw them marvelled. At that season the new peaches were not yet ripe and last year’s were long gone; to come up with ten big peaches was no easy feat. Everyone hailed him with a nickname, the Masterful White Ape (Shengshou Baiyuan), and from then on that was what people called him.
陳亮這一年回家探望叔父，到家，他妹子陳玉梅和他叔父可就說：「陳亮不該身入綠林。咱們陳氏門中，世代雖說沒有做官的，也都是詩禮人家。你這一入江湖，綠林為賊，一則上對不起祖先，下也對不過這裏街鄰。一日為賊終身寇，事犯當官，難免雲陽市口，身受國法。上為賊父賊母，下為賊子賊孫。依我等相勸，你早早回頭，急速改過自新，家中買賣也無人照應。」陳亮一聽這些話，一語未發。這就是：酒逢知己千杯少，話不投機半句多。次日也未告辭，他自己離家，卻另有一個主意。他想：「我這一走，到京師求訪高僧高道，自己一出家，了一身之孽冤，上無父母牽纏，下無妻子掛礙。」
陈亮这一年回家探望叔父，到家，他妹子陈玉梅和他叔父可就说：「陈亮不该身入绿林。咱们陈氏门中，世代虽说没有做官的，也都是诗礼人家。你这一入江湖，绿林为贼，一则上对不起祖先，下也对不过这里街邻。一日为贼终身寇，事犯当官，难免云阳市口，身受国法。上为贼父贼母，下为贼子贼孙。依我等相劝，你早早回头，急速改过自新，家中买卖也无人照应。」陈亮一听这些话，一语未发。这就是：酒逢知己千杯少，话不投机半句多。次日也未告辞，他自己离家，却另有一个主意。他想：「我这一走，到京师求访高僧高道，自己一出家，了一身之孽冤，上无父母牵缠，下无妻子挂碍。」
That year Chen Liang went home to visit his uncle. When he got there, his sister Chen Yumei and his uncle told him, “You had no business joining the greenwood. In our Chen family, no one may have held office for generations, but we have always been people of learning and propriety. Now you’ve gone off into the rivers and lakes and turned bandit in the greenwood. For one thing, you’ve let down our ancestors above; for another, you can’t face the neighbours here below. A thief for a day is an outlaw for life. Once you’re caught and brought before the authorities, you’ll hardly escape the Yunyang marketplace and the full penalty of the law. Above you, your parents will be a thief’s parents; below you, your sons and grandsons will be a thief’s sons and grandsons. Take our advice: turn back soon, mend your ways at once and make a fresh start. Besides, there’s no one to look after the family business.” Chen Liang heard all this and said not a word. It was just as they say: With a true friend, a thousand cups of wine are too few; when talk doesn’t mesh, half a sentence is too much. The next day he left home without even saying goodbye. But he had a plan of his own. “Once I’ve left,” he thought, “I’ll go to the capital and seek out an eminent monk or a learned Daoist, and leave the world myself to settle the sinful debts of my life. I have no parents above to tie me down and no wife or children below to hold me back.”
這日到了雲蘭鎮，想要找點銀錢作路費使用，夜間換上夜行衣，到了大戶人家，盜了幾十兩銀子，因天晚想要到祥雲觀看看劉妙通兄長，來至廟前，也沒扣門，由東邊理房進來。一看，那大殿頭前，有一張桌子，後面站定老道，髮髻散亂，黑臉帶煞，手執寶劍，正自作法。陳亮並未認識，自己一想：「這廝定是把劉妙通兄給害了！他在此興妖作怪，真乃可惱，不免我殺了他，一出我心中之氣。」想罷，跳下來一刀，未砍著老道。老道一抖袍袖，把陳亮治倒在地。那陳亮閉目等死。祇見劉妙通跳出來說：「師兄這是我的朋友，看我份上別殺他。」張道說：「好，原來你勾串外人要害我，你好獨占這座廟。」陳亮說：「不是，我是一時粗率，祇當是你把劉妙通害了，你自己占這廟，我不知你們是師兄弟。」劉妙通給他二人見了，陳亮認了自己之錯，然後到屋內問：「張道爺在那裏作何法術？」劉妙通說：「賢弟，你早不來晚不來，單候至今日來，他這是要害那靈隱寺的濟公長老，拘人家三魂七魄。我也聽人說過，那濟公是一位得道之人，恐其未必能把人家魂給拘來。」陳亮一聽，心中說：「我正要訪高僧高道，想要出家，不想今日在此相遇。我今看他二人誰的能為好？」正在思想，祇聽外邊老道又做起法來，口中說：「濟顛魂魄不來，等待何時？」又把那二道符掄起來，火光大作，方往外一甩，祇見由西北起了一陣狂風，怎見得？有贊為證：
这日到了云兰镇，想要找点银钱作路费使用，夜间换上夜行衣，到了大户人家，盗了几十两银子，因天晚想要到祥云观看看刘妙通兄长，来至庙前，也没扣门，由东边理房进来。一看，那大殿头前，有一张桌子，后面站定老道，发髻散乱，黑脸带煞，手执宝剑，正自作法。陈亮并未认识，自己一想：「这厮定是把刘妙通兄给害了！他在此兴妖作怪，真乃可恼，不免我杀了他，一出我心中之气。」想罢，跳下来一刀，未砍着老道。老道一抖袍袖，把陈亮治倒在地。那陈亮闭目等死。祇见刘妙通跳出来说：「师兄这是我的朋友，看我份上别杀他。」张道说：「好，原来你勾串外人要害我，你好独占这座庙。」陈亮说：「不是，我是一时粗率，祇当是你把刘妙通害了，你自己占这庙，我不知你们是师兄弟。」刘妙通给他二人见了，陈亮认了自己之错，然后到屋内问：「张道爷在那里作何法术？」刘妙通说：「贤弟，你早不来晚不来，单候至今日来，他这是要害那灵隐寺的济公长老，拘人家三魂七魄。我也听人说过，那济公是一位得道之人，恐其未必能把人家魂给拘来。」陈亮一听，心中说：「我正要访高僧高道，想要出家，不想今日在此相遇。我今看他二人谁的能为好？」正在思想，祇听外边老道又做起法来，口中说：「济颠魂魄不来，等待何时？」又把那二道符抡起来，火光大作，方往外一甩，祇见由西北起了一阵狂风，怎见得？有赞为证：
One day he came to Yunlan Town. Wanting some money for the road, he changed into his night-walker’s clothes after dark, got into a wealthy household and stole several dozen taels of silver. As it was late, he thought he would go to Xiangyun Temple and look in on his elder brother Liu Miaotong. When he reached the temple he did not knock at the gate but came in over the roof on the east side. He looked: in front of the main hall stood a table, and behind it stood a Daoist with his hair in disarray and menace in his dark face, sword in hand, in the middle of working magic. Chen Liang did not know him. “This scoundrel must have done away with Brother Liu Miaotong!” he thought. “Now here he is, working sorcery and stirring up evil. It’s infuriating. I may as well kill him and get this anger out of my heart.” With that he jumped down and slashed, but missed the Daoist. The Daoist gave his sleeve a shake and brought Chen Liang down. Chen Liang shut his eyes and waited to die. Then Liu Miaotong rushed out. “Brother, this is my friend. For my sake, don’t kill him.” “Oh, I see,” said Daoist Zhang. “You’re in league with outsiders to do away with me, so you can have this temple to yourself.” “No,” said Chen Liang. “I was rash, that’s all. I took it you’d done away with Liu Miaotong and taken the temple for yourself. I didn’t know you two were brothers in the Way.” Liu Miaotong introduced the two of them, and Chen Liang admitted he had been in the wrong. Then they went into the house, and Chen Liang asked, “What magic is Daoist Master Zhang working out there?” “Worthy brother,” said Liu Miaotong, “you didn’t come earlier and you didn’t come later — you had to come today of all days. He means to harm Ji Gong, the elder of Lingyin Temple, and seize his three hun-souls and seven po-souls. I’ve heard people say that Ji Gong is a man who has attained the Way. I doubt he’ll really be able to fetch the man’s soul.” At this Chen Liang said to himself, “I was just going to seek out an eminent monk or a learned Daoist and leave the world, and by chance, here today, I’ve come upon just such men. Now let me see which of the two has the greater powers.” He was still turning this over when he heard the Daoist outside start his magic again. “Crazy Ji’s soul hasn’t come — what is it waiting for?” He whirled up the second talisman, and it blazed. Just as he flung it outward, a raging gale rose from the northwest. What was it like? There is a verse to prove it:
揚罷狂風，倒樹絕林，江聲昏慘慘，枯樹暗沉沉，海浪如山縱，渾波萬疊侵，萬鬼怒嚎天煙氣，走石飛沙亂傷人。
扬罢狂风，倒树绝林，江声昏惨惨，枯树暗沉沉，海浪如山纵，浑波万叠侵，万鬼怒嚎天烟气，走石飞沙乱伤人。
The raging gale has risen, trees are felled and forests razed; the river’s voice moans in the murk, the withered trees sink into darkness; sea waves leap up like mountains, muddy billows press on in ten thousand folds; ten thousand ghosts howl in fury under a sky of smoke, and flying sand and hurtling stones strike people down at random.
這陣風過去，祇聽有草鞋之聲，隨風彳躅彳躅。響不多時，祇見桌案以前，站定一個窮顛和尚。張妙興說：「好膽大妖僧！我拘你魂來，你怎麼人來見我？」濟公哈哈大笑說：「孽障，你好膽大！你不知善惡到頭終有報，祇爭來早與來遲。」
这阵风过去，祇听有草鞋之声，随风彳躅彳躅。响不多时，祇见桌案以前，站定一个穷颠和尚。张妙兴说：「好胆大妖僧！我拘你魂来，你怎么人来见我？」济公哈哈大笑说：「孽障，你好胆大！你不知善恶到头终有报，祇争来早与来迟。」
When the gust had passed, there came the sound of straw sandals — scuff, scuff — riding in on the wind. Before long, there in front of the altar table stood a ragged, crazy monk. “Brazen demon monk!” said Zhang Miaoxing. “I summoned your soul. How is it you’ve come to me in the flesh?” Ji Gong burst out laughing. “Wretch, you’re the brazen one! Don’t you know that good and evil are repaid in the end — it’s only a matter of sooner or later?”
要知僧道鬥法勝負如何，且看下回分解。
要知僧道斗法胜负如何，且看下回分解。
To learn who won the contest of magic between the monk and the Daoist, read the next chapter.