劉海石，蒲臺人，避亂於濱州。時十四歲，與濱州生劉滄客同函丈，因相善，訂為昆季。無何，海石失怙恃，奉喪而歸，音問遂闕。
刘海石，蒲台人，避乱于滨州。时十四岁，与滨州生刘沧客同函丈，因相善，订为昆季。无何，海石失怙恃，奉丧而归，音问遂阙。
Liu Haishi was a man of Putai who had fled the troubles to Binzhou. He was fourteen at the time. He studied under the same teacher as a Binzhou scholar named Liu Cangke, and the two became close and swore to be brothers. Before long Haishi lost both his father and his mother. He took their coffins home, and after that no word passed between them.