益都西鄙有貴家某巨富，蓄一妾頗婉麗，而冢室凌折之，鞭撻橫施，妾奉事惟謹，某憐之，常私語慰撫，妾殊無怨言。一夜數人逾垣入，撞其扉幾壞。某與妻惶恐惴栗，不知所為。妾起默無聲息，暗摸屋中得挑水木杖，拔關遽出。群賊亂如蓬麻，妾舞杖動，風鳴鉤響，立擊四五人仆地，賊盡靡；駭愕亂奔，墻急不得上，傾跌咿啞，亡魂失命。妾拄杖于地，顧笑曰：「此等物事，不直下手打得，亦學作賊！我不殺汝，殺嫌辱我。」悉縱之逸去。
益都西鄙有贵家某巨富，蓄一妾颇婉丽，而冢室凌折之，鞭挞横施，妾奉事惟谨，某怜之，常私语慰抚，妾殊无怨言。一夜数人逾垣入，撞其扉几坏。某与妻惶恐惴栗，不知所为。妾起默无声息，暗摸屋中得挑水木杖，拔关遽出。群贼乱如蓬麻，妾舞杖动，风鸣钩响，立击四五人仆地，贼尽靡；骇愕乱奔，墙急不得上，倾跌咿哑，亡魂失命。妾拄杖于地，顾笑曰：「此等物事，不直下手打得，亦学作贼！我不杀汝，杀嫌辱我。」悉纵之逸去。
On the western edge of Yidu there lived a man of a great family, enormously rich. He kept a concubine who was gentle and lovely, but his principal wife bullied and crushed her and had her whipped and beaten at every turn. The concubine served her with the utmost care. The man pitied her and often comforted her in private, but she never said a word of complaint.