魏運旺，益都盆泉人，故世族大家也。後式微不能供讀。年二十餘廢學，就岳業酤。一夕獨臥酒樓上，忽聞樓下踏蹴聲，驚起悚聽。聲漸近，循梯而上，步步繁響。無何，雙婢挑燈，已至榻下。後一年少書生，導一女郎，近榻微笑。魏大愕怪。轉知為狐，毛發森豎，俯首不敢睨。書生笑曰：「君勿見猜。舍妹與有前因，便合奉事。」魏視書生，錦貂炫目，自慚形穢，不知所對。書生率婢，遺燈竟去。魏細視女郎，楚楚若仙，心甚悅之。然慚怍不能作游語。女顧笑曰：「君非抱本頭者，何作措大氣？」遽近枕席，暖手于懷。魏始為之破顏，捋褲相嘲，遂與狎昵。曉鐘未發，雙鬟即來引去。復訂夜約。至晚女果至，笑曰：「癡郎何福，不費一錢，得如此佳婦，夜夜自投到也。」魏喜無人，置酒與飲，賭藏枚，女子十有九贏。乃笑曰：「不知妾握枚子，君自猜之，中則勝，否則負。若使妾猜，君當無贏時。」遂如其言，通夕為樂。既而將寢，曰：「昨宵衾褥澀冷，令人不可耐。」遂喚婢袱被來，展布榻間，綺縠香軟。頃之，緩帶交偎，口脂濃射，真不數漢家溫柔鄉也。自此，遂以為常。
魏运旺，益都盆泉人，故世族大家也。后式微不能供读。年二十余废学，就岳业酤。一夕独卧酒楼上，忽闻楼下踏蹴声，惊起悚听。声渐近，循梯而上，步步繁响。无何，双婢挑灯，已至榻下。后一年少书生，导一女郎，近榻微笑。魏大愕怪。转知为狐，毛发森竖，俯首不敢睨。书生笑曰：「君勿见猜。舍妹与有前因，便合奉事。」魏视书生，锦貂炫目，自惭形秽，不知所对。书生率婢，遗灯竟去。魏细视女郎，楚楚若仙，心甚悦之。然惭怍不能作游语。女顾笑曰：「君非抱本头者，何作措大气？」遽近枕席，暖手于怀。魏始为之破颜，捋裤相嘲，遂与狎昵。晓钟未发，双鬟即来引去。复订夜约。至晚女果至，笑曰：「痴郎何福，不费一钱，得如此佳妇，夜夜自投到也。」魏喜无人，置酒与饮，赌藏枚，女子十有九赢。乃笑曰：「不知妾握枚子，君自猜之，中则胜，否则负。若使妾猜，君当无赢时。」遂如其言，通夕为乐。既而将寝，曰：「昨宵衾褥涩冷，令人不可耐。」遂唤婢袱被来，展布榻间，绮縠香软。顷之，缓带交偎，口脂浓射，真不数汉家温柔乡也。自此，遂以为常。
Wei Yunwang, of Penquan in Yidu, came of an old and eminent family. Later the family fell on hard times and could no longer keep him at his books. At twenty-odd he gave up his studies and went to work in his father-in-law’s wine shop. One evening he was sleeping alone upstairs in the wine house when he suddenly heard footsteps below. He started up and listened in fear. The sound came nearer, then up the stairs, each step loud and quick. Before long two maids carrying lanterns stood at his bedside. Behind them a young scholar led a girl up to the bed, smiling. Wei was astounded. Then it came to him that they were foxes; his hair stood on end, and he hung his head, not daring to look. The scholar laughed. “Don’t be suspicious of us, sir. My sister has a bond with you from a former life, and it is right that she should serve you.” Wei looked at the scholar. His brocade and sable dazzled the eye; Wei was ashamed of his own shabbiness and did not know what to say. The scholar led the maids away, leaving the lanterns behind. Wei looked closely at the girl. She was delicate and lovely as an immortal, and his heart was much taken with her. But he was too abashed to say anything playful. She glanced at him and laughed. “You’re no bookworm hugging his texts. Why put on the airs of a starving pedant?” She came straight to the pillow and warmed her hands in his bosom. At that Wei broke into a smile at last. They tugged at each other’s trousers, teasing, and so became lovers. Before the dawn bell sounded, the two maids came and led her away, and she promised to come again that night. In the evening she came, as she had said. “What luck you have, you silly man,” she laughed. “Without spending a single coin you’ve got a fine wife like me, who comes to you of her own accord night after night.” Wei, glad that no one was about, set out wine and drank with her. They played at guessing the hidden token, and she won nine times out of ten. Then she laughed. “Better let me hold the token and you do the guessing. If you’re right you win, if not you lose. If I’m to guess, you’ll never win at all.” So they did as she said and made merry all night. When at last they were going to bed she said, “Last night your quilt and mattress were coarse and cold. I couldn’t bear it.” She called a maid to bring bedding in a bundle, and spread it out on the bed: fine silks, fragrant and soft. Soon they loosened their sashes and lay in each other’s arms, the scent of her lip rouge heavy about them. Truly the Han emperor’s Land of Tenderness was nothing to it. From then on, this was how it went.