范生者，宿於逆旅。食後，燭而假寐。忽一婢來，襆衣置椅上；又有鏡匳揥篋，一一列案頭，乃去。俄一少婦自房中出，發篋開匳，對鏡櫛掠；已而髻，已而簪，顧影徘徊甚久。前婢來，進匜沃盥。盥已捧帨，既，持沐湯去。婦解襆出裙帔，炫然新製，就著之。掩衿提領，結束周至。范不語，中心疑怪，謂必奔婦，將嚴裝以就客也。婦裝訖，出長帶，垂諸梁而結焉。訝之。婦從容跂雙彎，引頸受縊。才一著帶，目即合，眉即豎，舌出吻兩寸許，顏色慘變如鬼。大駭奔出，呼告主人，驗之已渺。主人曰：「曩子婦經於是，毋乃此乎？」吁！異哉！即死猶作其狀，此何說也？
范生者，宿于逆旅。食后，烛而假寐。忽一婢来，襆衣置椅上；又有镜匳揥箧，一一列案头，乃去。俄一少妇自房中出，发箧开匳，对镜栉掠；已而髻，已而簪，顾影徘徊甚久。前婢来，进匜沃盥。盥已捧帨，既，持沐汤去。妇解襆出裙帔，炫然新制，就着之。掩衿提领，结束周至。范不语，中心疑怪，谓必奔妇，将严装以就客也。妇装讫，出长带，垂诸梁而结焉。讶之。妇从容跂双弯，引颈受缢。才一着带，目即合，眉即竖，舌出吻两寸许，颜色惨变如鬼。大骇奔出，呼告主人，验之已渺。主人曰：「曩子妇经于是，毋乃此乎？」吁！异哉！即死犹作其状，此何说也？
A scholar named Fan was staying the night at an inn. After supper he lit a candle and lay down to doze in his clothes. Suddenly a maid came in and laid a bundle of clothes on the chair. She also set out a mirror case and a box of hairpins, one by one, on the table, and then went away. In a moment a young woman came out of the inner room. She opened the box and the case and combed and smoothed her hair before the mirror; then she put it up in a knot, then fixed in her pins, and turned this way and that, studying her reflection for a long time. The maid came back, brought a ewer and poured water for her to wash. When she had washed, the maid held out a towel, and after that carried the water away. The woman undid the bundle and took out a skirt and a cape, bright and newly made, and put them on. She closed the front, straightened the collar, and fastened everything with great care. Fan said nothing, but he wondered at it. She must be a runaway wife, he thought, putting on her finery to go to one of the guests. When she was dressed, she took out a long sash, hung it over the beam and tied it. Fan was startled. Calmly the woman rose on the tips of her two little bound feet, stretched out her neck and put it into the noose. The moment the sash touched her, her eyes closed, her brows shot up, her tongue hung two inches out of her mouth, and her face changed horribly, like a ghost’s. Fan, terrified, ran out and shouted for the innkeeper. When they went to look, there was nothing there. The innkeeper said, “Some time ago my son’s wife hanged herself in that room. Could it have been her?” Ah! How strange! Even dead, she still goes through it all. How is this to be explained?