長山王進士㞳生為令時，每聽訟，按律之輕重，罰令納蝶自贖；堂上千百齊放，如風飄碎錦，王乃拍案大笑。一夜，夢一女子，衣裳華好，從容而入，曰：「遭君虐政，姊妹多物故。當使君先受風流之小譴耳。」言已，化為蝶，迴翔而去。明日，方獨酌署中，忽報直指使至，皇遽而出，閨中戲以素花簪冠上，忘除之。直指見之，以為不恭，大受詬罵而返。由是罰蝶之令遂止。
长山王进士㞳生为令时，每听讼，按律之轻重，罚令纳蝶自赎；堂上千百齐放，如风飘碎锦，王乃拍案大笑。一夜，梦一女子，衣裳华好，从容而入，曰：「遭君虐政，姊妹多物故。当使君先受风流之小谴耳。」言已，化为蝶，回翔而去。明日，方独酌署中，忽报直指使至，皇遽而出，闺中戏以素花簪冠上，忘除之。直指见之，以为不恭，大受诟骂而返。由是罚蝶之令遂止。
When Wang Shisheng of Changshan, a jinshi, was serving as a county magistrate, whenever he heard a lawsuit he would order the guilty party to pay a fine of butterflies to redeem the sentence, so many according to how heavy the offence was under the law. Hundreds and thousands would be set loose in the courtroom at once, like scraps of brocade blown on the wind, and Wang would slap the table and roar with laughter. One night he dreamed that a young woman in fine, lovely clothes walked calmly in and said, “Under your cruel rule, many of my sisters have perished. For a start, you shall have a small reproof, a frivolous one.” With that she turned into a butterfly and fluttered away. The next day he was drinking alone in his office when word suddenly came that the imperial inspector had arrived. He rushed out in a fluster. In the women’s quarters someone had stuck a white flower in his cap as a joke, and he had forgotten to take it off. The inspector saw it, took it for disrespect, and Wang came away after a thorough tongue-lashing. After that there were no more fines of butterflies.