邑西某乙，故梁上君子也。其妻深以為懼，屢勸止之；乙遂翻然自改。居二三年，貧窶不能自堪，思欲一作馮婦而後已。乃託貿易，就善卜者問何往之善。術者占曰：「東南吉，利小人，不利君子。」兆隱與心合，竊喜。遂南行，抵蘇、松間，日游村郭，凡數月。偶入一寺，見牆隅堆石子二三枚，心知其異，亦以一石投之。徑趨龕後臥。日既暮，寺中聚語，似有十餘人。忽一人數石，訝其多，因共搜龕後，得乙，問：「投石者汝耶？」乙諾。詰里居、姓名，乙詭對之。乃授以兵，率與共去。至一巨第，出耎梯，爭踰垣入。以乙遠至，逕不熟，俾伏牆外，司傳遞、守囊橐焉。少頃，擲一裹下；又少頃，縋一篋下。乙舉篋知有物，乃破篋，以手揣取，凡沉重物，悉納一囊，負之疾走，竟取道歸。由此建樓閣、買良田，為子納粟。邑令扁其門曰「善士」。後大案發，群寇悉獲；惟乙無名籍，莫可查詰，得免。事寢既久，乙醉後時自述之。
邑西某乙，故梁上君子也。其妻深以为惧，屡劝止之；乙遂翻然自改。居二三年，贫窭不能自堪，思欲一作冯妇而后已。乃托贸易，就善卜者问何往之善。术者占曰：「东南吉，利小人，不利君子。」兆隐与心合，窃喜。遂南行，抵苏、松间，日游村郭，凡数月。偶入一寺，见墙隅堆石子二三枚，心知其异，亦以一石投之。径趋龛后卧。日既暮，寺中聚语，似有十余人。忽一人数石，讶其多，因共搜龛后，得乙，问：「投石者汝耶？」乙诺。诘里居、姓名，乙诡对之。乃授以兵，率与共去。至一巨第，出耎梯，争逾垣入。以乙远至，径不熟，俾伏墙外，司传递、守囊橐焉。少顷，掷一裹下；又少顷，缒一箧下。乙举箧知有物，乃破箧，以手揣取，凡沉重物，悉纳一囊，负之疾走，竟取道归。由此建楼阁、买良田，为子纳粟。邑令扁其门曰「善士」。后大案发，群寇悉获；惟乙无名籍，莫可查诘，得免。事寝既久，乙醉后时自述之。
In the west of my county lived a certain Yi, who had once been a gentleman of the rafters. His wife lived in dread of it and begged him again and again to stop, and in the end Yi turned over a new leaf. Two or three years went by. He grew so poor he could not bear it, and thought he would play Feng Fu one last time and then be done. So, on the pretext of going into trade, he went to a skilled diviner to ask which way it would be best to go. The diviner cast the lots and said: “The south-east is lucky. It favours the small man and does not favour the gentleman.” The omen secretly matched what was in his heart, and he was quietly pleased. He set off south and came to the country between Suzhou and Songjiang, where he wandered the villages and towns day after day for several months. Once he happened to go into a temple and saw two or three pebbles heaped in a corner by the wall. He knew there was something odd about them, and he too threw a pebble on the heap. Then he went straight behind the shrine and lay down. When dusk fell, people gathered in the temple, talking; there seemed to be more than ten of them. Suddenly one of them counted the pebbles and was surprised there were so many. Together they searched behind the shrine and found Yi. “Was it you who threw the stone?” they asked. Yi said it was. They asked where he lived and what his name was, and Yi answered with lies. Then they handed him a weapon and took him along with them. They came to a great mansion, brought out a rope ladder, and scrambled over the wall one after another. Because Yi had come from far away and did not know the ways, they had him crouch outside the wall to pass things along and guard the bags. In a little while a bundle was thrown down; a little while later a chest was let down on a rope. Yi lifted the chest and could tell there was something in it, so he broke it open, felt about inside with his hand, and put everything heavy into one sack. He shouldered it, ran off fast, and took the road straight home. With it he built halls and towers, bought good fields, and paid grain to the state to buy his son a place at the Imperial Academy. The county magistrate hung a board over his gate that read “A Man of Virtue.” Later the great case broke and the whole band of robbers was caught; only Yi had no name on any record, so there was no way to trace him, and he got off. Long after the matter had died down, Yi would sometimes tell the story himself when he was drunk.