劉學師言：「濟寧有狂生某，善飲；家無儋石，而得錢輒沽，殊不以窮厄為意。值新刺史蒞任，善飲無對。聞生名，招與飲而悅之，時共談宴。生恃其狎，凡有小訟求直者，輒受薄賄，為之緩頰；刺史每可其請。生習為常，刺史心厭之。一日早衙，持刺登堂。刺史覽之微笑。生厲聲曰：『公如所請，可之；不如所請，否之。何笑也！聞之：士可殺而不可辱。他固不能相報，豈一笑不能報耶？』言已，大笑，聲震堂壁。刺史怒曰：『何敢無禮！寧不聞滅門令尹耶！』生掉臂竟下，大聲曰：「生員無門之可滅！」刺史益怒，執之。訪其家居，則並無田宅，惟攜妻在城堞上住。刺史聞而釋之，但逐不令居城垣。朋友憐其狂，為買數尺地，購斗室焉。入而居之，歎曰：『今而後畏令尹矣！』」
刘学师言：「济宁有狂生某，善饮；家无儋石，而得钱辄沽，殊不以穷厄为意。值新刺史莅任，善饮无对。闻生名，招与饮而悦之，时共谈宴。生恃其狎，凡有小讼求直者，辄受薄贿，为之缓颊；刺史每可其请。生习为常，刺史心厌之。一日早衙，持刺登堂。刺史览之微笑。生厉声曰：『公如所请，可之；不如所请，否之。何笑也！闻之：士可杀而不可辱。他固不能相报，岂一笑不能报耶？』言已，大笑，声震堂壁。刺史怒曰：『何敢无礼！宁不闻灭门令尹耶！』生掉臂竟下，大声曰：「生员无门之可灭！」刺史益怒，执之。访其家居，则并无田宅，惟携妻在城堞上住。刺史闻而释之，但逐不令居城垣。朋友怜其狂，为买数尺地，购斗室焉。入而居之，叹曰：『今而后畏令尹矣！』」
Teacher Liu of the county school told this story: In Jining there was a certain mad scholar who loved to drink. His family had not a sack of grain to its name, yet whenever he came by any money he spent it on wine, and he never gave his poverty a thought. It happened that a new prefect took office who had no equal as a drinker. He heard of the scholar, invited him to drink, took to him, and often had him in to talk and feast. Counting on this familiarity, whenever someone with a petty lawsuit wanted a fair hearing, the scholar would take a small bribe and put in a good word for him, and the prefect usually granted his request. The scholar made a habit of it, and in his heart the prefect grew sick of him. One day, at the morning session, the scholar came up into the hall with his card in hand. The prefect read it and gave a faint smile. The scholar said sharply, “If you grant the request, grant it. If you don’t, refuse it. Why smile? I have heard that a gentleman may be killed but not insulted. I may not be able to pay you back in anything else, but can’t I pay back a smile?” With that he laughed so loudly that the walls of the hall shook. The prefect was furious. “How dare you be so insolent! Have you never heard of the official who wipes out a man’s whole house?” The scholar swung his arms and walked straight out, shouting, “A licentiate has no house to wipe out!” The prefect, angrier still, had him arrested. When inquiries were made about his home, it turned out he had no land and no house at all; he simply lived with his wife up on the battlements of the city wall. Hearing this, the prefect let him go, but drove him off the wall and would not let him live there. His friends, pitying him for his madness, bought him a few feet of ground and a tiny room on it. He moved in and sighed, “From now on I shall have to fear the official!”