章丘查牙山，有石窟如井，深數尺許。北壁有洞門，伏而引領望見之。會近村數輩，九日登臨，飲其處，共謀入探之。三人受燈，縋而下。洞高敞與夏屋等；入數武，稍狹，即忽見底。底際一竇，蛇行可入。燭之，漆漆然暗深不測。兩人餒而卻退；一人奪火而嗤之，銳身塞而進。幸隘處僅厚於堵，即又頓高頓闊，乃立，乃行。頂上石參差危聳，將墜不墜。兩壁嶙嶙峋峋然，類寺廟中塑，都成鳥獸人鬼形：鳥若飛，獸若走，人若坐若立，鬼罔兩示現忿怒；奇奇怪怪，類多醜少妍。心凜然作怖畏。喜徑夷，無少陂。逡巡幾百步，西壁開石室，門左一怪石鬼，面人而立，目努，口箕張，齒舌獰惡；左手作拳，觸腰際；右手叉五指，欲撲人。心大恐，毛森森以立。遙望門中有爇灰，知有人曾至者，膽乃稍壯，強入之。見地上列椀琖，泥垢其中；然皆近今物，非古窰也。旁置錫壺四，心利之，解帶縛項繫腰間。即又旁矚，一尸臥西隅，兩肱及股四布以橫。駭極。漸審之，足躡銳履，梅花刻底猶存，知是少婦。人不知何里，斃不知何年。衣色黯敗，莫辨青紅；髮蓬蓬，似筐許亂絲，黏著髑髏上；目、鼻孔各二；瓠犀兩行，白巉巉，意是口也。有想首顛當有金珠飾，以火近腦，似有口氣噓燈，燈搖搖無定，燄纁黃，衣動掀掀。復大懼，手搖顫。燈頓滅。憶路急奔，不敢手索壁，恐觸鬼者物也。頭觸石，仆，即復起；冷溼浸頷頰，知是血，不覺痛，抑不敢呻；坌息奔至竇，方將伏，似有人捉髮住，暈然遂絕。眾坐井上俟久，疑之，又縋二人下。探身入竇，見髮罥石上，血淫淫已殭。二人失色，不敢入，坐愁歎。俄井上又使二人下；中有勇者，始健進，曳之以出。置山上，半日方醒，言之縷縷。所恨未窮其底；極窮之，必更有佳境。後章令聞之，以丸泥封竇，不可復入矣。
章丘查牙山，有石窟如井，深数尺许。北壁有洞门，伏而引领望见之。会近村数辈，九日登临，饮其处，共谋入探之。三人受灯，缒而下。洞高敞与夏屋等；入数武，稍狭，即忽见底。底际一窦，蛇行可入。烛之，漆漆然暗深不测。两人馁而却退；一人夺火而嗤之，锐身塞而进。幸隘处仅厚于堵，即又顿高顿阔，乃立，乃行。顶上石参差危耸，将坠不坠。两壁嶙嶙峋峋然，类寺庙中塑，都成鸟兽人鬼形：鸟若飞，兽若走，人若坐若立，鬼罔两示现忿怒；奇奇怪怪，类多丑少妍。心凛然作怖畏。喜径夷，无少陂。逡巡几百步，西壁开石室，门左一怪石鬼，面人而立，目努，口箕张，齿舌狞恶；左手作拳，触腰际；右手叉五指，欲扑人。心大恐，毛森森以立。遥望门中有爇灰，知有人曾至者，胆乃稍壮，强入之。见地上列椀琖，泥垢其中；然皆近今物，非古窰也。旁置锡壶四，心利之，解带缚项系腰间。即又旁瞩，一尸卧西隅，两肱及股四布以横。骇极。渐审之，足蹑锐履，梅花刻底犹存，知是少妇。人不知何里，毙不知何年。衣色黯败，莫辨青红；发蓬蓬，似筐许乱丝，黏着髑髅上；目、鼻孔各二；瓠犀两行，白巉巉，意是口也。有想首颠当有金珠饰，以火近脑，似有口气嘘灯，灯摇摇无定，燄𫄸黄，衣动掀掀。复大惧，手摇颤。灯顿灭。忆路急奔，不敢手索壁，恐触鬼者物也。头触石，仆，即复起；冷湿浸颔颊，知是血，不觉痛，抑不敢呻；坌息奔至窦，方将伏，似有人捉发住，晕然遂绝。众坐井上俟久，疑之，又缒二人下。探身入窦，见发罥石上，血淫淫已僵。二人失色，不敢入，坐愁叹。俄井上又使二人下；中有勇者，始健进，曳之以出。置山上，半日方醒，言之缕缕。所恨未穷其底；极穷之，必更有佳境。后章令闻之，以丸泥封窦，不可复入矣。
On Mount Zhaya in Zhangqiu there is a stone pit like a well, several feet deep. In its north wall is the mouth of a cave, which you can see if you lie flat and crane your neck. Once some men from a nearby village climbed the mountain on the Double Ninth and drank there, and they agreed to go in and explore. Three of them took lamps and were let down on a rope. The cave was as high and wide as a great hall. A few paces in, it narrowed, and suddenly they came to the end. At the bottom of the end wall was a hole that a man could crawl into on his belly like a snake. They held a light to it: pitch-black, dark and deep beyond measuring. Two of them lost heart and backed away. The third snatched a lamp, jeered at them, and forced himself headfirst into the gap. Luckily the narrow part was no thicker than a wall. At once the passage grew high and wide again, and he stood up and walked on. Overhead the rocks jutted steep and jagged, about to fall and not falling. Both walls were craggy and knobbed, like the clay figures in a temple, all shaped into birds, beasts, men and ghosts: the birds as if flying, the beasts as if running, the men as if sitting or standing, the ghosts and goblins showing their rage. Strange and weird, mostly ugly, few fair. A chill of fear came over him. Happily the path was level, without the least slope. He edged forward some hundreds of paces. In the west wall a stone chamber opened. Left of its door stood a strange stone ghost facing him, eyes bulging, mouth gaping wide as a winnowing basket, teeth and tongue hideous; its left hand was clenched into a fist against its waist, its right spread all five fingers as if to pounce. He was terrified; his hair bristled and stood on end. Looking in through the door, he saw the ashes of a fire, knew that someone had been there before, took a little heart, and forced himself in. On the ground bowls and cups stood in rows, caked inside with mud; but they were all recent ware, not old kiln pieces. Beside them were four pewter pots. He coveted them, undid his sash, tied them by the necks and hung them at his waist. Then, glancing aside, he saw a corpse lying in the west corner, arms and legs flung out to all four sides. He was horrified. Looking closer, he saw that its feet wore pointed shoes, the plum blossoms carved on the soles still there, and knew it was a young woman. Who she was and from what village, no one knew, nor in what year she had died. Her clothes were dark and rotted, no telling blue from red. Her hair was a tangle like a basketful of snarled silk, stuck to the skull. Two holes for eyes, two for the nose; two rows of gourd-seed teeth, white and sharp — that must be the mouth. Thinking there might be gold and pearl ornaments on the crown of her head, he brought the lamp close to it. Something seemed to breathe on the lamp. The flame wavered, never still, burning a murky yellow, and the clothes stirred and lifted. He was terrified again; his hand shook. The lamp went out. He ran, going by his memory of the way, not daring to feel along the wall for fear of touching the ghostly things. His head struck rock and he fell, and was up again at once. Something cold and wet soaked his chin and cheeks; he knew it was blood, but felt no pain, and did not dare groan. Panting, he ran to the hole. Just as he was getting down to crawl in, someone seemed to seize him by the hair and hold him. He fainted dead away. The others sat at the top of the well and waited a long time. Growing uneasy, they let down two more men. These leaned into the hole and found him with his hair caught on a rock, bleeding freely, already stiff. The two went pale and did not dare go in; they sat sighing in dismay. Soon two more were sent down from above. One of them was bold, and only then did anyone push in and drag him out. They laid him on the mountainside. Only after half a day did he come to, and then he told it all in detail. His one regret was that he had not reached the end: had he gone all the way, there must have been finer sights still. Later the magistrate of Zhangqiu heard of it and sealed the hole with a ball of mud, and no one can get in any more.