許城外有河水洶湧，近崖深黯。盛夏時，有人入浴，忽然若被刀斧，尸斷浮出；後一人亦如之。轉相驚怪。邑宰聞之，遣多人閘斷上流，竭其水。見崖下有深洞，中置轉輪，輪上排利刃如霜。去輪攻入，有小碑，字皆漢篆。細視之，則曹孟德墓也。破棺散骨，所殉金寶，盡取之。
许城外有河水汹涌，近崖深黯。盛夏时，有人入浴，忽然若被刀斧，尸断浮出；后一人亦如之。转相惊怪。邑宰闻之，遣多人闸断上流，竭其水。见崖下有深洞，中置转轮，轮上排利刃如霜。去轮攻入，有小碑，字皆汉篆。细视之，则曹孟德墓也。破棺散骨，所殉金宝，尽取之。
Outside the city of Xu there was a river that ran swift and turbulent, deep and dark near the cliff. One midsummer a man went in to bathe, and suddenly, as if struck by knives and axes, he came floating up with his body cut apart. Another man after him met the same fate. Word passed from one to another, and people were alarmed and baffled. When the county magistrate heard of it, he sent a crowd of men to dam the river upstream and drain the water. Under the cliff they found a deep cave, and in it a turning wheel set with rows of sharp blades, bright as frost. They took away the wheel and broke their way in. There was a small stone tablet, all in Han-dynasty seal script. Looking closely, they found it was the tomb of Cao Mengde. They broke open the coffin and scattered the bones, and took all the gold and treasure buried with him.