何冏卿，平陰人。初令秦中，一賣油者有薄罪，其言戇，何怒，杖殺之。後仕至銓司，家貲富饒。建一樓，上梁日，親賓稱觴為賀。忽見賣油者入，陰自駭疑。俄報妾生子，愀然曰：「樓工未成，拆樓人已至矣！」人謂其戲，而不知其實有所見也。後子既長，最頑，蕩其家。傭為人役，每得錢數文，輒買香油食之。
何冏卿，平阴人。初令秦中，一卖油者有薄罪，其言戆，何怒，杖杀之。后仕至铨司，家赀富饶。建一楼，上梁日，亲宾称觞为贺。忽见卖油者入，阴自骇疑。俄报妾生子，愀然曰：「楼工未成，拆楼人已至矣！」人谓其戏，而不知其实有所见也。后子既长，最顽，荡其家。佣为人役，每得钱数文，辄买香油食之。
Minister He was a man of Pingyin. His first post was as a county magistrate in Qin. An oil seller there was guilty of some petty offence and answered back bluntly. Minister He, in a rage, had him flogged to death. Later He rose to the Board of Appointments, and his family grew rich. He built a tall hall. On the day the ridgepole went up, his kinsmen and guests raised their cups to congratulate him. Suddenly he saw the oil seller walk in. He was secretly alarmed and puzzled. A moment later word came that his concubine had given birth to a son. His face fell. “The hall isn’t even finished, and the man who will pull it down is already here!” People thought he was joking. They did not know he had truly seen something. When the son grew up, he was as unruly as a boy could be, and he squandered the family fortune. He hired himself out as a labourer, and whenever he earned a few coppers, he bought sesame oil and ate it.