康熙七年六月十七日戌刻，地大震。余適客稷下，方與表兄李篤之對燭飲。忽聞有聲如雷，自東南來，向西北去。眾駭異，不解其故。俄而幾案擺簸，酒杯傾覆；屋梁椽柱，錯折有聲。相顧失色。久之，方知地震，各疾趨出。見樓閣房舍，仆而復起；牆傾屋塌之聲，與兒啼女號，喧如鼎沸。人眩暈不能立，坐地上，隨地轉側。河水傾潑丈餘，雞鳴犬吠滿城中。逾一時許，始稍定。視街上，則男女裸聚，競相告語，並忘其未衣也。後聞某處井傾仄，不可汲；某家樓台南北易向；棲霞山裂；沂水陷穴，廣數畝。此真非常之奇變也。
康熙七年六月十七日戌刻，地大震。余适客稷下，方与表兄李笃之对烛饮。忽闻有声如雷，自东南来，向西北去。众骇异，不解其故。俄而几案摆簸，酒杯倾覆；屋梁椽柱，错折有声。相顾失色。久之，方知地震，各疾趋出。见楼阁房舍，仆而复起；墙倾屋塌之声，与儿啼女号，喧如鼎沸。人眩晕不能立，坐地上，随地转侧。河水倾泼丈余，鸡鸣犬吠满城中。逾一时许，始稍定。视街上，则男女裸聚，竞相告语，并忘其未衣也。后闻某处井倾仄，不可汲；某家楼台南北易向；栖霞山裂；沂水陷穴，广数亩。此真非常之奇变也。
On the seventeenth day of the sixth month in the seventh year of the Kangxi reign, at the hour of xu, there was a great earthquake. I happened to be staying at Jixia, and was sitting over wine by candlelight with my cousin Li Duzhi. Suddenly we heard a sound like thunder, coming from the southeast and going off to the northwest. Everyone was startled and could not tell what it was. In a moment the tables began to rock and pitch, and the wine cups tipped over; the beams, rafters and pillars of the house cracked and snapped with a loud noise. We looked at one another and went pale. Only after a long while did we understand that it was an earthquake, and we all rushed outside. We saw towers and houses fall over and rise up again. The crash of falling walls and caving roofs, with children crying and women wailing, was like a cauldron on the boil. People were so dizzy they could not stand; they sat on the ground and rolled this way and that as it moved. The river slopped out over its banks a good ten feet, and the whole city was full of crowing cocks and barking dogs. After two hours or more it began to settle a little. Looking out into the streets, we saw men and women gathered there naked, all talking at once, every one of them forgetting they had no clothes on. Later I heard that in one place a well had tilted over so that no water could be drawn from it; that in one house a tower had turned round, its south side now facing north; that Mount Qixia had split open; and that at Yishui the ground had sunk into a pit several mu across. This was truly an extraordinary upheaval.
有邑人婦，夜起溲溺，回則狼銜其子，婦急與狼爭。狼一緩頰，婦奪兒出，攜抱中。狼蹲不去。婦大號，鄰人奔集，狼乃去。婦驚定作喜，指天畫地，述狼銜兒狀，己奪兒狀。良久，忽悟一身未著寸縷，乃奔。此與地震時男婦兩忘者，同一情狀也。人之惶急無謀，一何可笑！
有邑人妇，夜起溲溺，回则狼衔其子，妇急与狼争。狼一缓颊，妇夺儿出，携抱中。狼蹲不去。妇大号，邻人奔集，狼乃去。妇惊定作喜，指天画地，述狼衔儿状，己夺儿状。良久，忽悟一身未着寸缕，乃奔。此与地震时男妇两忘者，同一情状也。人之惶急无谋，一何可笑！
There was a woman of my county who got up in the night to relieve herself. When she came back, a wolf had her child in its jaws. She quickly fought the wolf for him. The moment the wolf loosened its jaws, she snatched the child out and held him in her arms. The wolf crouched there and would not go. The woman screamed, the neighbours came running, and only then did the wolf go away. When her fright had passed she grew cheerful, and pointing at the sky and drawing on the ground, she told them how the wolf had held the child in its jaws and how she had snatched him back. After a good while she suddenly realized she had not a stitch on, and ran. She was just like the men and women in the earthquake, who all forgot alike. How laughable people are when panic leaves them with no wits at all!