陝右某公，辛丑進士，能記前身。嘗言前生為士人，中年而死。死後見冥王判事，鼎鐺油鑊，一如世傳。殿東隅，設數架，上搭豬羊犬馬諸皮。簿吏呼名，或罰作馬，或罰作豬；皆裸之，于架上取皮披之。俄至公，聞冥王曰：「是宜作羊。」鬼取一白羊皮來，捺覆公體。吏白：「是曾拯一人死。」王檢籍覆視，示曰：「免之。惡雖多，此善可贖。」鬼又褫其毛革。革已粘體，不可復動。兩鬼捉臂按胸，力脫之，痛苦不可名狀；皮片片斷裂，不得盡淨。既脫，近肩處猶粘羊皮大如掌。公既生，背上有羊毛叢生，剪去復出。
陕右某公，辛丑进士，能记前身。尝言前生为士人，中年而死。死后见冥王判事，鼎铛油镬，一如世传。殿东隅，设数架，上搭猪羊犬马诸皮。簿吏呼名，或罚作马，或罚作猪；皆裸之，于架上取皮披之。俄至公，闻冥王曰：「是宜作羊。」鬼取一白羊皮来，捺覆公体。吏白：「是曾拯一人死。」王检籍覆视，示曰：「免之。恶虽多，此善可赎。」鬼又褫其毛革。革已粘体，不可复动。两鬼捉臂按胸，力脱之，痛苦不可名状；皮片片断裂，不得尽净。既脱，近肩处犹粘羊皮大如掌。公既生，背上有羊毛丛生，剪去复出。
A certain gentleman of Shaanxi, who took the jinshi degree in the xinchou year, could remember his former life. He used to say that in that life he had been a scholar and had died in middle age. After death he saw the King of the Underworld judging cases. The cauldrons, the pans and the vats of boiling oil were all just as people on earth describe them. In the east corner of the hall stood several racks hung with the skins of pigs, sheep, dogs and horses. The clerk with the register called out names. Some were sentenced to be horses, some to be pigs. Each was stripped naked, and a skin was taken from the rack and put on him. Before long it was the gentleman’s turn. He heard the King say, “This one should be a sheep.” A ghost brought a white sheepskin and pressed it down over his body. The clerk reported, “He once saved a man from death.” The King looked through the record again and declared, “Spare him. His wrongs are many, but this good deed can redeem them.” So the ghost set about stripping the hide off him again. But the skin had already stuck to his body and would not budge. Two ghosts seized his arms, pressed down on his chest, and tore it off by force. The pain was beyond words. The hide came away in strips and would not come off clean. When it was off, a patch of sheepskin the size of a palm was still stuck near his shoulder. After the gentleman was born again, a tuft of wool grew on his back. When it was cut off, it grew back.