王聖俞南游，泊舟江心。既寢，視月明如練，未能寐，使童僕為之按摩。忽聞舟頂如小兒行，踏蘆席作響，遠自舟尾來，漸近艙戶。慮為盜，急起問童。童亦聞之，問答間，見一人伏舟頂上，垂首窺艙內。大愕，按劍呼諸僕，一舟俱醒。告以所見。或疑錯誤，俄響聲又作，群起四顧，渺然無人，惟疏星皎月，漫漫江波而已。眾坐舟中，旋見青火如燈狀，突出水面，隨水浮游；漸近舡，則火頓滅。即有黑人驟起，屹立水上，以手攀舟而行。眾噪曰：「必此物也！」欲射之，方開弓，則遽伏水中，不可見矣。問舟人，舟人曰：「此古戰場，鬼時出沒，其無足怪。」
王圣俞南游，泊舟江心。既寝，视月明如练，未能寐，使童仆为之按摩。忽闻舟顶如小儿行，踏芦席作响，远自舟尾来，渐近舱户。虑为盗，急起问童。童亦闻之，问答间，见一人伏舟顶上，垂首窥舱内。大愕，按剑呼诸仆，一舟俱醒。告以所见。或疑错误，俄响声又作，群起四顾，渺然无人，惟疏星皎月，漫漫江波而已。众坐舟中，旋见青火如灯状，突出水面，随水浮游；渐近舡，则火顿灭。即有黑人骤起，屹立水上，以手攀舟而行。众噪曰：「必此物也！」欲射之，方开弓，则遽伏水中，不可见矣。问舟人，舟人曰：「此古战场，鬼时出没，其无足怪。」
Wang Shengyu was travelling south, and one night moored his boat in the middle of the river. He had gone to bed, but the moonlight was as white as silk and he could not sleep, so he had his boy servant massage him. Suddenly he heard what sounded like a small child walking on the roof of the boat, the reed matting crackling underfoot. It came from far off at the stern and drew nearer and nearer the cabin door. Fearing robbers, Wang got up quickly and asked the boy. The boy had heard it too. While they were talking, they saw a man lying flat on the roof, his head hanging down, peering into the cabin. Wang was horrified. With his hand on his sword he shouted for the servants, and the whole boat woke. He told them what he had seen. Some thought he was mistaken, but in a moment the sound came again. They all got up and looked about: there was no one at all, only a few scattered stars, a bright moon, and the broad waves of the river. They sat in the boat, and soon they saw a green fire like a lamp burst up out of the water and drift along with the current. As it came near the boat, the fire went out at once. Then a dark figure rose up suddenly and stood upright on the water, and moved along gripping the side of the boat with its hands. “That’s the thing!” they all shouted. They meant to shoot it, but as they drew their bows it dropped into the water and could not be seen. They asked the boatmen. “This is an old battlefield,” said the boatmen. “Ghosts come and go here all the time. There’s nothing strange in it.”