高公明圖知郴州時，有民女蘇氏，浣衣于河。河中有巨石，女踞其上。有苔一縷，綠滑可愛，浮水漾動，繞石三匝。女視之，心動。既歸而娠，腹漸大。母私詰之，女以情告。母不能解。數月，竟舉一子。欲置隘巷，女不忍也。藏諸櫝而養之。遂矢志不嫁，以明其不二也。然不夫而孕，終以為羞。兒至七歲，未嘗出以見人。兒忽謂母曰：「兒漸長，幽禁何可長也？去之，不為母累。」問所之。曰：「我非人種，行將騰霄昂壑耳。」女泣詢歸期。答曰：「待母屬纊，兒始來。去後，倘有所需，可啟藏兒櫝索之，必能如願。」言已，拜母竟去。出而望之，已杳矣。女告母，母大奇之。
高公明图知郴州时，有民女苏氏，浣衣于河。河中有巨石，女踞其上。有苔一缕，绿滑可爱，浮水漾动，绕石三匝。女视之，心动。既归而娠，腹渐大。母私诘之，女以情告。母不能解。数月，竟举一子。欲置隘巷，女不忍也。藏诸椟而养之。遂矢志不嫁，以明其不二也。然不夫而孕，终以为羞。儿至七岁，未尝出以见人。儿忽谓母曰：「儿渐长，幽禁何可长也？去之，不为母累。」问所之。曰：「我非人种，行将腾霄昂壑耳。」女泣询归期。答曰：「待母属纩，儿始来。去后，倘有所需，可启藏儿椟索之，必能如愿。」言已，拜母竟去。出而望之，已杳矣。女告母，母大奇之。
When Lord Gao Mingtu was magistrate of Chenzhou, there was a girl of the common people named Su who was washing clothes in the river. In the river was a great rock, and she squatted on top of it. A strand of moss, green and sleek and lovely, floated rippling on the water and wound three times around the rock. She looked at it, and her heart stirred. After she came home she found herself with child, and her belly grew. Her mother questioned her in private, and she told her what had happened. The mother could make nothing of it. Some months later the girl actually gave birth to a son. They meant to leave him out in a narrow lane, but she could not bear to. She hid him in a chest and raised him there, and she vowed never to marry, to make plain that her heart had never strayed. Still, to be with child without a husband was a shame she never got over. Until the boy was seven he was never once taken out to be seen. Then one day he said to her, “I am growing bigger, Mother. How can I be shut away for ever? Let me go, and I will be no burden to you.” She asked where he would go. “I am not of human seed,” he said. “Soon I will be soaring to the skies and riding over the gorges.” Weeping, she asked when he would come back. “When the floss is laid at your nostrils, Mother, then I will come. After I am gone, if there is anything you need, open the chest you hid me in and ask for it. You will have what you wish.” With that he bowed to his mother and left. She went out to look after him, but he had already vanished. She told her mother, who was greatly amazed.
女堅守舊志，與母相依，而家益落。偶缺晨炊，仰屋無計。忽憶兒言，往啟櫝，果得米，賴以舉火。由是有求輒應。逾三年，母病卒；一切葬具，皆取給于櫝。既葬，女獨居三十年，未嘗窺戶。一日，鄰婦乞火者，見其兀坐空閨，語移時始去。居無何，忽見彩雲繞女舍，亭亭如蓋，中有一人盛服立，審視，則蘇女也。回翔久之，漸高不見。鄰人共疑之。窺諸其室，見女靚妝凝坐，氣則已絕。眾以其無歸，議為殯殮。忽一少年入，丰姿俊偉，向眾申謝。鄰人向亦竊知女有子，故不之疑。少年出金葬母，植二桃于墓，乃別而去。數步之外，足下生雲，不可復見。後桃結實甘芳，居人謂之「蘇仙桃」，樹年年華茂，更不衰朽。官是地者，每攜實以饋親友。
女坚守旧志，与母相依，而家益落。偶缺晨炊，仰屋无计。忽忆儿言，往启椟，果得米，赖以举火。由是有求辄应。逾三年，母病卒；一切葬具，皆取给于椟。既葬，女独居三十年，未尝窥户。一日，邻妇乞火者，见其兀坐空闺，语移时始去。居无何，忽见彩云绕女舍，亭亭如盖，中有一人盛服立，审视，则苏女也。回翔久之，渐高不见。邻人共疑之。窥诸其室，见女靓妆凝坐，气则已绝。众以其无归，议为殡殓。忽一少年入，丰姿俊伟，向众申谢。邻人向亦窃知女有子，故不之疑。少年出金葬母，植二桃于墓，乃别而去。数步之外，足下生云，不可复见。后桃结实甘芳，居人谓之「苏仙桃」，树年年华茂，更不衰朽。官是地者，每携实以馈亲友。
She held fast to her old vow and lived with her mother, the two of them depending on each other, while the household sank lower and lower. Once there was nothing to cook for breakfast, and she sat staring up at the roof beams, at her wits’ end. Suddenly she remembered her son’s words. She went and opened the chest, and there indeed was rice, so they could light the stove. From then on, whatever she asked for came. Three years later her mother fell ill and died; everything needed for the burial was taken from the chest. After the burial Miss Su lived alone for thirty years and never so much as looked out of her door. One day a neighbour woman who came to beg a light from her fire found her sitting stiffly alone in her empty room, and talked with her a while before she left. Not long after, a cloud of many colours was suddenly seen circling Miss Su’s house, rising tall like a canopy, and in it stood a figure in splendid dress. Looking closely, they saw it was Miss Su. It circled for a long time, rising little by little until it was lost to sight. The neighbours were all puzzled. They peeped into her room and saw her sitting motionless, beautifully made up, but her breath had stopped. Since she had no family to see to her, they talked of laying her out and coffining her themselves. Suddenly a young man came in, handsome and imposing, and thanked them all. The neighbours had long known in secret that she had a son, so they did not doubt him. The young man paid for his mother’s burial and planted two peach trees at the grave, then took his leave. A few paces off, clouds rose beneath his feet, and he was seen no more. Later the peach trees bore fruit, sweet and fragrant, and the people there call them “Immortal Su’s peaches”. Year after year the trees flower thickly and never wither or decay. Officials posted there often take the fruit away as gifts for their relatives and friends.