韓公子，邑世家。有單道士，工作劇，公子愛其術，以為座上客。單與人行坐，輒忽不見。公子欲傳其法，單不肯。公子固懇之。單曰：「我非吝吾術，恐壞吾道也。所傳而君子則可；不然，有借此以行竊者矣。公子固無慮此，然或出見美麗而悅，隱身入人閨闥，是濟惡而宣淫也。不敢從命。」公子不能強，而心怒之，陰與僕輩謀撻辱之。恐其遁匿，因以細灰布麥場上：思左道能隱形，而履處必有印跡，可隨印處急擊之。於是誘單往，使人執牛鞭立撻之。單忽不見，灰上果有履跡，左右亂擊，頃刻已迷。公子歸，單亦至。謂諸僕曰：「吾不可復居矣！向勞服役，今且別，當有以報。」袖中出旨酒一盛，又探得餚一簋，並陳幾上。陳已，復探；凡十餘探，案上已滿。遂邀眾飲，俱醉；一一仍內袖中。韓聞其異，使復作劇。單于壁上畫一城，以手推撾，城門頓辟。因將囊衣篋物，悉擲門內，乃拱別曰：「我去矣。」躍身入城，城門遂合，道士頓杳。後聞在青州市上，教兒童畫墨圈于掌，逢人戲拋之，隨所拋處，或面或衣，圈輒脫去，落印其上。又聞其善房中術，能令下部吸燒酒，盡一器。公子嘗面試之。
韩公子，邑世家。有单道士，工作剧，公子爱其术，以为座上客。单与人行坐，辄忽不见。公子欲传其法，单不肯。公子固恳之。单曰：「我非吝吾术，恐坏吾道也。所传而君子则可；不然，有借此以行窃者矣。公子固无虑此，然或出见美丽而悦，隐身入人闺闼，是济恶而宣淫也。不敢从命。」公子不能强，而心怒之，阴与仆辈谋挞辱之。恐其遁匿，因以细灰布麦场上：思左道能隐形，而履处必有印迹，可随印处急击之。于是诱单往，使人执牛鞭立挞之。单忽不见，灰上果有履迹，左右乱击，顷刻已迷。公子归，单亦至。谓诸仆曰：「吾不可复居矣！向劳服役，今且别，当有以报。」袖中出旨酒一盛，又探得肴一簋，并陈几上。陈已，复探；凡十余探，案上已满。遂邀众饮，俱醉；一一仍内袖中。韩闻其异，使复作剧。单于壁上画一城，以手推挝，城门顿辟。因将囊衣箧物，悉掷门内，乃拱别曰：「我去矣。」跃身入城，城门遂合，道士顿杳。后闻在青州市上，教儿童画墨圈于掌，逢人戏抛之，随所抛处，或面或衣，圈辄脱去，落印其上。又闻其善房中术，能令下部吸烧酒，尽一器。公子尝面试之。
Young Master Han came of an old family of my county. A Daoist named Shan, who was skilled at conjuring tricks, was staying with him; the young master loved his arts and made him an honoured guest at his table. Whether walking or sitting with others, Shan would suddenly vanish. The young master wanted him to teach the method, but Shan would not. The young master pressed him hard. “It is not that I begrudge you my art,” said Shan. “I am afraid it would ruin my Way. If the one I teach is a gentleman, well and good. If not, there are those who would use it to steal. You, sir, are in no danger of that, of course. But you might go out, see some beauty and desire her, and make yourself invisible to get into a woman’s chamber. That would be aiding wickedness and spreading lust. I dare not do as you ask.” The young master could not force him, but he was angry at heart, and secretly plotted with his servants to give Shan a whipping and shame him. Fearing he would slip away out of sight, they spread fine ash over the threshing floor. Black arts might make a man invisible, they reasoned, but wherever he stepped he must leave footprints, and they could strike fast wherever the prints appeared. So they lured Shan there and had men with ox whips set upon him at once. Shan suddenly vanished. Sure enough, there were footprints in the ash. The men lashed wildly left and right, and in a moment the trail was lost. The young master went home, and Shan arrived too. He said to the servants, “I cannot stay here any longer. You have waited on me all this time, and now that I am leaving I must repay you.” From his sleeve he brought out a bowl of fine wine, then reached in again and found a dish of food, and set them both out on the table. When he had set them out, he reached in again; after more than ten times, the table was full. Then he invited them all to drink, and they all got drunk. He put everything back into his sleeve, one piece at a time. Han heard of this marvel and had him perform again. Shan drew a city on the wall, pushed and knocked at it with his hand, and at once the city gate opened. He threw his bags, his clothes and his boxes in through the gate, then joined his hands in farewell and said, “I am going.” He leapt into the city, the gate closed behind him, and the Daoist was gone. Later it was heard that in the market at Qingzhou he taught children to draw ink circles on their palms and throw them at people in fun; wherever they threw, on a face or on clothes, the circle would come off the hand and land there like a stamp. It was also said that he was skilled in the arts of the bedchamber, and could make his private parts suck up strong liquor, a whole vessel of it. The young master once had him do it before his eyes.