石室硿硥接紫霄，倉崖滴乳濕僧樵。
石室硿硥接紫霄，仓崖滴乳湿僧樵。
Stone chambers, hollow and craggy, reach to the purple heavens;from grey cliffs the stone milk drips, wetting monks and woodcutters.
蒲團靜坐無餘事，遙看天台起異標。
蒲团静坐无余事，遥看天台起异标。
Sitting still on a rush cushion, with nothing else to do,I gaze far off at Tiantai, where a wondrous signpost rises.
不說張二媽出門去了。且說韓湘子辭別了呂師父，一逕到東海龍王那裡。只見那許多鱉相公、鼋樞密、虯參從、蛟大夫，一個個躬身下禮；鯉元帥、鯿提督、鯖太尉、蟹都司，齊斬斬俯伏趨迎。旁邊轉出許多鱑把總、鼍先鋒、蝦兵鮊卒，簇擁著龍子龍孫，慌忙出宮迎接，近前稟道：「敢問上界神仙，何事下臨水府？」湘子道：「你們有所不知。」便問：「龍王敖廣在那裡？」龍子龍孫齊聲答道：「奉旨往桂林象郡行雨未回。」湘子道：「我奉玉帝旨意，到長安城裡度化竇氏、蘆英，誰知他們眷戀榮華，不肯隨我修行。因此奏過玉帝，著呂師父托夢與崔尚書，叫他奏聞憲宗皇帝，趕逐韓氏一家，仍回昌黎居住。又恐怕他們仍前迷戀，不轉念頭，再著龍王興風作浪，卷海揚波，把他那昌黎縣廳堂、房屋、田地、山蕩，俱行漂沒，不許存留一件，以動他懷土心腸。待他兩處俱空，進退無路，然後下手度他。其餘民居、官舍、山田、地蕩，俱不得損壞分毫，以招罪譴。」龍子龍孫答道：「玉旨既出，誰敢有違，待父親敖廣回來處分復命。」
不说张二妈出门去了。且说韩湘子辞别了吕师父，一径到东海龙王那里。只见那许多鳖相公、鼋枢密、虬参从、蛟大夫，一个个躬身下礼；鲤元帅、鳊提督、鲭太尉、蟹都司，齐斩斩俯伏趋迎。旁边转出许多鱑把总、鼍先锋、虾兵鲌卒，簇拥着龙子龙孙，慌忙出宫迎接，近前禀道：「敢问上界神仙，何事下临水府？」湘子道：「你们有所不知。」便问：「龙王敖广在那里？」龙子龙孙齐声答道：「奉旨往桂林象郡行雨未回。」湘子道：「我奉玉帝旨意，到长安城里度化窦氏、芦英，谁知他们眷恋荣华，不肯随我修行。因此奏过玉帝，着吕师父托梦与崔尚书，叫他奏闻宪宗皇帝，赶逐韩氏一家，仍回昌黎居住。又恐怕他们仍前迷恋，不转念头，再着龙王兴风作浪，卷海扬波，把他那昌黎县厅堂、房屋、田地、山荡，俱行漂没，不许存留一件，以动他怀土心肠。待他两处俱空，进退无路，然后下手度他。其余民居、官舍、山田、地荡，俱不得损坏分毫，以招罪谴。」龙子龙孙答道：「玉旨既出，谁敢有违，待父亲敖广回来处分复命。」
We shall not tell how Second Aunt Zhang went on her way. Our story turns to Han Xiangzi, who had taken leave of Master Lü and gone straight to the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea. There a great crowd of Turtle Chancellors, Softshell Privy Councillors, Horned-Dragon Aides and Flood-Dragon Grandees bowed low one after another, while Carp Marshals, Bream Commanders, Black-Carp Grand Commandants and Crab Regional Commanders came hurrying forward in neat ranks and prostrated themselves in welcome. From the sides came a throng of Sturgeon Captains, Alligator Vanguards, shrimp soldiers and whitefish troopers, crowding round the Dragon King’s sons and grandsons, who hurried out of the palace to greet him. They came up to him and said, “May we ask, immortal of the upper realm, what brings you down to the watery realm?” “There’s something you don’t know,” said Xiangzi, and he asked, “Where is the Dragon King, Ao Guang?” “He has gone by imperial command to make rain over Guilin and Xiang Commandery,” the dragon sons and grandsons answered with one voice, “and he isn’t back yet.” “I received the Jade Emperor’s command to go into the city of Chang’an and bring Lady Dou and Luying to the Way,” said Xiangzi, “but who would have thought it? They cling to their glory and splendour and won’t follow me to cultivate themselves. So I reported to the Jade Emperor and had Master Lü send Minister Cui a dream, so that he would memorialize Emperor Xianzong and have the whole Han family driven out to live in Changli again. But I fear they’ll stay as infatuated as ever and won’t change their minds, so the Dragon King is to stir up the wind and raise the waves, roll up the sea and lift the billows, and wash away everything they have in Changli County — halls, houses, fields, hill land and ponds — without leaving a single thing, to shake their hearts loose from the soil of home. When both places are empty for them and there’s no road forward or back, then I’ll set to work and bring them to the Way. As for the rest — the people’s houses, the government buildings, the hill farms and the pond land — not a hair of them is to be harmed, on pain of punishment.” “Once the Jade Emperor’s decree has gone out, who would dare disobey?” said the dragon sons and grandsons. “When our father, Ao Guang, returns, he will see to it and report back.”