新城諸生王啟後者，方伯中宇公象坤曾孫。見一婦人入室，貌肥黑不揚。笑近坐榻，意甚褻。王拒之，不去。由此坐臥輒見之。而意堅定，終不搖。婦怒，批其頰有聲，而亦不甚痛。婦以帶懸梁上，捽與並縊。王不覺自投梁下，引頸作縊狀。人見其足不履地，挺然立空中，即亦不能死。自是病顛，忽曰：「彼將與我投河矣。」望河狂奔，曳之乃止。如此百端，日常數作，術藥罔效。一日，忽見有武士綰鎖而入，怒叱曰：「樸誠者汝何敢擾！」即縶婦項，自櫺中出。纔至窗外，婦不復人形，目電閃，口血赤如盆。憶城隍廟門中有泥鬼四，絕類其一焉。於是病若失。
新城有個秀才叫王啟後，是方伯王象坤的曾孫，王象坤號中宇。王啟後看見一個婦人走進屋裡，身材肥胖，皮膚黝黑，相貌難看。她笑著靠近，坐在床上，舉止十分輕佻。王啟後拒絕她，她卻不肯走。從此，他無論坐著還是躺著，總會看見她。但他心意堅定，始終沒有動搖。婦人發起怒來，打了他一個響亮的耳光，不過並不很疼。她把衣帶懸在梁上，揪住他，要和他一起上吊。王啟後不知不覺地走到梁下，伸長脖子，擺出上吊的樣子。別人看見他的腳不著地，身體挺直，懸在半空，可這樣也死不了。從此，他得了瘋病，忽然會說：「她要和我一起投河了。」說著就朝河邊狂奔，非得有人拉住才肯停下。類似的事花樣百出，每天常常發作好幾次，法術和藥物都沒有效果。一天，他忽然看見一個武士拿著一條鎖鏈走進來，怒聲呵斥婦人：「這樣樸實誠懇的人，你怎麼敢來騷擾！」說完就用鎖鏈鎖住婦人的脖子，帶著她從窗格中出去。剛到窗外，婦人便不再是人的模樣，眼睛閃著電光，嘴巴像盆一樣大，血紅血紅的。王啟後想起城隍廟門內有四個泥塑的鬼，這婦人的模樣和其中一個極其相像。此後，他的病一下子就好了。
新城诸生王启后者，方伯中宇公象坤曾孙。见一妇人入室，貌肥黑不扬。笑近坐榻，意甚亵。王拒之，不去。由此坐卧辄见之。而意坚定，终不摇。妇怒，批其颊有声，而亦不甚痛。妇以带悬梁上，捽与并缢。王不觉自投梁下，引颈作缢状。人见其足不履地，挺然立空中，即亦不能死。自是病颠，忽曰：「彼将与我投河矣。」望河狂奔，曳之乃止。如此百端，日常数作，术药罔效。一日，忽见有武士绾锁而入，怒叱曰：「朴诚者汝何敢扰！」即絷妇项，自櫺中出。才至窗外，妇不复人形，目电闪，口血赤如盆。忆城隍庙门中有泥鬼四，绝类其一焉。于是病若失。
新城有个秀才叫王启后，是方伯王象坤的曾孙，王象坤号中宇。王启后看见一个妇人走进屋里，身材肥胖，皮肤黝黑，相貌难看。她笑着靠近，坐在床上，举止十分轻佻。王启后拒绝她，她却不肯走。从此，他无论坐着还是躺着，总会看见她。但他心意坚定，始终没有动摇。妇人发起怒来，打了他一个响亮的耳光，不过并不很疼。她把衣带悬在梁上，揪住他，要和他一起上吊。王启后不知不觉地走到梁下，伸长脖子，摆出上吊的样子。别人看见他的脚不着地，身体挺直，悬在半空，可这样也死不了。从此，他得了疯病，忽然会说：“她要和我一起投河了。”说着就朝河边狂奔，非得有人拉住才肯停下。类似的事花样百出，每天常常发作好几次，法术和药物都没有效果。一天，他忽然看见一个武士拿着一条锁链走进来，怒声呵斥妇人：“这样朴实诚恳的人，你怎么敢来骚扰！”说完就用锁链锁住妇人的脖子，带着她从窗格中出去。刚到窗外，妇人便不再是人的模样，眼睛闪着电光，嘴巴像盆一样大，血红血红的。王启后想起城隍庙门内有四个泥塑的鬼，这妇人的模样和其中一个极其相像。此后，他的病一下子就好了。
Wang Qihou, one of the licentiates of Xincheng, was the great-grandson of the provincial commissioner Wang Xiangkun, styled Zhongyu. One day he saw a woman come into his room, fat, dark and plain. She came up smiling and sat on his couch, very lewd in her manner. Wang sent her off; she would not go. From then on he saw her whenever he sat or lay down. But his mind was firm, and he never wavered. The woman grew angry and slapped his face with a crack, though it did not hurt much. She hung her sash from the beam, seized him by the hair and pulled him to hang himself beside her. Without knowing what he did, Wang went and put himself under the beam and stretched out his neck as if he were hanging. People saw that his feet did not touch the ground: he stood stiff in the air. Yet even so he could not die. After that he went mad. All at once he would say, “She is going to jump into the river with me!” and run wildly for the river, and he stopped only when they dragged him back. It went on in a hundred ways, several times a day, and neither spells nor medicine did any good. One day he suddenly saw an armed man come in with a chain looped in his hand, who shouted in anger, “This is an honest, simple man. How dare you torment him!” He chained the woman by the neck and went out with her through the window lattice. As soon as she was outside the window she no longer had a human shape: her eyes flashed like lightning, and her mouth was blood-red and as big as a basin. Wang remembered that inside the gate of the City God’s temple there were four clay ghosts, and she looked exactly like one of them. With that his illness was gone.