招遠張于旦，性疏狂不羈。讀書蕭寺。時邑令魯公，三韓人。有女好獵。生適遇諸野，見其風姿娟秀，著錦貂裘，跨小驪駒，翩然若畫。歸憶容華，極意欽想。後聞女暴卒，悼嘆欲絕。魯以家遠，寄靈寺中，即生讀所。生敬禮如神明，朝必香，食必祭。每酹而祝曰：「睹卿半面，長系夢魂；不圖玉人，奄然物化。今近在咫尺，而邈若河山，恨如何也！然生有拘束，死無禁忌，九泉有靈，當珊珊而來，慰我傾慕。」日夜祝之，幾半月。
招遠的張於旦，性情放任狂傲，不受拘束，在一座佛寺裡讀書。當時的縣令魯公是三韓人，有個女兒，喜歡打獵。張於旦恰好在野外遇見她，只見她容貌秀麗，姿態優美，穿著錦緞裝飾的貂皮袍，騎著一匹小黑馬，輕盈得像畫中人物。回去以後，他總想著她的美貌，一心傾慕。後來聽說她突然去世，悲痛得幾乎承受不住。魯公因為家鄉遙遠，把女兒的靈柩暫放在寺裡，正是張於旦讀書的地方。張於旦像敬奉神靈一樣敬奉她，每天早晨一定燒香，每頓飯一定獻上祭品。每次灑酒祭奠時，他都禱告說：「我只見過你一面，便一直魂牽夢縈；沒想到你這樣美麗的人，竟忽然離開了人世。如今你就在身邊，卻又像隔著山河，叫我怎能不遺憾！不過活著時有種種約束，死後就沒有這些禁忌了。你若在地下有靈，就請輕盈地走來，安慰我這顆傾慕你的心。」他日夜這樣禱告，將近半個月。
招远张于旦，性疏狂不羁。读书萧寺。时邑令鲁公，三韩人。有女好猎。生适遇诸野，见其风姿娟秀，着锦貂裘，跨小骊驹，翩然若画。归忆容华，极意钦想。后闻女暴卒，悼叹欲绝。鲁以家远，寄灵寺中，即生读所。生敬礼如神明，朝必香，食必祭。每酹而祝曰：「睹卿半面，长系梦魂；不图玉人，奄然物化。今近在咫尺，而邈若河山，恨如何也！然生有拘束，死无禁忌，九泉有灵，当珊珊而来，慰我倾慕。」日夜祝之，几半月。
招远的张于旦，性情放任狂傲，不受拘束，在一座佛寺里读书。当时的县令鲁公是三韩人，有个女儿，喜欢打猎。张于旦恰好在野外遇见她，只见她容貌秀丽，姿态优美，穿着锦缎装饰的貂皮袍，骑着一匹小黑马，轻盈得像画中人物。回去以后，他总想着她的美貌，一心倾慕。后来听说她突然去世，悲痛得几乎承受不住。鲁公因为家乡遥远，把女儿的灵柩暂放在寺里，正是张于旦读书的地方。张于旦像敬奉神灵一样敬奉她，每天早晨一定烧香，每顿饭一定献上祭品。每次洒酒祭奠时，他都祷告说：“我只见过你一面，便一直魂牵梦萦；没想到你这样美丽的人，竟忽然离开了人世。如今你就在身边，却又像隔着山河，叫我怎能不遗憾！不过活着时有种种约束，死后就没有这些禁忌了。你若在地下有灵，就请轻盈地走来，安慰我这颗倾慕你的心。”他日夜这样祷告，将近半个月。
Zhang Yudan of Zhaoyuan was careless and wild by nature, and would take no bridle. He was studying at a Buddhist temple. The county magistrate at that time was Lu, a man of Sanhan, who had a daughter fond of hunting. Zhang happened to come across her in the open country. She was lovely and graceful, in a sable coat faced with brocade, astride a little black colt, light as a figure in a painting. He went home thinking of her beauty and longed for her with all his heart. Later he heard that the girl had died suddenly, and he grieved almost past bearing. Because Lu’s home was far away, he lodged her coffin in the temple, in the very place where Zhang studied. Zhang revered her like a god: he burned incense every morning and made an offering at every meal. Each time he poured out wine he prayed: “I saw only half your face, and it has held my dreaming soul ever since. I never thought one fair as jade would pass away so suddenly. Now you are a foot away, yet as far from me as mountains and rivers. How bitter it is! But the living are bound by rules; the dead have none. If there is any spirit in the Nine Springs, come to me with your pendants chiming, and comfort my longing.” He prayed so day and night for nearly half a month.
一夕，挑燈夜讀，忽舉首，則女子含笑立燈下。生驚起致問。女曰：「感君之情，不能自已，遂不避私奔之嫌。」生大喜。遂共歡好。自此無虛夜。謂生曰：「妾生好弓馬，以射獐殺鹿為快，罪孽深重，死無歸所。如誠心愛妾，煩代誦《金剛經》一藏數，生生世世不忘也。」生敬受教，每夜起，即柩前撚珠諷誦。偶值節序，欲與偕歸，女憂足弱，不能跋履。生請抱負以行，女笑從之。如抱嬰兒，殊不重累。遂以為常。考試亦載與俱。然行必以夜。生將赴秋闈，女曰：「君福薄，徒勞馳驅。」遂聽其言而止。積四五年，魯罷官，貧不能輿其櫬，將就窆之，苦無葬地。生乃自陳：「某有薄壤近寺，願葬女公子。」魯公喜。生又力為營葬。魯德之，而莫解其故。魯去，二人綢繆如平日。
一天晚上，他挑亮燈，正在夜讀，忽然抬頭，看見那女子含笑站在燈下。張於旦驚得站起來詢問。女子說：「我被你的深情感動，實在不能自已，所以顧不上私奔的嫌疑，就來了。」張於旦大喜，兩人便結為情侶，共度良宵。從此，沒有一個晚上她不來。女子對他說：「我生前喜歡射箭騎馬，以射殺獐鹿為樂，罪孽深重，死後沒有歸宿。你若真心愛我，請替我誦讀《金剛經》，誦滿一藏經書的數目，我生生世世也不會忘記。」張於旦恭敬地答應，每晚起來，在靈柩前捻著念珠誦經。有一次恰逢節日，他想和她一起回家，女子卻擔心自己雙腳無力，走不了遠路。張於旦說可以揹著她走，女子笑著答應了。背起來就像抱著嬰兒，一點也不沉重費力。此後，他們常常這樣出行，張於旦去考試，也帶著她一起，不過趕路總在夜裡。張於旦準備去參加鄉試，女子說：「你福分薄，這一趟只會白白奔波。」他便聽她的話，沒有去。過了四五年，魯公被罷了官，家裡貧困，無法把女兒的棺木運回家鄉，打算就地安葬，卻苦於沒有墓地。張於旦便主動說：「我在寺廟附近有一塊薄田，願意拿來安葬您的女兒。」魯公很高興。張於旦又盡力替他籌辦葬事。魯公感激他，卻不明白他為什麼這樣做。魯公離開以後，兩人仍像往常一樣恩愛。
一夕，挑灯夜读，忽举首，则女子含笑立灯下。生惊起致问。女曰：「感君之情，不能自已，遂不避私奔之嫌。」生大喜。遂共欢好。自此无虚夜。谓生曰：「妾生好弓马，以射獐杀鹿为快，罪孽深重，死无归所。如诚心爱妾，烦代诵《金刚经》一藏数，生生世世不忘也。」生敬受教，每夜起，即柩前撚珠讽诵。偶值节序，欲与偕归，女忧足弱，不能跋履。生请抱负以行，女笑从之。如抱婴儿，殊不重累。遂以为常。考试亦载与俱。然行必以夜。生将赴秋闱，女曰：「君福薄，徒劳驰驱。」遂听其言而止。积四五年，鲁罢官，贫不能舆其榇，将就窆之，苦无葬地。生乃自陈：「某有薄壤近寺，愿葬女公子。」鲁公喜。生又力为营葬。鲁德之，而莫解其故。鲁去，二人绸缪如平日。
一天晚上，他挑亮灯，正在夜读，忽然抬头，看见那女子含笑站在灯下。张于旦惊得站起来询问。女子说：“我被你的深情感动，实在不能自已，所以顾不上私奔的嫌疑，就来了。”张于旦大喜，两人便结为情侣，共度良宵。从此，没有一个晚上她不来。女子对他说：“我生前喜欢射箭骑马，以射杀獐鹿为乐，罪孽深重，死后没有归宿。你若真心爱我，请替我诵读《金刚经》，诵满一藏经书的数目，我生生世世也不会忘记。”张于旦恭敬地答应，每晚起来，在灵柩前捻着念珠诵经。有一次恰逢节日，他想和她一起回家，女子却担心自己双脚无力，走不了远路。张于旦说可以背着她走，女子笑着答应了。背起来就像抱着婴儿，一点也不沉重费力。此后，他们常常这样出行，张于旦去考试，也带着她一起，不过赶路总在夜里。张于旦准备去参加乡试，女子说：“你福分薄，这一趟只会白白奔波。”他便听她的话，没有去。过了四五年，鲁公被罢了官，家里贫困，无法把女儿的棺木运回家乡，打算就地安葬，却苦于没有墓地。张于旦便主动说：“我在寺庙附近有一块薄田，愿意拿来安葬您的女儿。”鲁公很高兴。张于旦又尽力替他筹办葬事。鲁公感激他，却不明白他为什么这样做。鲁公离开以后，两人仍像往常一样恩爱。
One evening he had trimmed the lamp and was reading late when he looked up and saw the girl standing under the lamp, smiling. Zhang started up and asked who she was. “Your feeling for me moved me so that I could not help myself,” she said, “and I came, though it may look like a girl running off with a lover.” Zhang was overjoyed, and they made love. After that not a night passed without her. She told him, “All my life I loved the bow and the saddle, and took my pleasure in shooting river deer and killing stags. My sins are heavy, and in death I have nowhere to go. If you truly love me, please recite the Diamond Sutra a full canon of times for me. I will not forget it, life after life.” Zhang respectfully did as she asked. Every night he got up and told his beads before the coffin, chanting the sutra. Once, when a festival came round, he wanted to take her home with him, but she was afraid her feet were too weak for the walk. Zhang offered to carry her on his back, and she laughed and agreed. It was like carrying a baby; she was no burden at all. After that it became their habit. When he went to sit examinations he took her along too, but they always travelled by night. When Zhang was about to set out for the autumn provincial examination, she said, “Your fortune is thin. You would make the journey for nothing.” So he took her advice and stayed home. Four or five years went by. Lu left office, and was too poor to carry the coffin home. He meant to bury her where she was, but had no ground to bury her in. Zhang came forward: “I have a poor plot of land near the temple. I would be glad to bury your daughter there.” Lu was pleased. Zhang also did all he could to arrange the funeral. Lu was grateful to him, but could not understand why. After Lu left, the two of them were as loving as ever.
一夜，側倚生懷，淚落如豆，曰：「五年之好，于今別矣！受君恩義，數世不足以酬！」生驚問之。曰：「蒙惠及泉下人，經咒藏滿，今得生河北盧戶部家。如不忘今日，過此十五年，八月十六日，煩一往會。」生泣下曰：「生三十餘年矣；又十五年，將就木焉，會將何為？」女亦泣曰：「願為奴婢以報。」少間曰：「君送妾六七里，此去多荊棘，妾衣長難度。」乃抱生項。生送至通衢，見路傍車馬一簇，馬上或一人，或二人；車上或三人﹑四人﹑十數人不等；獨一鈿車，繡纓朱幰，僅一老媼在焉。見女至，呼曰：「來乎？」女應曰：「來矣。」乃回顧生雲：「盡此，且去；勿忘所言。」生諾。女行近車，媼引手上之，展軨即發，車馬闐咽而去。
一天夜裡，女子側身依偎在張於旦懷中，落下豆大的淚珠，說：「我們相愛五年，到今天就要分別了！我受了你的恩情，幾輩子也報答不完！」張於旦吃驚地問她緣故。女子說：「多虧你的恩惠照顧到我這個地下的人，誦經的數目已經滿了，如今我可以投生到河北盧戶部家。你若不忘今天的情分，十五年後的八月十六日，請去那裡與我相會。」張於旦流淚說：「我已經三十多歲了，再過十五年，就快進棺材了，見面又有什麼用呢？」女子也哭著說：「我願意做你的婢女來報答你。」過了一會兒，她說：「你送我六七里吧，這段路荊棘很多，我的衣裙長，不好走過去。」說著抱住張於旦的脖子。張於旦把她送到大路上，看見路旁聚著許多車馬。馬背上有的坐著一個人，有的坐著兩個人；車裡有的坐三人、四人，有的坐十幾人，人數不一。只有一輛裝飾華麗、繫著繡帶、掛著紅色帷幔的車，裡面僅坐著一個老婦人。老婦人見女子到了，便喊：「來了？」女子回答：「來了。」隨後回頭對張於旦說：「就送到這裡吧，我要走了，別忘了我說的話。」張於旦答應了。女子走近車子，老婦人伸手拉她上去，放開車欄便出發了，車馬擁擠喧鬧地離開。
一夜，侧倚生怀，泪落如豆，曰：「五年之好，于今别矣！受君恩义，数世不足以酬！」生惊问之。曰：「蒙惠及泉下人，经咒藏满，今得生河北卢户部家。如不忘今日，过此十五年，八月十六日，烦一往会。」生泣下曰：「生三十余年矣；又十五年，将就木焉，会将何为？」女亦泣曰：「愿为奴婢以报。」少间曰：「君送妾六七里，此去多荆棘，妾衣长难度。」乃抱生项。生送至通衢，见路傍车马一簇，马上或一人，或二人；车上或三人﹑四人﹑十数人不等；独一钿车，绣缨朱幰，仅一老媪在焉。见女至，呼曰：「来乎？」女应曰：「来矣。」乃回顾生云：「尽此，且去；勿忘所言。」生诺。女行近车，媪引手上之，展軨即发，车马阗咽而去。
一天夜里，女子侧身依偎在张于旦怀中，落下豆大的泪珠，说：“我们相爱五年，到今天就要分别了！我受了你的恩情，几辈子也报答不完！”张于旦吃惊地问她缘故。女子说：“多亏你的恩惠照顾到我这个地下的人，诵经的数目已经满了，如今我可以投生到河北卢户部家。你若不忘今天的情分，十五年后的八月十六日，请去那里与我相会。”张于旦流泪说：“我已经三十多岁了，再过十五年，就快进棺材了，见面又有什么用呢？”女子也哭着说：“我愿意做你的婢女来报答你。”过了一会儿，她说：“你送我六七里吧，这段路荆棘很多，我的衣裙长，不好走过去。”说着抱住张于旦的脖子。张于旦把她送到大路上，看见路旁聚着许多车马。马背上有的坐着一个人，有的坐着两个人；车里有的坐三人、四人，有的坐十几人，人数不一。只有一辆装饰华丽、系着绣带、挂着红色帷幔的车，里面仅坐着一个老妇人。老妇人见女子到了，便喊：“来了？”女子回答：“来了。”随后回头对张于旦说：“就送到这里吧，我要走了，别忘了我说的话。”张于旦答应了。女子走近车子，老妇人伸手拉她上去，放开车栏便出发了，车马拥挤喧闹地离开。
One night she leaned against his breast and wept tears as big as beans. “Our five years of love end now,” she said. “What you have done for me could not be repaid in several lifetimes!” Zhang, alarmed, asked what she meant. “Your kindness has reached one in the Yellow Springs. The count of the sutra is complete, and now I am to be born into the family of Lu of the Board of Revenue, north of the Yellow River. If you do not forget this day, come and meet me fifteen years from now, on the sixteenth day of the eighth month.” Zhang wept. “I am past thirty already,” he said. “In another fifteen years I will be ready for my coffin. What good will meeting do?” She wept too. “I will be your maidservant to repay you.” After a little she said, “See me on my way six or seven li. The road ahead is thick with brambles, and my skirts are too long to get through.” She put her arms around his neck. Zhang took her as far as the highway. Beside the road was a cluster of carriages and horses. On each horse rode one or two; in the carriages were three, four, a dozen or more. Only one, an inlaid carriage with embroidered tassels and red curtains, held no one but an old woman. When she saw the girl coming she called, “Are you here?” “I am here,” the girl answered. Then she turned back to Zhang. “This is as far as you come. I am going. Don’t forget what I said.” Zhang promised. The girl went up to the carriage; the old woman reached out a hand and helped her in, the rail was opened, and they set off at once, the carriages and horses rumbling away in a crowd.
生悵悵而歸，志時日于壁。因思經咒之效，持誦益虔。夢神人告曰：「汝志良嘉。但須要到南海去。」問：「南海多遠？」曰：「近在方寸地。」醒而會其旨，念切菩提，修行倍潔。三年後，次子明﹑長子政，相繼擢高科。生雖暴貴，而善行不替。夜夢青衣人邀去，見宮殿中坐一人，如菩薩狀，逆之曰：「子為善可喜。惜無修齡，幸得請于上帝矣。」生伏地稽首。喚起，賜坐；飲以茶，味芳如蘭。又令童子引去，使浴于池。池水清潔，游魚可數，入之而溫，掬之有荷葉香。移時，漸入深處，失足而陷，過涉滅頂。驚寤，異之。由此身益健，目益明。自捋其須，白者盡簌簌落，又久之，黑者亦落。面紋亦漸舒。至數月後，頷禿童面，宛如十五六時。輒兼好游戲事，亦猶童。過飾邊幅；二子輒匡救之。未幾，夫人以老病卒。子欲為求繼室于朱門。生曰：「待吾至河北，來而後娶。」
張於旦悵然回去，把約定的日期記在牆上。他想到誦經的效驗，便更加虔誠地堅持誦讀。夢裡有位神人告訴他：「你的心願很好，不過必須到南海去。」他問：「南海有多遠？」神人說：「就在你心裡，很近。」醒來以後，他領會了這番話的意思，一心追求覺悟，修行也比以前更加清淨。三年後，他的次子張明、長子張政，先後在科舉中高中。張於旦雖然驟然富貴起來，行善卻始終沒有鬆懈。一天夜裡，他夢見一個穿青衣的人來請他去，到了一座宮殿，看見裡面坐著一個人，形貌如同菩薩，迎著他說：「你能這樣行善，實在可喜。可惜你本來沒有長壽的命，好在我已經向上帝替你求得了延壽。」張於旦伏地叩頭。那人叫他起來，賜給他座位，又請他喝茶，茶香如蘭花。隨後讓童子領他出去，到池裡洗澡。池水清澈潔淨，游魚一條條都數得清，走進去覺得水很溫暖，捧起來聞著有荷葉的清香。過了一會兒，他漸漸走到深處，失足陷了下去，水沒過了頭頂。他驚醒過來，覺得這夢很奇異。此後，他的身體越來越健壯，眼睛也越來越明亮。用手捋鬍鬚時，白鬍須全都紛紛掉落；又過了一段時間，黑鬍鬚也掉了。臉上的皺紋漸漸舒展開來。幾個月後，他下巴光滑，面容像少年，和十五六歲時一模一樣。他還常常喜歡遊戲玩耍，也和孩子一樣。因為過分講究衣著儀容，兩個兒子常常勸他改正。不久，他的妻子年老病故，兒子們想替他從富貴人家求娶一位繼室。張於旦說：「等我到河北去一趟，回來以後再娶。」
生怅怅而归，志时日于壁。因思经咒之效，持诵益虔。梦神人告曰：「汝志良嘉。但须要到南海去。」问：「南海多远？」曰：「近在方寸地。」醒而会其旨，念切菩提，修行倍洁。三年后，次子明﹑长子政，相继擢高科。生虽暴贵，而善行不替。夜梦青衣人邀去，见宫殿中坐一人，如菩萨状，逆之曰：「子为善可喜。惜无修龄，幸得请于上帝矣。」生伏地稽首。唤起，赐坐；饮以茶，味芳如兰。又令童子引去，使浴于池。池水清洁，游鱼可数，入之而温，掬之有荷叶香。移时，渐入深处，失足而陷，过涉灭顶。惊寤，异之。由此身益健，目益明。自捋其须，白者尽簌簌落，又久之，黑者亦落。面纹亦渐舒。至数月后，颔秃童面，宛如十五六时。辄兼好游戏事，亦犹童。过饰边幅；二子辄匡救之。未几，夫人以老病卒。子欲为求继室于朱门。生曰：「待吾至河北，来而后娶。」
张于旦怅然回去，把约定的日期记在墙上。他想到诵经的效验，便更加虔诚地坚持诵读。梦里有位神人告诉他：“你的心愿很好，不过必须到南海去。”他问：“南海有多远？”神人说：“就在你心里，很近。”醒来以后，他领会了这番话的意思，一心追求觉悟，修行也比以前更加清净。三年后，他的次子张明、长子张政，先后在科举中高中。张于旦虽然骤然富贵起来，行善却始终没有松懈。一天夜里，他梦见一个穿青衣的人来请他去，到了一座宫殿，看见里面坐着一个人，形貌如同菩萨，迎着他说：“你能这样行善，实在可喜。可惜你本来没有长寿的命，好在我已经向上帝替你求得了延寿。”张于旦伏地叩头。那人叫他起来，赐给他座位，又请他喝茶，茶香如兰花。随后让童子领他出去，到池里洗澡。池水清澈洁净，游鱼一条条都数得清，走进去觉得水很温暖，捧起来闻着有荷叶的清香。过了一会儿，他渐渐走到深处，失足陷了下去，水没过了头顶。他惊醒过来，觉得这梦很奇异。此后，他的身体越来越健壮，眼睛也越来越明亮。用手捋胡须时，白胡须全都纷纷掉落；又过了一段时间，黑胡须也掉了。脸上的皱纹渐渐舒展开来。几个月后，他下巴光滑，面容像少年，和十五六岁时一模一样。他还常常喜欢游戏玩耍，也和孩子一样。因为过分讲究衣着仪容，两个儿子常常劝他改正。不久，他的妻子年老病故，儿子们想替他从富贵人家求娶一位继室。张于旦说：“等我到河北去一趟，回来以后再娶。”
Zhang went home desolate and wrote the date on the wall. Thinking how the sutra had worked, he recited it more devoutly than ever. In a dream a divine being told him, “Your purpose is good. But you must go to the South Sea.” “How far is the South Sea?” he asked. “It is close by, in the square inch.” He woke and understood. He set his mind on enlightenment and kept his practice twice as pure. Three years later his second son, Ming, and then his eldest, Zheng, passed high in the examinations. Though Zhang had suddenly risen to wealth and rank, he did not slacken in good works. One night he dreamed that a man in black came to fetch him. In a palace hall sat someone who looked like a bodhisattva, who greeted him: “Your good deeds are gratifying. It is a pity you have not long to live, but happily I have petitioned the Lord on High for you.” Zhang bowed his head to the ground. He was told to rise and given a seat, and served tea fragrant as orchids. Then a boy was told to lead him away and have him bathe in a pool. The water was so clear you could count the fish; it was warm when he stepped in, and when he cupped it in his hands it smelled of lotus leaves. After a while he waded deeper, lost his footing and went under, the water closing over his head. He woke with a start and marvelled at it. From then on his body grew stronger and his eyes keener. When he stroked his beard, the white hairs all came rustling out; after a while the black ones fell out too. The lines in his face slowly smoothed. In a few months his chin was bare and his face a boy’s, just as he had been at fifteen or sixteen. He took to games and amusements, too, like a boy, and fussed so much over his dress that his two sons had to set him right. Before long his lady died of old age and illness. His sons wanted to find him a second wife from some great family. Zhang said, “Wait until I have been north of the river. When I come back I will marry.”
屈指已及約期，遂命仆馬至河北。訪之，果有盧戶部。先是，盧公生一女，生而能言，長益慧美，父母最鐘愛之。貴家委禽，女輒不欲。怪問之，具述生前約。共計其年，大笑曰：「痴婢！張郎計今年已半百，人事變遷，其骨已朽；縱其尚在，發童而齒壑矣。」女不聽。母見其志不搖，與盧公謀，戒閽人勿通客，過期以絕其望。未幾，生至，閽人拒之。退返旅舍，悵恨無所為計。閑游郊郭，因循而暗訪之。女謂生負約，涕不食。母言：「渠不來，必已殂謝；即不然，背盟之罪，亦不在汝。」女不語，但終日臥。盧患之，亦思一見生之為人，乃托游遨，遇生于野。視之，少年也，訝之。班荊略談，甚倜儻。公喜，邀至其家。方將探問，盧即遽起，囑客暫獨坐，匆匆入內告女。女喜，自力起。窺審其狀不符，零涕而返，怨父欺罔。公力白其是。女無言，但泣不止。公出，意緒懊喪，對客殊不款曲。生問：「貴族有為戶部者乎？」公漫應之。首他顧，似不屬客。生覺其慢，辭出。女啼數日而卒。生夜夢女來，曰：「下顧者果君耶？年貌舛異，覿面遂致違隔。妾已懮憤死。煩向土地祠速招我魂，可得活，遲則無及矣。」既醒，急探盧氏之門，果有女亡二日矣。生大慟，進而吊諸其室。已而以夢告盧。盧從其言，招魂而歸。啟其衾，撫其尸，呼而祝之。俄聞喉中咯咯有聲，忽見朱櫻乍啟，墜痰塊如冰。扶移榻上，漸復吟呻。盧公悅，肅客出，置酒讌會。細展官閥，知其巨家，益喜。擇吉成禮。居半月，攜女而歸。盧送至家，半年乃去。夫婦居室，儼如小耦。不知者多誤以子婦為姑嫜焉。盧公逾年卒。子最幼，為豪強所中傷，家產幾盡。生迎養之，遂家焉。
屈指算來，約定的日子已經到了，張於旦便帶著僕人和馬匹前往河北。打聽之後，果然有一位盧戶部。此前，盧公生了一個女兒，出生就會說話，長大後越發聰慧美麗，父母十分疼愛她。富貴人家送來聘禮，女子總不願意。父母覺得奇怪，問她緣故，她就把前世的約定全部說了。他們一起算了算張於旦的年紀，大笑道：「傻丫頭！算起來，張郎如今已經五十歲了，世事變遷，說不定他的骨頭早已腐爛。即使還活著，也已經頭髮掉光，牙齒脫落了。」女子不肯聽。母親見她心意堅定，便和盧公商量，吩咐守門人不許客人進來，想拖過約定的日期，讓她斷了念頭。不久，張於旦到了，守門人拒絕放他進去。他只好退回客店，既失望又苦惱，想不出辦法，便在城郊閒逛，逗留下來，暗中打聽。女子以為他違背了約定，流淚不肯吃飯。母親說：「他沒有來，一定是已經死了；即使沒死，違約的過錯也不在你。」女子不說話，只整天躺著。盧公為她擔憂，也想見見張於旦究竟是什麼樣的人，便藉著出遊，在野外遇見了他。看他竟是個少年，盧公十分驚訝。兩人鋪些荊條坐下，略談了幾句，張於旦言談灑脫，很有風度。盧公很喜歡，邀他到家裡。張於旦正要開口詢問，盧公忽然站起來，叫客人暫且獨坐，自己匆匆進內屋告訴女兒。女子很高興，勉強支撐著起身，偷偷仔細看了客人的模樣，發現和記憶中的人不一樣，便流著淚回去，埋怨父親騙她。盧公竭力說明這確實是張於旦，女子卻不說話，只是不停地哭。盧公出來時心情沮喪，對客人十分冷淡。張於旦問：「您家裡有在戶部任職的人嗎？」盧公隨口應了一聲，轉頭看向別處，像是沒在聽客人說話。張於旦覺得受了怠慢，便告辭離開。女子哭了幾天就死了。張於旦夜裡夢見她來，說：「那天來我家的，果然是你嗎？你的年紀和容貌與從前相差太多，以至於當面相見，仍舊錯過了。我已經憂憤而死，請你趕快到土地祠去招回我的魂，我還能活過來；遲了就來不及了。」張於旦醒來，急忙到盧家門前打聽，果然有個女兒已經死了兩天。他悲痛大哭，進去到她房裡弔唁，隨後把夢裡的事告訴盧公。盧公依照他說的，到土地祠招魂回來，掀開女兒的被子，撫摸她的身體，一面呼喚，一面禱告。不久，聽見她喉嚨裡咯咯作響，忽然紅唇微張，吐出一塊像冰一樣的痰。眾人把她扶到床上，她漸漸又能呻吟了。盧公大喜，恭敬地請客人到外面，擺下酒席招待。詳細詢問張於旦家的官職和門第，知道他家顯貴，更加高興，便選了吉日，讓兩人成婚。住了半個月，張於旦帶著妻子回家，盧公送他們到家，過了半年才離開。夫婦過起日子，儼然是一對年輕夫妻。不知情的人，常常把張於旦的兒子和兒媳誤當成他妻子的公公婆婆。過了一年多，盧公去世了。他的兒子年紀很小，被豪強陷害，家產幾乎喪失殆盡。張於旦把他接來撫養，他便在這裡安了家。
屈指已及约期，遂命仆马至河北。访之，果有卢户部。先是，卢公生一女，生而能言，长益慧美，父母最钟爱之。贵家委禽，女辄不欲。怪问之，具述生前约。共计其年，大笑曰：「痴婢！张郎计今年已半百，人事变迁，其骨已朽；纵其尚在，发童而齿壑矣。」女不听。母见其志不摇，与卢公谋，戒阍人勿通客，过期以绝其望。未几，生至，阍人拒之。退返旅舍，怅恨无所为计。闲游郊郭，因循而暗访之。女谓生负约，涕不食。母言：「渠不来，必已殂谢；即不然，背盟之罪，亦不在汝。」女不语，但终日卧。卢患之，亦思一见生之为人，乃托游遨，遇生于野。视之，少年也，讶之。班荆略谈，甚倜傥。公喜，邀至其家。方将探问，卢即遽起，嘱客暂独坐，匆匆入内告女。女喜，自力起。窥审其状不符，零涕而返，怨父欺罔。公力白其是。女无言，但泣不止。公出，意绪懊丧，对客殊不款曲。生问：「贵族有为户部者乎？」公漫应之。首他顾，似不属客。生觉其慢，辞出。女啼数日而卒。生夜梦女来，曰：「下顾者果君耶？年貌舛异，觌面遂致违隔。妾已懮愤死。烦向土地祠速招我魂，可得活，迟则无及矣。」既醒，急探卢氏之门，果有女亡二日矣。生大恸，进而吊诸其室。已而以梦告卢。卢从其言，招魂而归。启其衾，抚其尸，呼而祝之。俄闻喉中咯咯有声，忽见朱樱乍启，坠痰块如冰。扶移榻上，渐复吟呻。卢公悦，肃客出，置酒䜩会。细展官阀，知其巨家，益喜。择吉成礼。居半月，携女而归。卢送至家，半年乃去。夫妇居室，俨如小耦。不知者多误以子妇为姑嫜焉。卢公逾年卒。子最幼，为豪强所中伤，家产几尽。生迎养之，遂家焉。
屈指算来，约定的日子已经到了，张于旦便带着仆人和马匹前往河北。打听之后，果然有一位卢户部。此前，卢公生了一个女儿，出生就会说话，长大后越发聪慧美丽，父母十分疼爱她。富贵人家送来聘礼，女子总不愿意。父母觉得奇怪，问她缘故，她就把前世的约定全部说了。他们一起算了算张于旦的年纪，大笑道：“傻丫头！算起来，张郎如今已经五十岁了，世事变迁，说不定他的骨头早已腐烂。即使还活着，也已经头发掉光，牙齿脱落了。”女子不肯听。母亲见她心意坚定，便和卢公商量，吩咐守门人不许客人进来，想拖过约定的日期，让她断了念头。不久，张于旦到了，守门人拒绝放他进去。他只好退回客店，既失望又苦恼，想不出办法，便在城郊闲逛，逗留下来，暗中打听。女子以为他违背了约定，流泪不肯吃饭。母亲说：“他没有来，一定是已经死了；即使没死，违约的过错也不在你。”女子不说话，只整天躺着。卢公为她担忧，也想见见张于旦究竟是什么样的人，便借着出游，在野外遇见了他。看他竟是个少年，卢公十分惊讶。两人铺些荆条坐下，略谈了几句，张于旦言谈洒脱，很有风度。卢公很喜欢，邀他到家里。张于旦正要开口询问，卢公忽然站起来，叫客人暂且独坐，自己匆匆进内屋告诉女儿。女子很高兴，勉强支撑着起身，偷偷仔细看了客人的模样，发现和记忆中的人不一样，便流着泪回去，埋怨父亲骗她。卢公竭力说明这确实是张于旦，女子却不说话，只是不停地哭。卢公出来时心情沮丧，对客人十分冷淡。张于旦问：“您家里有在户部任职的人吗？”卢公随口应了一声，转头看向别处，像是没在听客人说话。张于旦觉得受了怠慢，便告辞离开。女子哭了几天就死了。张于旦夜里梦见她来，说：“那天来我家的，果然是你吗？你的年纪和容貌与从前相差太多，以至于当面相见，仍旧错过了。我已经忧愤而死，请你赶快到土地祠去招回我的魂，我还能活过来；迟了就来不及了。”张于旦醒来，急忙到卢家门前打听，果然有个女儿已经死了两天。他悲痛大哭，进去到她房里吊唁，随后把梦里的事告诉卢公。卢公依照他说的，到土地祠招魂回来，掀开女儿的被子，抚摸她的身体，一面呼唤，一面祷告。不久，听见她喉咙里咯咯作响，忽然红唇微张，吐出一块像冰一样的痰。众人把她扶到床上，她渐渐又能呻吟了。卢公大喜，恭敬地请客人到外面，摆下酒席招待。详细询问张于旦家的官职和门第，知道他家显贵，更加高兴，便选了吉日，让两人成婚。住了半个月，张于旦带着妻子回家，卢公送他们到家，过了半年才离开。夫妇过起日子，俨然是一对年轻夫妻。不知情的人，常常把张于旦的儿子和儿媳误当成他妻子的公公婆婆。过了一年多，卢公去世了。他的儿子年纪很小，被豪强陷害，家产几乎丧失殆尽。张于旦把他接来抚养，他便在这里安了家。
Counting on his fingers, he found the appointed time had come, and he set out north of the river with servants and horses. He made inquiries, and there was indeed a Lu of the Board of Revenue. Some years before, Lu had had a daughter who could talk at birth and grew up ever cleverer and lovelier; her parents doted on her above all. Great families sent betrothal gifts, but the girl would have none of them. Puzzled, her parents asked why, and she told them all about the promise from her former life. They worked out the years and laughed aloud. “Silly girl! By now this Zhang is fifty. Things change in this world; his bones have likely rotted away. Even if he is still alive, he will be bald and gap-toothed.” The girl would not listen. Seeing that she would not be moved, her mother plotted with Lu: they told the gatekeeper to admit no visitors, so that the date would pass and her hopes would die. Before long Zhang arrived, and the gatekeeper turned him away. He went back to his inn, wretched, with no idea what to do. He wandered about the outskirts of the town, lingering and making quiet inquiries. The girl thought Zhang had broken his word, and wept and would not eat. Her mother said, “If he hasn’t come, he must be dead. And even if he isn’t, the fault of breaking the pledge is not yours.” The girl said nothing, but lay in bed all day. Lu was worried, and he also wanted to see for himself what sort of man Zhang was. So he went out as if for a stroll, and met Zhang in the countryside. He looked at him and saw a young man, which surprised him. They sat down on the grass and talked a little; Zhang was dashing and free in his manner. Lu was pleased and invited him to his house. Zhang was about to ask his questions when Lu abruptly rose, asked his guest to sit alone a moment, and hurried in to tell his daughter. The girl was overjoyed and forced herself up. She peeped at him and, seeing he did not look as he should, went back in tears, blaming her father for deceiving her. Lu insisted it was the man. The girl said nothing, only wept and would not stop. Lu came out downcast and paid his guest no attention at all. Zhang asked, “Is there anyone in your honoured family who serves in the Board of Revenue?” Lu answered vaguely, his head turned away, as if his guest were nothing to him. Zhang felt the slight, took his leave and went. The girl cried for several days and died. That night Zhang dreamed she came to him. “Was it really you who called on us? Your age and looks were so different that we met face to face and still missed each other. I have died of grief and anger. Go quickly to the shrine of the Earth God and call back my soul, and I can live. If you are late it will be too late.” As soon as he woke he hurried to the Lus’ gate to ask. A daughter had indeed died two days before. Zhang wailed bitterly and went in to mourn her in her room. Then he told Lu of his dream. Lu did as he said: he called back her soul and came home. He drew back her quilt, stroked her body, and called to her in prayer. In a moment they heard a gurgling in her throat; then her cherry lips parted and a lump of phlegm like ice fell out. They lifted her onto a bed, and slowly she began to moan. Lu was delighted. He ushered his guest out to the hall and set out wine for a feast. When he asked closely about Zhang’s rank and family and learned that his was a great house, he was gladder still. A lucky day was chosen and the marriage performed. After half a month Zhang took his bride home. Lu went with them and stayed half a year before he left. As husband and wife they were just like a young couple. People who did not know them often took his son and daughter-in-law for the couple’s parents. Lu died the next year. His son was very young, and was ruined by the local bullies until the family property was nearly all gone. Zhang took the boy in and raised him, and he made his home with them.