長山李公，大司寇之侄也。宅多妖異。嘗見廈有春凳，肉紅色，甚修潤。李以故無此物，近撫按之，隨手而曲，殆如肉耎。駭而卻走。旋回視，則四足移動，漸入壁中。又見壁間倚白梃，潔澤修長。近扶之，膩然而倒，委蛇入壁，移時始沒。
長山的李公是大司寇的侄子，家裡常有妖異的事。有一次，他看見屋裡有一張春凳，肉紅色，很長，表面光滑。他記得原先沒有這件東西，便走近伸手摸按，春凳隨著他的手彎了下去，軟得幾乎像人的皮肉。他嚇得後退逃開，隨即回頭看去，只見春凳的四條腿動了起來，漸漸進了牆裡。又有一次，他看見牆邊靠著一根白木棒，潔淨光亮，細長。他走近伸手扶它，木棒滑膩地倒下，彎彎曲曲地鑽進牆裡，過了好一會兒才完全消失。
长山李公，大司寇之侄也。宅多妖异。尝见厦有春凳，肉红色，甚修润。李以故无此物，近抚按之，随手而曲，殆如肉耎。骇而却走。旋回视，则四足移动，渐入壁中。又见壁间倚白梃，洁泽修长。近扶之，腻然而倒，委蛇入壁，移时始没。
长山的李公是大司寇的侄子，家里常有妖异的事。有一次，他看见屋里有一张春凳，肉红色，很长，表面光滑。他记得原先没有这件东西，便走近伸手摸按，春凳随着他的手弯了下去，软得几乎像人的皮肉。他吓得后退逃开，随即回头看去，只见春凳的四条腿动了起来，渐渐进了墙里。又有一次，他看见墙边靠着一根白木棒，洁净光亮，细长。他走近伸手扶它，木棒滑腻地倒下，弯弯曲曲地钻进墙里，过了好一会儿才完全消失。
Mr. Li of Changshan was the nephew of a Minister of Justice. His house was full of uncanny things. Once he saw a long bench in the hall, flesh-pink in colour, very long and smooth. Li knew there had never been any such thing in the house. He went up and pressed it with his hand. It bent under his touch, soft as flesh. He drew back and fled in fright. When he turned to look, its four legs were moving, and little by little it went into the wall. Another time he saw a white staff leaning against the wall, clean, glossy and long. He went up to steady it. It slid over, slick to the touch, and wriggled like a snake into the wall. Only after a while was it gone.
康熙十七年，王生浚升設帳其家。日暮，燈火初張，生著履臥榻上。忽見小人，長三寸許，自外入，略一盤旋，即復去。少頃，二小人舁一棺入，長四寸許，停置凳上。安厝未已，一女子率厮婢數人來，率細小如前狀。女子衰衣，麻綆束腰際，布裹首；以袖掩口，嚶嚶而哭，聲類巨蠅。生睥睨良久，毛髮森立，如霜被于體。因大呼，遽走，顛床下，搖戰莫能起。館中人聞聲畢集，堂中人物杳然矣。
康熙十七年，王浚升在李公家裡教書。一天傍晚，燈剛點起來，王浚升穿著鞋躺在床上。忽然看見一個約三寸高的小人從外面進來，稍稍轉了一圈，便又出去了。片刻後，兩個小人抬著一口約四寸長的棺材進來，放在凳子上。還沒安放好，一個女子帶著幾個男僕和婢女來了，都和先前的小人一樣細小。女子穿著喪服，腰間綁著麻繩，頭上裹著布，用袖子遮住嘴，嚶嚶地哭，聲音像大蒼蠅嗡嗡叫。王浚升斜眼看了很久，渾身汗毛豎立，像覆了一層霜。於是大叫一聲，急忙逃跑，卻跌到床下，抖得無法起身。學館裡的人聽見聲音，都趕了過來，廳裡的那些小人和棺材已經全無蹤影。
康熙十七年，王生浚升设帐其家。日暮，灯火初张，生着履卧榻上。忽见小人，长三寸许，自外入，略一盘旋，即复去。少顷，二小人舁一棺入，长四寸许，停置凳上。安厝未已，一女子率厮婢数人来，率细小如前状。女子衰衣，麻绠束腰际，布裹首；以袖掩口，嘤嘤而哭，声类巨蝇。生睥睨良久，毛发森立，如霜被于体。因大呼，遽走，颠床下，摇战莫能起。馆中人闻声毕集，堂中人物杳然矣。
康熙十七年，王浚升在李公家里教书。一天傍晚，灯刚点起来，王浚升穿着鞋躺在床上。忽然看见一个约三寸高的小人从外面进来，稍稍转了一圈，便又出去了。片刻后，两个小人抬着一口约四寸长的棺材进来，放在凳子上。还没安放好，一个女子带着几个男仆和婢女来了，都和先前的小人一样细小。女子穿着丧服，腰间绑着麻绳，头上裹着布，用袖子遮住嘴，嘤嘤地哭，声音像大苍蝇嗡嗡叫。王浚升斜眼看了很久，浑身汗毛竖立，像覆了一层霜。于是大叫一声，急忙逃跑，却跌到床下，抖得无法起身。学馆里的人听见声音，都赶了过来，厅里的那些小人和棺材已经全无踪影。
In the seventeenth year of the Kangxi reign, a scholar named Wang Junsheng was teaching school in Li's house. One evening, when the lamps had just been lit, Wang was lying on his couch with his shoes on. Suddenly he saw a tiny man, about three inches tall, come in from outside. It circled once and went straight out again. A moment later two tiny men carried in a coffin about four inches long and set it down on a bench. Before they had finished laying it in place, a woman came in with several menservants and maids, all as small as the others. The woman wore mourning dress, with a hemp cord tied round her waist and a cloth wrapped about her head. She hid her mouth behind her sleeve and wept in a thin whine, like the buzzing of a big fly. Wang watched from the corner of his eye for a long time. His hair stood on end, as if his whole body were covered in frost. Then he gave a great shout and ran, tumbled down under the bed, and lay there shaking, unable to get up. Everyone in the school heard him and came running. The figures in the hall had vanished.