萊州秦生，製藥酒，誤投毒味，未忍傾棄，封而置之。積年餘，夜適思飲，而無所得酒。忽憶所藏，啟封嗅之，芳烈噴溢，腸癢涎流，不可制止。取琖將嘗，妻苦勸諫。生笑曰：「快飲而死，勝於饞渴而死多矣。」一琖既盡，倒瓶再斟。妻覆其瓶，滿屋流溢。生伏地而牛飲之。少時，腹痛口噤，中夜而卒。妻號泣，為備棺木，行入殮矣。次夜，忽有美人入，身長不滿三尺，逕就靈寢，以甌水灌之，豁然頓甦。叩而詰之，曰：「我狐仙也。適丈夫入陳家竊酒醉死，往救而歸，偶過君家，彼憐君子與己同病，故使妾以餘藥活之也。」言訖，不見。
萊州有個秦生，配製藥酒時，誤放了一味有毒的藥，不忍心倒掉，便封好存放起來。過了一年多，有天夜裡，他忽然想喝酒，卻找不到酒喝。忽然想起先前存放的那瓶，便打開封口聞了聞，濃烈的酒香撲鼻而來，饞得他心裡發癢，直流口水，怎麼也忍不住。他拿起酒杯要嘗，妻子苦苦勸阻。秦生笑著說：「痛快喝酒而死，總比饞得渴得要死強多了。」一杯喝完，他又拿起瓶子斟酒。妻子把酒瓶掀翻，酒流了滿屋。秦生趴在地上，像牛一樣大口喝起來。不久，他腹痛，牙關緊閉，半夜便死了。妻子號啕大哭，替他準備了棺木，正要入殮。第二天夜裡，忽然來了一個美人，身高不到三尺，徑直走到停屍的床前，把一碗水灌進他嘴裡，他頓時醒了過來。秦生夫婦向她叩頭，詢問她的來歷。她說：「我是狐仙。剛才我丈夫到陳家偷酒，喝醉後死了，我趕去救活了他。回來時，恰巧經過你家，他憐惜你丈夫和自己有一樣的毛病，就叫我拿剩下的藥來救活他。」說完，她就不見了。
莱州秦生，制药酒，误投毒味，未忍倾弃，封而置之。积年余，夜适思饮，而无所得酒。忽忆所藏，启封嗅之，芳烈喷溢，肠痒涎流，不可制止。取琖将尝，妻苦劝谏。生笑曰：「快饮而死，胜于馋渴而死多矣。」一琖既尽，倒瓶再斟。妻覆其瓶，满屋流溢。生伏地而牛饮之。少时，腹痛口噤，中夜而卒。妻号泣，为备棺木，行入殓矣。次夜，忽有美人入，身长不满三尺，径就灵寝，以瓯水灌之，豁然顿甦。叩而诘之，曰：「我狐仙也。适丈夫入陈家窃酒醉死，往救而归，偶过君家，彼怜君子与己同病，故使妾以余药活之也。」言讫，不见。
莱州有个秦生，配制药酒时，误放了一味有毒的药，不忍心倒掉，便封好存放起来。过了一年多，有天夜里，他忽然想喝酒，却找不到酒喝。忽然想起先前存放的那瓶，便打开封口闻了闻，浓烈的酒香扑鼻而来，馋得他心里发痒，直流口水，怎么也忍不住。他拿起酒杯要尝，妻子苦苦劝阻。秦生笑着说：“痛快喝酒而死，总比馋得渴得要死强多了。”一杯喝完，他又拿起瓶子斟酒。妻子把酒瓶掀翻，酒流了满屋。秦生趴在地上，像牛一样大口喝起来。不久，他腹痛，牙关紧闭，半夜便死了。妻子号啕大哭，替他准备了棺木，正要入殓。第二天夜里，忽然来了一个美人，身高不到三尺，径直走到停尸的床前，把一碗水灌进他嘴里，他顿时醒了过来。秦生夫妇向她叩头，询问她的来历。她说：“我是狐仙。刚才我丈夫到陈家偷酒，喝醉后死了，我赶去救活了他。回来时，恰巧经过你家，他怜惜你丈夫和自己有一样的毛病，就叫我拿剩下的药来救活他。”说完，她就不见了。
A scholar of Laizhou named Qin was making medicinal wine when he put in a poisonous ingredient by mistake. He could not bear to pour it away, so he sealed it up and put it aside. A year or more went by. One night he happened to want a drink, and there was no wine to be had. Suddenly he remembered what he had stored away. He broke the seal and sniffed: a rich, fierce fragrance came gushing out. His belly itched and his mouth watered, and he could not hold himself back. He took a cup and was about to taste it when his wife begged him bitterly not to. Qin laughed. “Better to drink my fill and die than to die of thirst and craving!” He drained one cup and tipped the bottle to pour another. His wife knocked the bottle over, and the wine ran all over the room. Qin got down on the floor and lapped it up like an ox. Soon his belly ached and his jaws locked, and in the middle of the night he died. His wife wailed and wept. She got a coffin ready for him and was about to lay him in it. The next night a beautiful woman suddenly came in, less than three feet tall. She went straight to where the body lay and poured a bowl of water into his mouth, and all at once he came back to life. They kowtowed to her and asked who she was. “I am a fox immortal,” she said. “My husband went into the Chen house just now to steal wine and drank himself to death. I went and saved him, and on our way home we happened to pass your house. He pitied you, sir, for having the same weakness as himself, so he had me revive you with the medicine that was left.” With that she vanished.