胡田村胡姓者，兄弟採樵，深入幽谷。遇巨蟒，兄在前，為所吞；弟初駭欲奔，見兄被噬，遂奮怒出樵斧，斫蛇首。首傷而吞不已。然頭雖已沒，幸肩際不能下。弟急極無計，乃兩手持兄足，力與蟒爭，竟曳兄出。蟒亦負痛去。視兄，則鼻耳俱化，奄將氣盡。肩負以行，途中凡十餘息，始至家。醫養半年，方愈。至今面目皆瘢痕，鼻耳惟孔存焉。噫！農人中，乃有悌弟如此者哉！或言：「蟒不為害，乃德義所感。」信然！
胡田村有一對姓胡的兄弟，出去砍柴，深入一條幽僻的山谷，遇到一條巨蟒。哥哥走在前面，被巨蟒吞了。弟弟起初嚇得想跑，看見哥哥正在被吞，便憤怒地拿出砍柴的斧子，砍向蛇頭。蛇頭雖然受傷，卻仍不停地往下吞。哥哥的頭已經沒入蛇口，幸好肩膀卡住，吞不下去。弟弟急得沒有辦法，便用雙手抓住哥哥的腳，使盡力氣與巨蟒爭奪，終於把哥哥拖了出來。巨蟒也忍痛逃走了。他檢視哥哥，只見鼻子和耳朵都被消蝕掉了，已經奄奄一息。他把哥哥背在肩上往家走，途中歇了十多次，才到家。經過半年的醫治和調養，哥哥才痊癒。直到如今，他臉上還全是疤痕，鼻子和耳朵只剩下孔洞。唉！農人中竟有這樣敬愛兄長的弟弟！有人說：「巨蟒沒有反過來傷害弟弟，是被他的德行和兄弟情義感動了。」確實如此！
胡田村胡姓者，兄弟采樵，深入幽谷。遇巨蟒，兄在前，为所吞；弟初骇欲奔，见兄被噬，遂奋怒出樵斧，斫蛇首。首伤而吞不已。然头虽已没，幸肩际不能下。弟急极无计，乃两手持兄足，力与蟒争，竟曳兄出。蟒亦负痛去。视兄，则鼻耳俱化，奄将气尽。肩负以行，途中凡十余息，始至家。医养半年，方愈。至今面目皆瘢痕，鼻耳惟孔存焉。噫！农人中，乃有悌弟如此者哉！或言：「蟒不为害，乃德义所感。」信然！
胡田村有一对姓胡的兄弟，出去砍柴，深入一条幽僻的山谷，遇到一条巨蟒。哥哥走在前面，被巨蟒吞了。弟弟起初吓得想跑，看见哥哥正在被吞，便愤怒地拿出砍柴的斧子，砍向蛇头。蛇头虽然受伤，却仍不停地往下吞。哥哥的头已经没入蛇口，幸好肩膀卡住，吞不下去。弟弟急得没有办法，便用双手抓住哥哥的脚，使尽力气与巨蟒争夺，终于把哥哥拖了出来。巨蟒也忍痛逃走了。他查看哥哥，只见鼻子和耳朵都被消蚀掉了，已经奄奄一息。他把哥哥背在肩上往家走，途中歇了十多次，才到家。经过半年的医治和调养，哥哥才痊愈。直到如今，他脸上还全是疤痕，鼻子和耳朵只剩下孔洞。唉！农人中竟有这样敬爱兄长的弟弟！有人说：“巨蟒没有反过来伤害弟弟，是被他的德行和兄弟情义感动了。”确实如此！
In Hutian village there were two brothers named Hu who cut firewood for a living. Once they went deep into a dark valley and came upon a huge python. The elder brother, who was in front, was swallowed. The younger brother was terrified at first and was about to run, but when he saw his brother being devoured he flew into a rage, drew his woodcutter’s axe and hacked at the snake’s head. The head was wounded, but the snake went on swallowing. His brother’s head had already gone in, but by luck his shoulders would not go down. Desperate and at a loss, the younger brother seized his brother’s feet with both hands and pulled against the python with all his strength, and in the end he dragged him out. The python, in pain, went off too. He looked at his brother: his nose and ears had both dissolved away, and he was barely breathing. He carried him home on his back, stopping to rest more than ten times on the way. After half a year of doctoring and nursing, the brother recovered. To this day his face is all scars, and of his nose and ears only the holes remain. Ah! That among farmers there should be a younger brother who did a brother’s duty like this! Some say, “That the python did them no harm was because it was moved by his goodness and loyalty.” It is true!