安幼輿，陝之拔貢生。為人揮霍好義，喜放生。見獵者獲禽，輒不惜重直，買釋之。會舅家喪葬，往助執紼。暮歸，路經華嶽，迷竄山谷中。心大恐。一矢之外，忽見燈火，趨投之。數武中，歘見一叟，傴僂曳杖，斜徑疾行。安停足，方欲致問。叟先詰誰何。安以迷途告；且言燈火處必是山村，將以投止。叟曰：「此非安樂鄉。幸老夫來，可從去，茅廬可以下榻。」安大悅，從行里許，睹小村。叟扣荊扉，一嫗出，啟關曰：「郎子來耶？」叟曰：「諾。」既入，則舍宇湫隘。叟挑燈促坐，便命隨事具食。又謂嫗曰：「此非他，是吾恩主。婆子不能行步，可喚花姑子來釃酒。」俄女郎以饌具入，立叟側，秋波斜盼。安視之，芳容韶齒，殆類天仙。叟顧令煨酒。房西隅有煤爐，女即入房撥火。安問：「此公何人？」答云：「老夫章姓。七十年止有此女。田家少婢僕，以君非他人，遂敢出妻見子，幸勿哂也。」安問：「婿家何里？」答言：「尚未。」安贊其惠麗，稱不容口。叟方謙挹，忽聞女郎驚號。叟奔入，則酒沸火騰。叟乃救止，訶曰：「老大婢，濡猛不知耶！」回首，見爐傍有薥心插紫姑未竟，又訶曰：「髮蓬蓬許，裁如嬰兒！」持向安曰：「貪此生涯，致酒騰沸。蒙君子獎譽，豈不羞死！」安審諦之，眉目袍服，製甚精工。贊曰：
「雖近兒戲，亦見慧心。」斟酌移時，女頻來行酒，嫣然含笑，殊不羞濇。安注目情動。忽聞嫗呼，叟便去。安覷無人，謂女曰：「睹仙容，使我魂失。欲通媒妁，恐其不遂，如何？」女抱壺向火，默若不聞；屢問不對。生漸入室。女起，厲色曰：「狂郎入闥將何為！」生長跽哀之。女奪門欲去。安暴起要遮，狎接臄。女顫聲疾呼，叟匆遽入問。安釋手而出，殊切愧懼。女從容向父曰：「酒復湧沸，非郎君來，壺子融化矣。」安聞女言，心始安妥，益德之。魂魄顛倒，喪所懷來。
於是偽醉離席，女亦遂去。叟設裀褥，闔扉乃出。安不寐；未曙，呼別。至家，即浼交好者造廬求聘，終日而返，竟莫得其居里。安遂命僕馬，尋途自往。至則絕壁巉巖，竟無村落；訪諸近里，則此姓絕少。失望而歸，並忘食寢。由此得昏瞀之疾：強啖湯粥，則唾欲吐；潰亂中，輒呼花姑子。家人不解，但終夜環伺之，氣勢阽危。
安幼輿是陝西的拔貢生。他花錢大方，樂於行義，喜歡放生。看見獵人捕獲了鳥獸，總是不惜花高價買下來放掉。一次，舅舅家辦喪事，他前去幫忙送葬。傍晚回來，路過華嶽時迷了路，誤入山谷，心裡十分害怕。忽然看見一箭遠的地方有燈火，便趕過去。才走了幾步，突然遇見一個老翁，彎著腰拄著柺杖，沿著小路快步走來。安幼輿停下腳步，正想問路，老翁先問他是誰。安幼輿說自己迷了路，又說有燈火的地方一定是山村，想去借宿。老翁說：「那可不是個安穩地方。幸好老夫來了，你可以跟我走，我的茅屋能讓你住一夜。」安幼輿十分高興，跟著走了一里多，便看見一個小村子。老翁敲了敲柴門，一個老婦出來開門，說：「那位公子來了嗎？」老翁說：「來了。」進去一看，房屋低矮狹窄。老翁撥亮燈芯，催他坐下，吩咐家裡有什麼就拿什麼來招待，又對老婦說：「這不是外人，是我的恩人。你走動不便，可以叫花姑子來斟酒。」不一會兒，一個女子端著飯菜進來，站在老翁身旁，斜著眼睛看安幼輿。安幼輿看她容貌美麗，年紀正輕，簡直像天上的仙女。老翁回頭叫她溫酒。裡屋西角有個煤爐，女子便進去撥弄爐火。安幼輿問：「老人家貴姓？」老翁回答：「老夫姓章，活了七十年，只有這一個女兒。莊稼人家沒什麼婢女僕人，因為你不是外人，我才敢讓妻女出來相見，還望不要見笑。」安幼輿問：「令愛的夫家住在哪裡？」老翁說：「還沒有許人家。」安幼輿稱讚她聰慧美麗，讚不絕口。老翁正在謙讓，忽然聽見女子驚叫，連忙跑進去，原來酒已沸騰，火焰躥起。老翁趕緊弄熄火，責罵道：「這麼大的丫頭了，連火是小是大也不知道嗎！」回頭看見爐旁有個用高粱稈芯紮成的紫姑像，還沒做完，又罵道：「頭髮都長得這麼蓬鬆了，還跟小孩子一樣！」他拿給安幼輿看，說：「只顧玩這個，竟讓酒沸騰了。承蒙公子那樣誇獎，難道不羞死！」安幼輿仔細看了看，像的眉眼、袍服都做得十分精巧，便稱讚說：「雖然像是小孩子的遊戲，也能看出她心靈手巧。」兩人喝了一陣，女子頻頻過來斟酒，笑容甜美，一點也不羞怯。安幼輿望著她，不禁動了情。忽然聽見老婦呼喚，老翁便出去了。安幼輿見沒有旁人，對女子說：「見了你這樣美麗的容貌，我連魂都丟了。想請媒人來說親，又怕不能如願，你覺得怎麼樣？」女子抱著酒壺靠近爐火，默不作聲，好像沒有聽見。他問了幾次，她都不回答。安幼輿漸漸走進裡屋。女子站起來，厲聲說：「你這狂妄的人，進我房裡想幹什麼！」安幼輿跪直身子，苦苦哀求。女子要奪門出去，安幼輿猛地跳起來攔住她，強行親她的嘴。女子聲音發顫，急忙呼喊，老翁匆匆進來詢問。安幼輿鬆手出來，又羞愧又害怕。女子卻從容地對父親說：「酒又沸騰了，要不是這位公子進來，酒壺都要燒化了。」安幼輿聽見她這樣說，心才安定下來，更加感激她。他神魂顛倒，原先想做什麼都忘了，於是假裝醉了，離開酒席，女子也就走了。老翁鋪好被褥，關上門出去。安幼輿整夜睡不著，天還沒亮便叫門告辭。到家後，他馬上托一個交好的朋友去章家求親。朋友找了一天回來，竟沒找到他們住的地方。安幼輿便叫僕人備馬，沿著來路親自去找。到了那裡，只見陡峭的石壁和險峻的山岩，根本沒有村落；向附近村子打聽，姓章的也極少。他失望地回來，連吃飯睡覺都忘了，從此得了神志昏沉的病。勉強喝些湯粥，就往外吐，還直想嘔吐；神志混亂時，總是呼喊花姑子。家裡人不明白，只能整夜圍在身邊守著，他的病情已經十分危險。
安幼舆，陕之拔贡生。为人挥霍好义，喜放生。见猎者获禽，辄不惜重直，买释之。会舅家丧葬，往助执绋。暮归，路经华岳，迷窜山谷中。心大恐。一矢之外，忽见灯火，趋投之。数武中，歘见一叟，伛偻曳杖，斜径疾行。安停足，方欲致问。叟先诘谁何。安以迷途告；且言灯火处必是山村，将以投止。叟曰：「此非安乐乡。幸老夫来，可从去，茅庐可以下榻。」安大悦，从行里许，睹小村。叟扣荆扉，一妪出，启关曰：「郎子来耶？」叟曰：「诺。」既入，则舍宇湫隘。叟挑灯促坐，便命随事具食。又谓妪曰：「此非他，是吾恩主。婆子不能行步，可唤花姑子来酾酒。」俄女郎以馔具入，立叟侧，秋波斜盼。安视之，芳容韶齿，殆类天仙。叟顾令煨酒。房西隅有煤炉，女即入房拨火。安问：「此公何人？」答云：「老夫章姓。七十年止有此女。田家少婢仆，以君非他人，遂敢出妻见子，幸勿哂也。」安问：「婿家何里？」答言：「尚未。」安赞其惠丽，称不容口。叟方谦挹，忽闻女郎惊号。叟奔入，则酒沸火腾。叟乃救止，诃曰：「老大婢，濡猛不知耶！」回首，见炉傍有薥心插紫姑未竟，又诃曰：「发蓬蓬许，裁如婴儿！」持向安曰：「贪此生涯，致酒腾沸。蒙君子奖誉，岂不羞死！」安审谛之，眉目袍服，制甚精工。赞曰：
「虽近儿戏，亦见慧心。」斟酌移时，女频来行酒，嫣然含笑，殊不羞濇。安注目情动。忽闻妪呼，叟便去。安觑无人，谓女曰：「睹仙容，使我魂失。欲通媒妁，恐其不遂，如何？」女抱壶向火，默若不闻；屡问不对。生渐入室。女起，厉色曰：「狂郎入闼将何为！」生长跽哀之。女夺门欲去。安暴起要遮，狎接臄。女颤声疾呼，叟匆遽入问。安释手而出，殊切愧惧。女从容向父曰：「酒复涌沸，非郎君来，壶子融化矣。」安闻女言，心始安妥，益德之。魂魄颠倒，丧所怀来。
于是伪醉离席，女亦遂去。叟设裀褥，阖扉乃出。安不寐；未曙，呼别。至家，即浼交好者造庐求聘，终日而返，竟莫得其居里。安遂命仆马，寻途自往。至则绝壁巉岩，竟无村落；访诸近里，则此姓绝少。失望而归，并忘食寝。由此得昏瞀之疾：强啖汤粥，则唾欲吐；溃乱中，辄呼花姑子。家人不解，但终夜环伺之，气势阽危。
安幼舆是陕西的拔贡生。他花钱大方，乐于行义，喜欢放生。看见猎人捕获了鸟兽，总是不惜花高价买下来放掉。一次，舅舅家办丧事，他前去帮忙送葬。傍晚回来，路过华岳时迷了路，误入山谷，心里十分害怕。忽然看见一箭远的地方有灯火，便赶过去。才走了几步，突然遇见一个老翁，弯着腰拄着拐杖，沿着小路快步走来。安幼舆停下脚步，正想问路，老翁先问他是谁。安幼舆说自己迷了路，又说有灯火的地方一定是山村，想去借宿。老翁说：“那可不是个安稳地方。幸好老夫来了，你可以跟我走，我的茅屋能让你住一夜。”安幼舆十分高兴，跟着走了一里多，便看见一个小村子。老翁敲了敲柴门，一个老妇出来开门，说：“那位公子来了吗？”老翁说：“来了。”进去一看，房屋低矮狭窄。老翁拨亮灯芯，催他坐下，吩咐家里有什么就拿什么来招待，又对老妇说：“这不是外人，是我的恩人。你走动不便，可以叫花姑子来斟酒。”不一会儿，一个女子端着饭菜进来，站在老翁身旁，斜着眼睛看安幼舆。安幼舆看她容貌美丽，年纪正轻，简直像天上的仙女。老翁回头叫她温酒。里屋西角有个煤炉，女子便进去拨弄炉火。安幼舆问：“老人家贵姓？”老翁回答：“老夫姓章，活了七十年，只有这一个女儿。庄稼人家没什么婢女仆人，因为你不是外人，我才敢让妻女出来相见，还望不要见笑。”安幼舆问：“令爱的夫家住在哪里？”老翁说：“还没有许人家。”安幼舆称赞她聪慧美丽，赞不绝口。老翁正在谦让，忽然听见女子惊叫，连忙跑进去，原来酒已沸腾，火焰蹿起。老翁赶紧弄熄火，责骂道：“这么大的丫头了，连火是小是大也不知道吗！”回头看见炉旁有个用高粱秆芯扎成的紫姑像，还没做完，又骂道：“头发都长得这么蓬松了，还跟小孩子一样！”他拿给安幼舆看，说：“只顾玩这个，竟让酒沸腾了。承蒙公子那样夸奖，难道不羞死！”安幼舆仔细看了看，像的眉眼、袍服都做得十分精巧，便称赞说：“虽然像是小孩子的游戏，也能看出她心灵手巧。”两人喝了一阵，女子频频过来斟酒，笑容甜美，一点也不羞怯。安幼舆望着她，不禁动了情。忽然听见老妇呼唤，老翁便出去了。安幼舆见没有旁人，对女子说：“见了你这样美丽的容貌，我连魂都丢了。想请媒人来说亲，又怕不能如愿，你觉得怎么样？”女子抱着酒壶靠近炉火，默不作声，好像没有听见。他问了几次，她都不回答。安幼舆渐渐走进里屋。女子站起来，厉声说：“你这狂妄的人，进我房里想干什么！”安幼舆跪直身子，苦苦哀求。女子要夺门出去，安幼舆猛地跳起来拦住她，强行亲她的嘴。女子声音发颤，急忙呼喊，老翁匆匆进来询问。安幼舆松手出来，又羞愧又害怕。女子却从容地对父亲说：“酒又沸腾了，要不是这位公子进来，酒壶都要烧化了。”安幼舆听见她这样说，心才安定下来，更加感激她。他神魂颠倒，原先想做什么都忘了，于是假装醉了，离开酒席，女子也就走了。老翁铺好被褥，关上门出去。安幼舆整夜睡不着，天还没亮便叫门告辞。到家后，他马上托一个交好的朋友去章家求亲。朋友找了一天回来，竟没找到他们住的地方。安幼舆便叫仆人备马，沿着来路亲自去找。到了那里，只见陡峭的石壁和险峻的山岩，根本没有村落；向附近村子打听，姓章的也极少。他失望地回来，连吃饭睡觉都忘了，从此得了神志昏沉的病。勉强喝些汤粥，就往外吐，还直想呕吐；神志混乱时，总是呼喊花姑子。家里人不明白，只能整夜围在身边守着，他的病情已经十分危险。
An Youyu was a senior tribute student of Shaanxi. He was free with his money, loved a righteous cause, and liked to set living creatures free: whenever he saw a hunter with a catch, he would pay any price to buy it and let it go. Once, when there was a funeral in his mother’s family, he went to help pull the ropes of the hearse. Coming home at dusk past Mount Hua, he lost his way and wandered among the valleys, badly frightened. Then, a bowshot off, he saw a light and hurried toward it. He had gone only a few steps when an old man appeared out of nowhere, bent over a stick, going fast along a side path. An stopped and was about to ask the way, but the old man spoke first and demanded who he was. An told him he was lost, and said the light must be a mountain village where he could stay the night. “This is no safe place,” said the old man. “Luckily I came along. Follow me; my thatched hut has a bed for you.” An was delighted. After following him a li or so, he saw a small village. The old man knocked at a wicker gate. An old woman came out and opened it. “Has the young gentleman come?” she asked. “Yes,” said the old man. Inside, the rooms were low and cramped. The old man trimmed the lamp and urged An to sit, and told them to bring whatever food there was. To the old woman he said, “This is no stranger. He is my benefactor. You can’t get about on your feet, old woman; call Hua Guzi to pour the wine.” Soon a girl came in with the dishes and stood by the old man, stealing sidelong glances. An looked at her: young and lovely, like a goddess come down from heaven. The old man turned and told her to warm the wine. There was a coal stove in the west corner of the inner room, and the girl went in to stir the fire. “And who may you be, sir?” An asked. “My surname is Zhang,” the old man answered. “In seventy years I have had only this one daughter. Farm folk have few servants, and since you are no stranger I have made bold to bring out my wife and child. I hope you won’t laugh.” “Where does her husband’s family live?” An asked. “She isn’t promised yet.” An praised her cleverness and beauty without end. The old man was modestly turning the praise aside when they heard the girl cry out in alarm. He ran in: the wine was boiling over and the flames leaping up. He put it out and scolded her: “A great big girl like you, and you can’t tell a slow fire from a fierce one!” Turning, he saw beside the stove a half-finished Zigu doll she had been making out of sorghum pith, and scolded her again: “Hair as thick as that, and still a baby!” He held it out to An. “She was so taken up with this game that she let the wine boil over. And after you praised her so, sir! She should die of shame!” An looked it over closely. The eyebrows, the eyes, the robe were all very finely made. He praised it:
“It is close to child’s play,but it shows a clever mind.”They sat drinking for a while. The girl kept coming in to pour the wine, smiling sweetly, not shy in the least.An gazed at her, and his heart was stirred.Then the old woman called,and the old man went out.Seeing that no one was about,An said to the girl:“The sight of your heavenly facehas robbed me of my soul.I want to send a matchmaker, but I fear it may come to nothing. What do you say?”The girl held the pot to the fireand was silent, as if she had not heard.He asked again and again, but she did not answer.Little by little he came into the inner room.The girl stood upand said sternly:“You madman, coming into my room — what do you mean by it?”An knelt upright and pleaded with her.She made for the door to get away.An leapt up and blocked her way,and forced a kiss on her.The girl cried out in a trembling voice,and the old man hurried in to ask what was wrong.An let go and went out,deeply ashamed and afraid.Calmly the girl said to her father:“The wine boiled over again. If the gentleman hadn’t come, the pot would have melted.”When An heard this his heart was at ease, and he was all the more grateful to her.His soul was turned upside down;he no longer knew what he was about.
So he pretended to be drunk and left the table, and the girl went away too. The old man laid out bedding for him, shut the door and went out. An did not sleep; before dawn he called out his goodbyes and left. As soon as he got home he asked a close friend to go to their house and propose marriage. The friend came back at the end of the day: he had not been able to find the place at all. So An had his servants saddle the horses and went looking himself. When he got there, there were only sheer cliffs and jagged rocks, and no village at all. He asked in the villages nearby; hardly anyone there had that surname. He came home in despair and forgot to eat or sleep. From this he fell into a stupor. When they forced broth or gruel into him, he spat it out and retched. In his delirium he kept calling for Hua Guzi. His family did not understand, but sat around him all night long. His life hung by a thread.
一夜，守者困怠並寐，生矇瞳中，覺有人揣而抁之。略開眸，則花姑子立床下，不覺神氣清醒。熟視女郎，潸潸涕墮。女傾頭笑曰：「癡兒何至此耶？」乃登榻，坐安股上，以兩手為按太陽穴。安覺腦麝奇香，穿鼻沁骨。按數刻，忽覺汗滿天庭，漸達肢體。小語曰：「室中多人，我不便住。三日當復相望。」又於繡祛中出數蒸餅置床頭，悄然遂去。安至中夜，汗已思食，捫餅啗之。不知所苞何料，甘美非常，遂盡三枚。又以衣覆餘餅，懵㥭酣睡，辰分始醒，如釋重負。
一天夜裡，守在身旁的人都疲倦地睡著了。安幼輿昏昏沉沉中，覺得有人摸著他，又搖晃他。他略微睜開眼睛，只見花姑子站在床邊，頓時清醒過來。他凝望著女子，眼淚不斷流下。女子歪著頭笑道：「傻子，怎麼弄到這個地步呢？」她便上了床，坐在安幼輿的大腿上，用雙手替他按摩太陽穴。安幼輿聞到一股像龍腦、麝香般的奇香，直鑽進鼻子，沁入骨頭。按了一陣，他忽然覺得額頭滿是汗，隨後汗漸漸出到四肢。女子低聲說：「屋裡人多，我不方便留在這裡。三天後再來看你。」又從繡花袖子裡取出幾個蒸餅，放在床頭，悄悄走了。到了半夜，安幼輿汗已止住，想吃東西，便摸到蒸餅吃起來。不知道里麵包的是什麼餡，滋味格外香甜，一連吃了三個。他用衣服蓋住剩下的蒸餅，迷迷糊糊地睡熟了，直到辰時才醒來，覺得像卸下了一副重擔。
一夜，守者困怠并寐，生蒙瞳中，觉有人揣而抁之。略开眸，则花姑子立床下，不觉神气清醒。熟视女郎，潸潸涕堕。女倾头笑曰：「痴儿何至此耶？」乃登榻，坐安股上，以两手为按太阳穴。安觉脑麝奇香，穿鼻沁骨。按数刻，忽觉汗满天庭，渐达肢体。小语曰：「室中多人，我不便住。三日当复相望。」又于绣祛中出数蒸饼置床头，悄然遂去。安至中夜，汗已思食，扪饼啗之。不知所苞何料，甘美非常，遂尽三枚。又以衣覆余饼，懵㥭酣睡，辰分始醒，如释重负。
一天夜里，守在身旁的人都疲倦地睡着了。安幼舆昏昏沉沉中，觉得有人摸着他，又摇晃他。他略微睁开眼睛，只见花姑子站在床边，顿时清醒过来。他凝望着女子，眼泪不断流下。女子歪着头笑道：“傻子，怎么弄到这个地步呢？”她便上了床，坐在安幼舆的大腿上，用双手替他按摩太阳穴。安幼舆闻到一股像龙脑、麝香般的奇香，直钻进鼻子，沁入骨头。按了一阵，他忽然觉得额头满是汗，随后汗渐渐出到四肢。女子低声说：“屋里人多，我不方便留在这里。三天后再来看你。”又从绣花袖子里取出几个蒸饼，放在床头，悄悄走了。到了半夜，安幼舆汗已止住，想吃东西，便摸到蒸饼吃起来。不知道里面包的是什么馅，滋味格外香甜，一连吃了三个。他用衣服盖住剩下的蒸饼，迷迷糊糊地睡熟了，直到辰时才醒来，觉得像卸下了一副重担。
One night the watchers, worn out, all fell asleep. In his daze An felt someone feeling him and shaking him. He opened his eyes a little: Hua Guzi was standing by the bed. All at once his mind cleared. He gazed at her, and tears streamed down his face. She tilted her head and laughed. “Silly boy, how did you come to this?” She got up on the bed, sat on his thighs, and pressed his temples with both hands. An smelled a rare fragrance like camphor and musk; it went up his nose and into his bones. After she had pressed for some time, he felt sweat break out all over his forehead and spread slowly down his limbs. “There are too many people in the house,” she whispered. “I can’t stay. In three days I’ll come to see you again.” From her embroidered sleeve she took out a few steamed buns and put them by the bed, then quietly went away. By midnight An had sweated it out and wanted food. He felt for the buns and ate. He could not tell what they were filled with, but they were wonderfully sweet, and he ate three. He covered the rest with his clothes and fell into a deep, drowsy sleep. He did not wake till well into the morning, and he felt as if a heavy load had been lifted from him.