懷慶潞王，有昏德。時行民間，窺有好女子，輒奪之。有王生妻，為王所睹，遣輿馬直入其家。女子號泣不伏，強舁而出。王亡去，隱身聶政之墓，冀妻經過，得一遙訣。無何，妻至，望見夫，大哭投地。王惻動心懷，不覺失聲。從人知其王生，執之，將加搒掠。忽墓中一丈夫出，手握白刃，氣象威猛，厲聲曰：「我聶政也！良家子豈容強占！念汝輩不能自由，姑且宥恕。寄語無道王：若不改行，不日將抉其首！」眾大駭，棄車而走；丈夫亦入墓中而沒。夫妻叩墓歸，猶懼王命復臨。過十餘日，竟無消息，心始安。王自是淫威亦少殺云。
懷慶的潞王品德敗壞。他常到民間走動，看見漂亮女子，就把人搶走。有個王生，他的妻子被潞王看見，潞王派車馬直接闖進他家。女子哭喊著不肯屈從，來人便強行把她抬了出去。王生逃走，藏在聶政墓旁，希望妻子經過時，能遠遠地和她訣別。不久，妻子到了，望見丈夫，放聲大哭，撲倒在地。王生心中悲痛，不由得哭出了聲。隨從知道他就是王生，把他抓住，正要拷打。忽然，墓中走出一個男子，手握明晃晃的刀，神情威猛，厲聲說：「我就是聶政！良家女子，豈能容你們強佔！念在你們也不能自己做主，姑且饒恕。回去告訴那個無道的潞王：若不改過，過不了幾天，我就取下他的頭！」眾人嚇得魂飛魄散，丟下車逃走。那男子也走入墓中，消失了。夫妻二人向墓叩拜後回家，仍怕潞王又派人來。過了十多天，始終沒有動靜，心裡才安定下來。據說，潞王從此也稍稍收斂了橫暴的行徑。
怀庆潞王，有昏德。时行民间，窥有好女子，辄夺之。有王生妻，为王所睹，遣舆马直入其家。女子号泣不伏，强舁而出。王亡去，隐身聂政之墓，冀妻经过，得一遥诀。无何，妻至，望见夫，大哭投地。王恻动心怀，不觉失声。从人知其王生，执之，将加搒掠。忽墓中一丈夫出，手握白刃，气象威猛，厉声曰：「我聂政也！良家子岂容强占！念汝辈不能自由，姑且宥恕。寄语无道王：若不改行，不日将抉其首！」众大骇，弃车而走；丈夫亦入墓中而没。夫妻叩墓归，犹惧王命复临。过十余日，竟无消息，心始安。王自是淫威亦少杀云。
怀庆的潞王品德败坏。他常到民间走动，看见漂亮女子，就把人抢走。有个王生，他的妻子被潞王看见，潞王派车马直接闯进他家。女子哭喊着不肯屈从，来人便强行把她抬了出去。王生逃走，藏在聂政墓旁，希望妻子经过时，能远远地和她诀别。不久，妻子到了，望见丈夫，放声大哭，扑倒在地。王生心中悲痛，不由得哭出了声。随从知道他就是王生，把他抓住，正要拷打。忽然，墓中走出一个男子，手握明晃晃的刀，神情威猛，厉声说：“我就是聂政！良家女子，岂能容你们强占！念在你们也不能自己做主，姑且饶恕。回去告诉那个无道的潞王：若不改过，过不了几天，我就取下他的头！”众人吓得魂飞魄散，丢下车逃走。那男子也走入墓中，消失了。夫妻二人向墓叩拜后回家，仍怕潞王又派人来。过了十多天，始终没有动静，心里才安定下来。据说，潞王从此也稍稍收敛了横暴的行径。
The Prince of Lu at Huaiqing was a man of benighted virtue. He often went about among the common people, and whenever he spied a good-looking woman he would seize her. A scholar named Wang had a wife whom the prince happened to see. He sent a carriage and horses straight into their house. The woman wailed and wept and would not submit, and his men carried her out by force. Wang fled and hid himself at the tomb of Nie Zheng, hoping his wife would pass that way so that he could bid her one farewell from afar. Before long his wife came by. She saw her husband in the distance, burst into sobs and threw herself to the ground. Wang was so stricken that he cried out before he knew it. The prince’s men realized he was Wang. They seized him and were about to beat him. Suddenly a man came out of the tomb, a bare blade in his hand, fierce and terrible to behold. “I am Nie Zheng!” he cried harshly. “How dare anyone seize a woman of good family by force! But since your kind are not your own masters, I will spare you this once. Take a message to your lawless prince: if he does not mend his ways, before many days I will pluck off his head!” The men were terrified. They left the carriage and ran, and the man went back into the tomb and vanished. Husband and wife kowtowed at the tomb and went home, still afraid that the prince’s order would come again. Ten days and more went by with no word at all, and only then did they feel safe. From that time on, it is said, the prince’s tyranny abated somewhat.