某生購新第，常患狐。一切服物，多為所毀，且時以塵土置湯餅中。一日，有友過訪，值生出，至暮不歸。生妻備饌供客，已而偕婢啜食餘餌。生素不羈，好蓄媚藥，不知何時狐以藥置粥中，婦食之，覺有腦麝氣。問婢，婢云不知。食訖，覺慾燄上熾，不可暫忍；強自按抑，燥渴愈急。籌思家中無可奔者，惟有客在，遂往叩齋。客問其誰，實告之。問何作，不答。客謝曰：「我與若夫道義交，不敢為此獸行。」婦尚流連。客叱罵曰：「某兄文章品行，被汝喪盡矣！」隔窗唾之。婦大慚，乃退。因自念：我何為若此？忽憶椀中香，得毋媚藥也？檢包中藥，果狼藉滿案，盎琖中皆是也。稔知冷水可解，因就飲之。頃刻心下清醒，愧恥無以自容。展轉既久，更漏已殘。愈恐天曉難以見人，乃解帶自經。婢覺救之，氣已漸絕。辰後，始有微息。客夜間已遁。生晡後方歸，見妻臥，問之，不語，但含清涕。婢以狀告。大驚，苦詰之。妻遣婢去，始以實告。生歎曰：「此我之淫報也，於卿何尤？幸有良友；不然，何以為人！」遂從此痛改往行，狐亦遂絕。
有個書生買了新宅，常被狐狸騷擾。各種衣服、用品，大多被它毀壞，它還常把塵土放進湯餅裡。有一天，一個朋友來訪，恰逢書生出門，到了傍晚也沒回來。書生的妻子準備飯菜招待客人，隨後和婢女一起吃剩下的食物。書生一向放蕩，喜歡收藏媚藥。不知什麼時候，狐狸把藥放進了粥裡。妻子吃時，聞到一股龍腦和麝香的氣味，問婢女，婢女說不知道。吃完後，她覺得慾火越來越旺，一刻也忍受不了；勉強壓抑，燥熱難耐的感覺卻越發急迫。她想來想去，家裡沒有別的男子可以去找，只有那位客人，便走去敲書房的門。客人問是誰，她如實說了。客人問她來做什麼，她不回答。客人拒絕道：「我和你丈夫是講道義的朋友，不敢做這種禽獸的事。」妻子還遲遲不走。客人呵斥道：「某兄憑文章和品行得來的名聲，都被你敗壞盡了！」又隔著窗子向她吐唾沫。妻子十分羞慚，這才退去。她暗自想：我怎麼會做出這種事？忽然想起碗裡的香氣，莫非是媚藥？她去檢視包裡的藥，只見藥散得滿桌都是，盎和盞裡也都有。她知道冷水能解藥性，便趕緊喝了冷水。片刻後，心神清醒，羞愧得無地自容。她輾轉了很久，夜已經快過去了，越發害怕天亮後沒臉見人，便解下衣帶上吊。婢女發覺，趕來救她，她的氣息已漸漸斷絕。過了辰時，才有了微弱的呼吸。客人夜裡已經悄悄離去。書生直到下午才回來，看見妻子躺著，問她怎麼回事，她不說話，只默默流淚。婢女把情況告訴他，他大驚，苦苦追問。妻子讓婢女離開，才把實情說了。書生嘆道：「這是我淫蕩招來的報應，怎麼能怪你？幸好我有這樣一位好朋友，否則，我還怎麼做人！」從此，他徹底改掉了以往的行為，狐狸也再沒來騷擾。
某生购新第，常患狐。一切服物，多为所毁，且时以尘土置汤饼中。一日，有友过访，值生出，至暮不归。生妻备馔供客，已而偕婢啜食余饵。生素不羁，好蓄媚药，不知何时狐以药置粥中，妇食之，觉有脑麝气。问婢，婢云不知。食讫，觉欲燄上炽，不可暂忍；强自按抑，燥渴愈急。筹思家中无可奔者，惟有客在，遂往叩斋。客问其谁，实告之。问何作，不答。客谢曰：「我与若夫道义交，不敢为此兽行。」妇尚流连。客叱骂曰：「某兄文章品行，被汝丧尽矣！」隔窗唾之。妇大惭，乃退。因自念：我何为若此？忽忆椀中香，得毋媚药也？检包中药，果狼藉满案，盎琖中皆是也。稔知冷水可解，因就饮之。顷刻心下清醒，愧耻无以自容。展转既久，更漏已残。愈恐天晓难以见人，乃解带自经。婢觉救之，气已渐绝。辰后，始有微息。客夜间已遁。生晡后方归，见妻卧，问之，不语，但含清涕。婢以状告。大惊，苦诘之。妻遣婢去，始以实告。生叹曰：「此我之淫报也，于卿何尤？幸有良友；不然，何以为人！」遂从此痛改往行，狐亦遂绝。
有个书生买了新宅，常被狐狸骚扰。各种衣服、用品，大多被它毁坏，它还常把尘土放进汤饼里。有一天，一个朋友来访，恰逢书生出门，到了傍晚也没回来。书生的妻子准备饭菜招待客人，随后和婢女一起吃剩下的食物。书生一向放荡，喜欢收藏媚药。不知什么时候，狐狸把药放进了粥里。妻子吃时，闻到一股龙脑和麝香的气味，问婢女，婢女说不知道。吃完后，她觉得欲火越来越旺，一刻也忍受不了；勉强压抑，燥热难耐的感觉却越发急迫。她想来想去，家里没有别的男子可以去找，只有那位客人，便走去敲书房的门。客人问是谁，她如实说了。客人问她来做什么，她不回答。客人拒绝道：“我和你丈夫是讲道义的朋友，不敢做这种禽兽的事。”妻子还迟迟不走。客人呵斥道：“某兄凭文章和品行得来的名声，都被你败坏尽了！”又隔着窗子向她吐唾沫。妻子十分羞惭，这才退去。她暗自想：我怎么会做出这种事？忽然想起碗里的香气，莫非是媚药？她去查看包里的药，只见药散得满桌都是，盎和盏里也都有。她知道冷水能解药性，便赶紧喝了冷水。片刻后，心神清醒，羞愧得无地自容。她辗转了很久，夜已经快过去了，越发害怕天亮后没脸见人，便解下衣带上吊。婢女发觉，赶来救她，她的气息已渐渐断绝。过了辰时，才有了微弱的呼吸。客人夜里已经悄悄离去。书生直到下午才回来，看见妻子躺着，问她怎么回事，她不说话，只默默流泪。婢女把情况告诉他，他大惊，苦苦追问。妻子让婢女离开，才把实情说了。书生叹道：“这是我淫荡招来的报应，怎么能怪你？幸好我有这样一位好朋友，否则，我还怎么做人！”从此，他彻底改掉了以往的行为，狐狸也再没来骚扰。
A certain scholar bought a new house, and was forever plagued by a fox. Clothes and belongings of every kind were ruined by it, and it would often drop dust and dirt into the noodle soup. One day a friend came to call while the scholar was out, and the scholar had still not come home by evening. His wife prepared a meal for the guest, and afterwards she and her maid ate up the leftovers. Now the scholar had always been a loose-living man and liked to keep aphrodisiacs about him. At some point the fox had put some of the drug in the porridge. When the wife ate it she noticed a smell of camphor and musk. She asked the maid, who said she did not know. When she had finished eating, she felt lust blaze up in her, so that she could not bear it a moment longer. She forced herself to hold it down, but the burning thirst only grew more urgent. She thought it over: there was no one in the house she could go to, only the guest. So she went and knocked at the study. The guest asked who it was, and she told him the truth. He asked what she wanted; she did not answer. The guest refused her. “Your husband and I are friends bound by honour,” he said. “I would not dare do such a beastly thing.” Still she lingered. The guest cursed her. “Everything Brother So-and-so has earned by his writing and his conduct, you have thrown away!” And he spat at her through the window. The wife, deeply ashamed, withdrew. She thought to herself: Why am I acting like this? Suddenly she remembered the fragrance in her bowl. Could it have been an aphrodisiac? She looked at the drugs in his bag: sure enough, they were strewn all over the table, and there was some in every jar and cup. She knew well that cold water would undo it, so she drank some. In a moment her mind cleared, and she was so ashamed she did not know where to put herself. She tossed and turned a long while, until the night was almost spent. Afraid now that when day came she could not face anyone, she undid her sash and hanged herself. The maid noticed and saved her, but her breath was almost gone. Only well into the morning did she begin to breathe faintly. The guest had already slipped away in the night. The scholar did not come home until late afternoon. He found his wife lying in bed and asked what was wrong. She said nothing, only wept silently. The maid told him what had happened. Greatly alarmed, he pressed his wife hard. She sent the maid away, and only then told him the truth. The scholar sighed. “This is the retribution for my own lechery. How are you to blame? Luckily I had a good friend; otherwise how could I hold up my head as a man?” From then on he thoroughly mended his ways, and the fox troubled them no more.