孫生，娶故家女辛氏。初入門，為窮袴，多其帶，渾身糾纏甚密，拒男子不與共榻。床頭常設錐簪之器以自衛。孫屢被刺剟，因就別榻眠。月餘，不敢問鼎。即白晝相逢，女未嘗假以言笑。同窗某知之，私謂孫曰：「夫人能飲否？」答云：「少飲。」某戲之曰：「僕有調停之法，善而可行。」問：「何法？」曰：「以迷藥入酒，給使飲焉，則惟君所為矣。」孫笑之，而陰服其策良。詢之醫家，敬以酒煮烏頭，置案上。入夜，孫釃別酒，獨酌數觥而寢。如此三夕，妻終不飲。一夜，孫臥移時，視妻猶寂坐，孫故作齁聲；妻乃下榻，取酒煨爐上。孫竊喜。既而滿飲一盃；又復酌，約盡半杯許，以其餘仍內壺中，拂榻遂寢。久之無聲，而燈惶煌尚未滅也。疑其尚醒，故大呼：「錫檠鎔化矣！」妻不應，再呼仍不應。白身往視，則醉睡如泥。啟衾潛入，層層斷其縛結。妻固覺之，不能動，亦不能言，任其輕薄而去。既醒，惡之，投繯自縊。孫夢中聞喘吼聲，起而奔視，舌已出兩寸許。大驚，斷索，扶榻上，踰時始蘇。孫自此殊厭恨之，夫妻避道而行，相逢則各俯其首。積四五年，不交一語。妻或在室中，與他人嬉笑；見夫至，色則立變，凜如霜雪。孫嘗寄宿齋中，經歲不歸；即強之歸，亦面壁移時，默然就枕而已。父母甚憂之。一日，有老尼至其家，見婦，亟加贊譽。母不言，但有浩歎。尼詰其故，具以情告。尼曰：「此易事耳。」母喜曰：「倘能回婦意，當不靳酬也。」尼窺室無人，耳語曰：「購春宮一幀，三日後，為若厭之。」尼去，母即購以待之。三日，尼果來。囑曰：「此須甚密，勿令夫婦知。」乃翦下圖中人，又鍼三枚、艾一撮，並以素紙包固，外繪數畫如蚓狀，使母賺婦出，竊取其枕，開其縫而投之；已而仍合之，返歸故處。尼乃去。至晚，母強子歸宿。媼往竊聽。二更將殘，聞婦呼孫小字，孫不答。少間，婦復語，孫厭氣作惡聲。質明，母入其室，見夫婦面首相背，知尼之術誣也。呼子於無人處，委諭之。孫聞妻名，便怒，切齒。母怒罵之，不顧而去。越日，尼來，告之罔效。尼大疑。媼因述所聽。尼笑曰：「前言婦憎夫，故偏厭之。今婦意已轉，所未轉者男耳。請作兩制之法，必有驗。」母從之，索子枕如前緘置訖，又呼令歸寢。更餘，猶聞兩榻上皆有轉側聲，時作咳，都若不能寐。久之，聞兩人在一床上唧唧語，但隱約不可辨。將曙，猶聞嬉笑，吃吃不絕。媼以告母。母喜，尼來，厚饋之。孫由是琴瑟和好。生一男兩女，十餘年從無角口之事。同人私問其故。笑曰：「前此顧影生怒，後此聞聲而喜，自亦不解其何心也。」
孫生娶了世家辛氏的女兒。妻子剛進門，便穿上封閉襠部的褲子，添了許多繫帶，把全身纏得嚴嚴實實，拒絕和孫生同床。床頭常放著錐子、簪子之類的東西，用來自衛。孫生多次被她刺傷，只好睡到另一張床上。一個多月，他都不敢再親近妻子。即使白天碰面，妻子也從不給他一句好話、一個笑臉。有個同窗知道了，私下問孫生：「你夫人能喝酒嗎？」孫生回答：「能喝一點。」同窗開玩笑地說：「我有個讓你們和好的辦法，很好，也行得通。」孫生問：「什麼辦法？」同窗說：「把迷藥放進酒裡，讓她喝下去，那就任你擺佈了。」孫生笑了笑，心裡卻覺得這個主意不錯。他向醫家打聽後，便用酒煮了烏頭，放在桌上。到了夜裡，孫生另倒些酒，獨自喝了幾杯，便去睡覺。這樣過了三晚，妻子始終沒有喝那壺酒。一天夜裡，孫生躺了一會兒，看見妻子仍默默坐著，就故意打起鼾來。妻子這才下床，拿酒放在爐上溫熱。孫生暗自高興。隨後，妻子喝了滿滿一杯，又倒了一杯，喝了大約半杯，把剩下的倒回壺中，拂了拂床，便躺下了。過了很久，沒有聲音，燈卻還亮著。孫生疑心她仍醒著，便故意大喊：「錫燈架熔化了！」妻子沒有回答，再喊一遍，還是不答應。他光著身子過去看，只見妻子醉得昏睡不醒。他掀開被子，悄悄鑽進去，一層層割斷她繫著的帶子。妻子其實有所察覺，卻不能動，也不能說話，只能任他侵犯後離去。清醒後，她十分厭惡這件事，套上繩圈自縊。孫生睡夢中聽見喘息嘶吼的聲音，起來奔過去看，她的舌頭已經伸出兩寸左右。他大驚，割斷繩子，把妻子扶到床上，過了很久，她才甦醒。從此，孫生也十分厭惡、怨恨妻子。夫妻走路互相避讓，碰面時各自低頭。過了四五年，兩人沒說過一句話。妻子有時在房裡和別人說笑，一見丈夫來，臉色立刻變了，冷得像霜雪。孫生曾住在書房，整年不回家；即使強迫他回來，他也只是面向牆壁坐一會兒，默默上床睡覺。父母十分憂慮。有一天，一個老尼姑來到他家，看見妻子，連連稱讚。孫生的母親不說話，只深深嘆息。尼姑追問緣故，母親把事情全告訴了她。尼姑說：「這件事容易。」母親高興地說：「如果能讓媳婦回心轉意，我一定不會吝惜報酬。」尼姑看見屋裡沒有別人，便貼著母親的耳朵說：「買一幅春宮圖，三天後，我來替你施法。」尼姑走後，母親馬上買了圖，等她來。三天後，尼姑果然來了，囑咐說：「這件事必須十分保密，別讓夫妻倆知道。」她剪下圖中的人物，另取三枚針、一撮艾草，一起用白紙包牢，又在外面畫了幾道像蚯蚓的筆畫。她讓母親把媳婦騙出去，偷偷拿來媳婦的枕頭，拆開縫線，把紙包放進去，再縫好，放回原處。尼姑便走了。晚上，母親強迫兒子回來過夜，又讓老媽子去偷聽。二更快過去時，老媽子聽見妻子叫孫生的小名，孫生不答應。過了一會兒，妻子又說話，孫生滿懷厭惡，惡聲惡氣地回應。天亮時，母親走進房間，看見夫妻各自把臉轉向相反的方向，便認定尼姑的法術是騙人的。她把兒子叫到沒人的地方，耐心勸說。孫生一聽提起妻子，就發怒，咬牙切齒。母親氣得罵他，他不理會，轉身走了。第二天，尼姑來了，母親告訴她法術沒有效果。尼姑十分疑惑，老媽子便講了自己聽見的事。尼姑笑道：「先前說的是妻子憎恨丈夫，所以我只對她施法。如今妻子的心意已經轉變，還沒轉變的是丈夫。請讓我對兩人都施法，一定有效。」母親聽從了，找來兒子的枕頭，照先前的方法放入紙包，縫好，又叫他回來睡。過了一更多，仍聽見兩張床上都有人翻身，不時咳嗽，像是都睡不著。又過了很久，聽見兩人在一張床上低聲說話，只是聲音隱約，聽不清楚。快到天亮時，還聽見他們嬉笑，笑聲接連不斷。老媽子把這些告訴母親，母親很高興，尼姑再來時，便厚厚地酬謝了她。從此，孫生夫妻感情和睦，生了一個兒子、兩個女兒，十多年從沒吵過嘴。朋友們私下問他是怎麼回事，他笑道：「從前，一看見她的身影就生氣；後來，一聽見她的聲音就高興。我自己也不明白，這到底是什麼心思。」
孙生，娶故家女辛氏。初入门，为穷袴，多其带，浑身纠缠甚密，拒男子不与共榻。床头常设锥簪之器以自卫。孙屡被刺剟，因就别榻眠。月余，不敢问鼎。即白昼相逢，女未尝假以言笑。同窗某知之，私谓孙曰：「夫人能饮否？」答云：「少饮。」某戏之曰：「仆有调停之法，善而可行。」问：「何法？」曰：「以迷药入酒，给使饮焉，则惟君所为矣。」孙笑之，而阴服其策良。询之医家，敬以酒煮乌头，置案上。入夜，孙酾别酒，独酌数觥而寝。如此三夕，妻终不饮。一夜，孙卧移时，视妻犹寂坐，孙故作齁声；妻乃下榻，取酒煨炉上。孙窃喜。既而满饮一杯；又复酌，约尽半杯许，以其余仍内壶中，拂榻遂寝。久之无声，而灯惶煌尚未灭也。疑其尚醒，故大呼：「锡檠镕化矣！」妻不应，再呼仍不应。白身往视，则醉睡如泥。启衾潜入，层层断其缚结。妻固觉之，不能动，亦不能言，任其轻薄而去。既醒，恶之，投缳自缢。孙梦中闻喘吼声，起而奔视，舌已出两寸许。大惊，断索，扶榻上，逾时始苏。孙自此殊厌恨之，夫妻避道而行，相逢则各俯其首。积四五年，不交一语。妻或在室中，与他人嬉笑；见夫至，色则立变，凛如霜雪。孙尝寄宿斋中，经岁不归；即强之归，亦面壁移时，默然就枕而已。父母甚忧之。一日，有老尼至其家，见妇，亟加赞誉。母不言，但有浩叹。尼诘其故，具以情告。尼曰：「此易事耳。」母喜曰：「倘能回妇意，当不靳酬也。」尼窥室无人，耳语曰：「购春宫一帧，三日后，为若厌之。」尼去，母即购以待之。三日，尼果来。嘱曰：「此须甚密，勿令夫妇知。」乃翦下图中人，又针三枚、艾一撮，并以素纸包固，外绘数画如蚓状，使母赚妇出，窃取其枕，开其缝而投之；已而仍合之，返归故处。尼乃去。至晚，母强子归宿。媪往窃听。二更将残，闻妇呼孙小字，孙不答。少间，妇复语，孙厌气作恶声。质明，母入其室，见夫妇面首相背，知尼之术诬也。呼子于无人处，委谕之。孙闻妻名，便怒，切齿。母怒骂之，不顾而去。越日，尼来，告之罔效。尼大疑。媪因述所听。尼笑曰：「前言妇憎夫，故偏厌之。今妇意已转，所未转者男耳。请作两制之法，必有验。」母从之，索子枕如前缄置讫，又呼令归寝。更余，犹闻两榻上皆有转侧声，时作咳，都若不能寐。久之，闻两人在一床上唧唧语，但隐约不可辨。将曙，犹闻嬉笑，吃吃不绝。媪以告母。母喜，尼来，厚馈之。孙由是琴瑟和好。生一男两女，十余年从无角口之事。同人私问其故。笑曰：「前此顾影生怒，后此闻声而喜，自亦不解其何心也。」
孙生娶了世家辛氏的女儿。妻子刚进门，便穿上封闭裆部的裤子，添了许多系带，把全身缠得严严实实，拒绝和孙生同床。床头常放着锥子、簪子之类的东西，用来自卫。孙生多次被她刺伤，只好睡到另一张床上。一个多月，他都不敢再亲近妻子。即使白天碰面，妻子也从不给他一句好话、一个笑脸。有个同窗知道了，私下问孙生：“你夫人能喝酒吗？”孙生回答：“能喝一点。”同窗开玩笑地说：“我有个让你们和好的办法，很好，也行得通。”孙生问：“什么办法？”同窗说：“把迷药放进酒里，让她喝下去，那就任你摆布了。”孙生笑了笑，心里却觉得这个主意不错。他向医家打听后，便用酒煮了乌头，放在桌上。到了夜里，孙生另倒些酒，独自喝了几杯，便去睡觉。这样过了三晚，妻子始终没有喝那壶酒。一天夜里，孙生躺了一会儿，看见妻子仍默默坐着，就故意打起鼾来。妻子这才下床，拿酒放在炉上温热。孙生暗自高兴。随后，妻子喝了满满一杯，又倒了一杯，喝了大约半杯，把剩下的倒回壶中，拂了拂床，便躺下了。过了很久，没有声音，灯却还亮着。孙生疑心她仍醒着，便故意大喊：“锡灯架熔化了！”妻子没有回答，再喊一遍，还是不答应。他光着身子过去看，只见妻子醉得昏睡不醒。他掀开被子，悄悄钻进去，一层层割断她系着的带子。妻子其实有所察觉，却不能动，也不能说话，只能任他侵犯后离去。清醒后，她十分厌恶这件事，套上绳圈自缢。孙生睡梦中听见喘息嘶吼的声音，起来奔过去看，她的舌头已经伸出两寸左右。他大惊，割断绳子，把妻子扶到床上，过了很久，她才苏醒。从此，孙生也十分厌恶、怨恨妻子。夫妻走路互相避让，碰面时各自低头。过了四五年，两人没说过一句话。妻子有时在房里和别人说笑，一见丈夫来，脸色立刻变了，冷得像霜雪。孙生曾住在书房，整年不回家；即使强迫他回来，他也只是面向墙壁坐一会儿，默默上床睡觉。父母十分忧虑。有一天，一个老尼姑来到他家，看见妻子，连连称赞。孙生的母亲不说话，只深深叹息。尼姑追问缘故，母亲把事情全告诉了她。尼姑说：“这件事容易。”母亲高兴地说：“如果能让媳妇回心转意，我一定不会吝惜报酬。”尼姑看见屋里没有别人，便贴着母亲的耳朵说：“买一幅春宫图，三天后，我来替你施法。”尼姑走后，母亲马上买了图，等她来。三天后，尼姑果然来了，嘱咐说：“这件事必须十分保密，别让夫妻俩知道。”她剪下图中的人物，另取三枚针、一撮艾草，一起用白纸包牢，又在外面画了几道像蚯蚓的笔画。她让母亲把媳妇骗出去，偷偷拿来媳妇的枕头，拆开缝线，把纸包放进去，再缝好，放回原处。尼姑便走了。晚上，母亲强迫儿子回来过夜，又让老妈子去偷听。二更快过去时，老妈子听见妻子叫孙生的小名，孙生不答应。过了一会儿，妻子又说话，孙生满怀厌恶，恶声恶气地回应。天亮时，母亲走进房间，看见夫妻各自把脸转向相反的方向，便认定尼姑的法术是骗人的。她把儿子叫到没人的地方，耐心劝说。孙生一听提起妻子，就发怒，咬牙切齿。母亲气得骂他，他不理会，转身走了。第二天，尼姑来了，母亲告诉她法术没有效果。尼姑十分疑惑，老妈子便讲了自己听见的事。尼姑笑道：“先前说的是妻子憎恨丈夫，所以我只对她施法。如今妻子的心意已经转变，还没转变的是丈夫。请让我对两人都施法，一定有效。”母亲听从了，找来儿子的枕头，照先前的方法放入纸包，缝好，又叫他回来睡。过了一更多，仍听见两张床上都有人翻身，不时咳嗽，像是都睡不着。又过了很久，听见两人在一张床上低声说话，只是声音隐约，听不清楚。快到天亮时，还听见他们嬉笑，笑声接连不断。老妈子把这些告诉母亲，母亲很高兴，尼姑再来时，便厚厚地酬谢了她。从此，孙生夫妻感情和睦，生了一个儿子、两个女儿，十多年从没吵过嘴。朋友们私下问他是怎么回事，他笑道：“从前，一看见她的身影就生气；后来，一听见她的声音就高兴。我自己也不明白，这到底是什么心思。”
A scholar named Sun married a girl of the Xin family, an old family of good standing. From the day she came into the house she wore closed trousers with a great many ties, wound tight about her whole body, and refused to share a bed with a man. At the head of her bed she always kept awls and hairpins and the like to defend herself. Sun was stabbed and pricked so often that he took to sleeping on another bed. For more than a month he did not dare so much as ask the weight of the cauldrons. Even when they met by day, she never once spared him a word or a smile. A fellow student of his heard about it and asked him privately, “Does your wife drink?” “A little,” said Sun. The friend said teasingly, “I have a way to make peace between you. It’s a good one, and it will work.” “What way?” “Put a stupefying drug in her wine and trick her into drinking it. Then you can do whatever you like.” Sun laughed at him, but secretly thought the plan a good one. He asked a doctor about it, duly boiled some aconite in wine, and set it on the table. When night came, Sun strained some other wine for himself, drank several cups alone and went to bed. Three nights passed like this, and his wife never drank. One night, after Sun had been lying down a while, he saw that his wife was still sitting there in silence, so he pretended to snore. Then she got down from her bed, took the wine and warmed it over the stove. Sun was secretly glad. She drank a full cup; then she poured again, drank about half a cup, poured the rest back into the pot, swept her bed and lay down. For a long time there was no sound, but the lamp was still burning bright. Suspecting she was still awake, Sun shouted on purpose, “The tin lampstand is melting!” His wife did not answer. He shouted again, and still no answer. He went over naked to look: she was sunk in a drunken sleep, limp as mud. He lifted the quilt, slipped in, and cut through her ties one layer after another. His wife was aware of it all, but she could neither move nor speak, and could only let him take his liberties and go. When she came to, she was filled with loathing, and put her head in a noose to hang herself. In his sleep Sun heard a gasping, rattling sound. He got up and ran to look: her tongue was already hanging out two inches. In horror he cut the rope and lifted her onto the bed, and only after some time did she come round. From then on Sun loathed and resented her bitterly. Husband and wife went out of their way to avoid each other, and when they met, each looked down at the ground. Four or five years went by without a word passing between them. Sometimes his wife would be in a room laughing and joking with others; the moment she saw her husband come in, her face changed, cold as frost and snow. Sun often lodged in his study and did not come home for a year at a time. Even when he was made to come home, he would only sit facing the wall for a while, then go to bed without a word. His parents were very worried. One day an old nun came to the house, saw the young wife and praised her warmly. Sun’s mother said nothing, only sighed deeply. The nun asked her why, and she told her the whole story. “That’s easily done,” said the nun. The mother was delighted. “If you can change her heart, I won’t be stingy with your reward.” The nun looked to make sure no one else was in the room and whispered, “Buy an erotic picture, and in three days I will work a spell for you.” When the nun had gone, the mother bought one at once and waited. Three days later, sure enough, the nun came. “This must be kept very secret,” she warned. “Don’t let husband or wife know.” She cut the figures out of the picture and wrapped them tightly in plain paper with three needles and a pinch of moxa, and on the outside drew a few strokes like earthworms. Then she had the mother lure the wife out, take her pillow on the sly, open its seam and put the packet inside, then sew it up again and put it back where it had been. The nun left. That evening the mother made her son come home to sleep, and the old woman went to listen at the door. Towards the end of the second watch she heard the wife call Sun by his childhood name. Sun did not answer. A little later the wife spoke again, and Sun answered in a surly, disgusted voice. At daybreak the mother went into their room and found husband and wife lying with their heads turned away from each other, and she knew the nun’s art was a fraud. She called her son aside where no one could hear and reasoned with him at length. At the mere mention of his wife Sun flew into a rage and ground his teeth. His mother scolded him angrily, and he walked off without a backward look. The next day the nun came and was told it had done no good. The nun was greatly puzzled, so the old woman told her what she had heard. The nun laughed. “You told me before that the wife hated her husband, so I worked the spell on her alone. Now the wife’s heart has turned; the one who hasn’t turned is the man. Let me work it on both of them. It is sure to take effect.” The mother did as she said: she got hold of her son’s pillow, sealed a packet in it as before and put it back, and again called him home to sleep. After a watch or so, she could still hear both beds creaking as they tossed and turned, and now and then a cough, as though neither of them could sleep. Much later she heard the two of them murmuring together on one bed, but so faintly she could not make it out. Towards dawn she could still hear them laughing and giggling without a pause. The old woman told the mother. The mother was delighted, and when the nun came she rewarded her handsomely. From then on Sun and his wife were as well tuned as zither and lute. She bore him a son and two daughters, and in more than ten years they never once had words. His friends asked him privately how it had come about. Sun laughed. “Before, the mere sight of her shadow made me angry. After, the mere sound of her voice made me glad. I don’t understand what got into me myself.”