張老相公，晉人。適將嫁女，攜眷至江南，躬市奩妝。舟抵金山，張先渡江，囑家人在舟，勿煿膻腥。蓋江中有黿怪，聞香輒出，壞舟吞行人，為害已久。張去，家人忘之，炙肉舟中。忽巨浪覆舟，妻女皆沒。張回棹，悼恨欲死。因登金山，謁寺僧，詢黿之異，將以仇黿。僧聞之，駭言：「吾儕日與習近，懼為禍殃，惟神明奉之，祈勿怒；時斬牲牢，投以半體，則躍吞而去。誰復能相仇哉！」張聞，頓思得計。便招鐵工，起爐山半，冶赤鐵，重百余斤。審知所常伏處，使二三健男子，以大箝舉投之，黿躍出，疾吞而下。少時，波涌如山。頃之浪息，則黿死已浮水上矣。行旅寺僧並快之，建張老相公祠，肖像其中，以為水神，禱之輒應。
張老相公是山西人。女兒將要出嫁，他帶著家眷來到江南，親自購買嫁妝。船到金山時，張老相公先過了江，囑咐家人留在船上，不要烹烤魚肉。原來江裡有個黿怪，一聞到香味就出來，毀壞船隻，吞吃過往的人，作惡已經很久了。張老相公走後，家人忘了他的囑咐，在船上烤肉。忽然，一個巨浪掀翻了船，他的妻子和女兒都沉入水中淹死了。張老相公乘船回來，悲痛憤恨得幾乎不想活了。他便登上金山，去見寺裡的和尚，打聽黿怪的情況，準備找它報仇。和尚聽了，驚恐地說：「我們天天和它住得這樣近，怕它帶來災禍，只能把它當作神明供奉，祈求它不要發怒。有時宰了牲畜，把半個身子扔下去，它就跳出來，吞了便走。誰還能找它報仇呢！」張老相公聽後，立刻想出了辦法。他招來鐵匠，在半山腰架起爐子，把一塊一百多斤重的鐵燒得通紅。打聽清楚黿怪經常潛伏的地方後，他讓兩三個強壯男子，用大鐵鉗抬起鐵塊，扔進水裡。黿怪躍出水面，一下就吞了下去。不一會兒，江面上波濤湧起，像山一樣。又過了一陣，浪平息了，黿怪已經死去，浮在水面上。過往的旅客和寺裡的和尚都拍手稱快，建了一座張老相公祠，在裡面塑了他的像，把他奉為水神，每逢向他祈禱，總能得到應驗。
张老相公，晋人。适将嫁女，携眷至江南，躬市奁妆。舟抵金山，张先渡江，嘱家人在舟，勿煿膻腥。盖江中有鼋怪，闻香辄出，坏舟吞行人，为害已久。张去，家人忘之，炙肉舟中。忽巨浪覆舟，妻女皆没。张回棹，悼恨欲死。因登金山，谒寺僧，询鼋之异，将以仇鼋。僧闻之，骇言：「吾侪日与习近，惧为祸殃，惟神明奉之，祈勿怒；时斩牲牢，投以半体，则跃吞而去。谁复能相仇哉！」张闻，顿思得计。便招铁工，起炉山半，冶赤铁，重百余斤。审知所常伏处，使二三健男子，以大箝举投之，鼋跃出，疾吞而下。少时，波涌如山。顷之浪息，则鼋死已浮水上矣。行旅寺僧并快之，建张老相公祠，肖像其中，以为水神，祷之辄应。
张老相公是山西人。女儿将要出嫁，他带着家眷来到江南，亲自购买嫁妆。船到金山时，张老相公先过了江，嘱咐家人留在船上，不要烹烤鱼肉。原来江里有个鼋怪，一闻到香味就出来，毁坏船只，吞吃过往的人，作恶已经很久了。张老相公走后，家人忘了他的嘱咐，在船上烤肉。忽然，一个巨浪掀翻了船，他的妻子和女儿都沉入水中淹死了。张老相公乘船回来，悲痛愤恨得几乎不想活了。他便登上金山，去见寺里的和尚，打听鼋怪的情况，准备找它报仇。和尚听了，惊恐地说：“我们天天和它住得这样近，怕它带来灾祸，只能把它当作神明供奉，祈求它不要发怒。有时宰了牲畜，把半个身子扔下去，它就跳出来，吞了便走。谁还能找它报仇呢！”张老相公听后，立刻想出了办法。他招来铁匠，在半山腰架起炉子，把一块一百多斤重的铁烧得通红。打听清楚鼋怪经常潜伏的地方后，他让两三个强壮男子，用大铁钳抬起铁块，扔进水里。鼋怪跃出水面，一下就吞了下去。不一会儿，江面上波涛涌起，像山一样。又过了一阵，浪平息了，鼋怪已经死去，浮在水面上。过往的旅客和寺里的和尚都拍手称快，建了一座张老相公祠，在里面塑了他的像，把他奉为水神，每逢向他祈祷，总能得到应验。
Old Master Zhang was a man of Shanxi. His daughter was soon to be married, so he took his family south of the Yangtze to buy her trousseau himself. When the boat reached Mount Jin, Zhang crossed the river first, telling his household to stay on board and not to fry anything rank, meat or fish. For there was a monster turtle in the river that came up whenever it smelled cooking; it wrecked boats and swallowed travellers, and had done so for a long time. Once Zhang was gone, the household forgot, and roasted meat on the boat. Suddenly a huge wave overturned it, and his wife and daughter both drowned. Zhang rowed back, so stricken with grief and rage that he wished to die. He went up Mount Jin to see the monks of the temple and asked them about the turtle, meaning to take revenge on it. The monks were aghast. “We live beside it every day,” they said, “and for fear it will bring disaster on us we can only worship it as a god and pray it will not grow angry. From time to time we slaughter an animal and throw in half the carcass, and it leaps up, swallows it and goes away. Who could ever take revenge on it?” When Zhang heard this, a plan came to him at once. He sent for ironworkers, set up a furnace halfway up the mountain, and heated a lump of iron weighing over a hundred jin until it glowed red. Having found out where the turtle usually lay, he had two or three strong men lift the iron with great tongs and throw it in. The turtle leapt out and gulped it down. Soon the waves rose like mountains. In a moment they subsided, and the turtle was floating dead on the water. Travellers and monks alike rejoiced. They built a shrine to Old Master Zhang with his likeness inside and made him a god of the waters; whoever prays to him is answered.