且說靜修和尚打開對聯一看，見寫的筆法雄健，字體遒媚，不由的連聲贊道：「好書法，好書法！」又往儒者臉上一望，見他雖然窮苦，頗含秀氣，而且氣度不凡，不由的慈悲心一動，便叫儒者將字放下，吩咐小和尚帶到後面，梳洗淨面，款待齋飯。儒者聽了，深深一揖，隨著和尚後面去了。
且说静修和尚打开对联一看，见写的笔法雄健，字体遒媚，不由的连声赞道：「好书法，好书法！」又往儒者脸上一望，见他虽然穷苦，颇含秀气，而且气度不凡，不由的慈悲心一动，便叫儒者将字放下，吩咐小和尚带到后面，梳洗净面，款待斋饭。儒者听了，深深一揖，随着和尚后面去了。
Now, the monk Jingxiu opened the couplets and looked them over. The brushwork was strong and vigorous, the characters full of grace, and he could not help exclaiming again and again, “Fine calligraphy, fine calligraphy!” Then he looked into the scholar’s face. Poor and hard-pressed as the man was, there was a good deal of refinement about him, and his bearing was out of the common, so that the monk’s compassion was stirred. He told the scholar to put his writing down and ordered a young monk to take him to the back, where he could wash his face and comb his hair, and to give him a meatless meal. The scholar heard this, made a deep bow, and followed the monk out.
北俠道：「我見此人，頗頗有些正氣，決非假冒斯文。」靜修道：「正是。老僧方才看他骨格清奇，更非久居人下之客。」說罷，復又下棋。
北侠道：「我见此人，颇颇有些正气，决非假冒斯文。」静修道：「正是。老僧方才看他骨格清奇，更非久居人下之客。」说罢，复又下棋。
“From what I see of this man,” said the Northern Hero, “he has a good deal of uprightness in him. He’s certainly no impostor got up as a scholar.” “Just so,” said Jingxiu. “Just now this old monk saw that his bones are of a rare and pure cast. Still less is he a man to stay long beneath others.” With that they went back to their game.
剛然終局，只見進來一人，年約四旬以外。和尚卻認得是秦家莊員外秦昌，連忙讓坐，道：「施主何來？這等高興。」秦員外道：「無事不敢擅造寶剎，只因我這幾日心神有些不安，特來懇求吾師測一個字。」
刚然终局，只见进来一人，年约四旬以外。和尚却认得是秦家庄员外秦昌，连忙让坐，道：「施主何来？这等高兴。」秦员外道：「无事不敢擅造宝刹，只因我这几日心神有些不安，特来恳求吾师测一个字。」
They had only just finished the game when a man of something over forty came in. The monk knew him: it was Qin Chang, the squire of Qin Family Village. He hastily offered him a seat. “What brings you here, patron? What has put you in such good spirits?” “I wouldn’t presume to trouble your noble temple without a reason,” said Squire Qin. “It’s only that these last few days my mind has been rather uneasy, and I’ve come especially to beg you, Reverend, to read a character for me.”