聊斋志异
StrangeStoriesfromaChineseStudio
卷一
VolumeⅠ
第10篇荍中怪
Ghostinthebuckwheat
長山安翁者,性喜操農功,秋間荍熟,刈堆隴畔。AnoldmaninChangshan,surnamedAn,lovedfarming.InAutumn,thebuckwheatwasripe.Afterreaping,hepiledthebundlesofbuckwheatattheedgeofthefield.
時近村有盗稼者,因命佃人乘月輦運登場,俟其裝載歸,而自留邏守,遂枕戈露卧。Atthattime,learningthatsomeoneinneighboringvillagesstolethecrops,theoldmanmadehisemployeesloadthecartswiththebuckwheatandshipthembacktothethreshing-floorinthemoonlight.Aftertheyhadgone,hehimselfremainedtowatchout,lyingintheopenwithhisdagger-axeunderhishead.
目稍瞑,忽聞有人,踐荍根咋咋作響。心疑暴客,急舉首,則一大*,高丈餘,赤髮鬡鬚,去身已近。Justhavingdozedforawhile,hesuddenlyfeltsomeone