法苑珠林 62.49

62.49

漢會稽郢縣東野有一女子。姓吳字望子。年十六。姿容可愛。其鄉里有鼓舞解事者。要之便往。緣塘行。半路忽見一貴人。端正非常人乘船。手力十餘皆整頓。令人問望子。今欲何之。其具以事對。貴人云。我今正往彼。便可入船共去。望子辭不敢。忽然不見。望子既到跪拜神坐。見向船中貴人儼然端坐。即蔣侯像也。問望子來何遲。因擲兩橘與之。數數現形遂降情好。望子心有所欲。輒空中下之。曾思噉鱠。一雙鮮鯉應心而至。望子芳香流聞數里。頗有神驗。一邑共奉事。經歷三年。望子忽生外意。便絕往來（右此一驗出續搜神記）。

In the eastern countryside of Ying County in Kuaiji during the Han, there was a young woman whose surname was Wu and courtesy name Wangzi. She was sixteen years old, and her appearance was lovely. In her village there was someone skilled in drum-dance divination who invited her, so she went. Walking along a dike, halfway there she suddenly saw an extraordinary nobleman riding in a boat, with more than ten attendants, all neat and orderly. He ordered someone to ask Wangzi, 'Where do you wish to go now?' She answered fully with the facts. The nobleman said, 'I am just now heading there myself; you may come aboard the boat and go together.' Wangzi declined, not daring to do so. Suddenly he disappeared. When Wangzi arrived and knelt in reverence before the spirit seat, she saw that the nobleman who had just been in the boat was sitting upright with solemn dignity: it was the statue of Lord Jiang. He asked Wangzi, 'Why have you come so late?' and thereupon threw two oranges to her. He repeatedly manifested his form and eventually bestowed his affections upon her. Whatever Wangzi desired in her heart would immediately descend from midair. Once she longed to eat minced fish, and a pair of fresh carp arrived according to her wish. Wangzi's fragrant scent wafted for several miles, and there were considerable numinous proofs; the entire township served her together. After three years had passed, Wangzi suddenly developed external interests, and their intercourse was immediately severed (this one verification is from the Xu soushen ji).