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《徐坦》

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1 徐坦:
清泰末,有徐坦應進士舉,下第,南遊渚宮,因之峽州,尋訪故舊,旅次富堆山下。有古店。是夜憇琴書訖。忽見一樵夫形貌枯瘠,似有哀慘之容。坦遂詰其由,樵夫濡瞍而答曰:「某比是此山居人,姓李名孤竹。有妻先遘沈疴,歷年不愈。昨因入山採木,經再宿未返,其妻身形忽變,恐人驚悸。謂隣母曰。我之身已變矣,請為報夫知之。』及歸語曰:『我已弗堪也,唯尸在焉,請君託鄰人舁我,置在山口為幸。』如其言,遷至於彼。逡巡,忽聞如大風雨聲。衆人皆懼之。又言曰。至時速廻。慎勿返顧。遂敍訣別之恨。俄見群山中,有大蛇無數,競湊其妻。妻遂下牀。伸而復屈。化為一蟒,與群蛇相接而去。仍於大石上捽其首,迸碎在地。」至今有蛇種李氏在焉。出《玉堂閒話》

URN: ctp:taiping-guangji/459/xutan