江西孟龍潭與朱孝廉客都中，偶涉一蘭若，殿宇禪舍，俱不甚弘敞，惟一老僧掛褡其中。見客入，肅衣出迓，導與隨喜。殿中塑志公像，兩壁畫繪精妙，人物如生。東壁畫散花天女，內一垂髫者，拈花微笑，櫻唇欲動，眼波將流。朱注目久，不覺神搖意奪，恍然凝思；身忽飄飄如駕雲霧，已到壁上。見殿閣重重，非復人世。一老僧說法座上，偏袒繞視者甚眾，朱亦雜立其中。少間似有人暗牽其裾。回顧，則垂髫兒囅然竟去，履即從之，過曲欄，入一小舍，朱次且不敢前。女回首，搖手中花遙遙作招狀，乃趨之。舍內寂無人，遽擁之亦不甚拒，遂與狎好。既而閉戶去，囑勿咳。夜乃復至。如此二日，女伴共覺之，共搜得生，戲謂女曰：「腹內小郎已許大，尚發蓬蓬學處子耶？」共捧簪珥促令上鬟。女含羞不語。一女曰：「妹妹姊姊，吾等勿久住，恐人不歡。」群笑而去。生視女，髻雲高簇，鬟鳳低垂，比垂髫時尤艷絕也。四顧無人，漸入猥褻，蘭麝熏心，樂方未艾。忽聞吉莫靴鏗鏗甚厲，縲鎖鏘然，旋有紛囂騰辨之聲。女驚起，與朱竊窺，則見一金甲使者，黑面如漆，綰鎖挈槌，眾女環繞之。使者曰：「全未？」答言：「已全。」使者曰：「如有藏匿下界人即共出首，勿貽伊戚。」又同聲言：「無。」使者反身鶚顧，似將搜匿。女大懼，面如死灰，張皇謂朱曰：「可急匿榻下。」乃啟壁上小扉，猝遁去。朱伏不敢少息。俄聞靴聲至房內，復出。未幾煩喧漸遠，心稍安；然戶外輒有往來語論者。朱局蹐既久，覺耳際蟬鳴，目中火出，景狀殆不可忍，惟靜聽以待女歸，竟不復憶身之何自來也時孟龍潭在殿中，轉瞬不見朱，疑以問僧。僧笑曰：「往聽說法去矣。」問：「何處？」曰：「不遠。」少時以指彈壁而呼曰：「朱檀越！何久游不歸？」旋見壁間畫有朱像，傾耳佇立，若有聽察。僧又呼曰：「游侶久待矣！」遂飄忽自壁而下，灰心木立，目瞪足軟。孟大駭，從容問之。蓋方伏榻下，聞叩聲如雷，故出房窺聽也。共視拈花人，螺髻翹然，不復垂髫矣。朱驚拜老僧而問其故。僧笑曰：「幻由人生，貧道何能解！」朱氣結而不揚，孟心駭嘆而無主。即起，歷階而出。異史氏曰：「『幻由人生』，此言類有道者。人有淫心，是生褻境；人有褻心，是生怖境。菩薩點化愚蒙，千幻並作，皆人心所自動耳。老婆心切，惜不聞其言下大悟，披發入山也。
About
I've coded this website to meet several self-set design challenges that I'm in the processes of fulfilling.
The first challenge was to have background, gutter text that scales as the browser window is resized. I've finished this, but will need to take a pass on a subtle bug with Webkit based browsers that throws off the margins.
The second challenge was to build a self-hosted photo gallery, which currently exists in a rudimentary form. I have a later goal of something more navigable with UI elements, but for the time being the scrolling place-holder works.
The third challenge was to create a tabbed file navigation with UI elements (this is on the lefthand margin of the 'Writing' page) and display area for my writing, which could properly parse Markdown text formatting (as this is what I prefer to write in).
My next goals are to set-up a pdf viewer for my CV, enhance the 'Photos' page with a file navigation system and a fixed display window (as opposed to the simple scrolling gallery I have now), and turn the, currently vacant, 'Library' page into a space to share my thoughts, impressions, etc. on various pieces of literature.
太原王生早行，遇一女郎，抱襆獨奔，甚艱於步，急走趁之，乃二八姝麗。心相愛樂，問：「何夙夜踽踽獨行？」女曰：「行道之人，不能解愁憂，何勞相問。」生曰：「卿何愁憂？或可效力不辭也。」女黯然曰：「父母貪賂，鬻妾朱門。嫡妒甚，朝詈而夕楚辱之，所弗堪也，將遠遁耳。」問：「何之？」曰：「在亡之人，烏有定所。」生言：「敝廬不遠，即煩枉顧。」女喜從之。生代攜襆物，導與同歸。女顧室無人，問：「君何無家口？」答云：「齋耳。」女曰：「此所良佳。如憐妾而活之，須秘密勿洩。」生諾之。乃與寢合。使匿密室，過數日而人不知也。生微告妻。妻陳，疑為大家媵妾，勸遣之，生不聽。偶適市，遇一道士，顧生而愕。問：「何所遇？」答言：「無之。」道士曰：「君身邪氣縈繞，何言無？」生又力白。道士乃去，曰：「惑哉！」世固有死將臨而不悟者！」生以其言異，頗疑女。轉思明明麗人，何至為妖，意道士借魘禳以獵食者。無何，至齋門，門內杜不得入，心疑所作，乃逾垝坦，則室門已閉。躡足而窗窺之，見一獰鬼，面翠色，齒巉巉如鋸，鋪人皮於榻上，執彩筆而繪之。已而擲筆，舉皮如振衣狀，披於身，遂化為女子。睹此狀，大懼，獸伏而出。急追道士，不知所往。遍跡之，遇於野，長跪求救，請遣除之。道士曰：「此物亦良苦，甫能覓代者，予亦不忍傷其生。」乃以蠅拂授生，令掛寢門。臨別約會於青帝廟。生歸，不敢入齋，乃寢內室，懸拂焉。一更許，聞門外戢戢有聲，自不敢窺，使妻窺之。但見女子來，望拂子不敢進，立而切齒，良久乃去。少時復來，罵曰：「道士嚇我，終不然，寧入口而吐之耶！」取拂碎之，壞寢門而入，徑登生床，裂生腹，掬生心而去。妻號。婢入燭之，生已死，腔血狼藉。陳駭涕不敢聲。