The old woman gave P'ei Hang the powder and he pounded it in the mortar. When night fell she took it back inside, where the sound of pestling continued. Curious, P'ei Hang peeked through a crack in the door. Inside he saw a jade rabbit working the mortar in a room filled with brilliant light.
老嫗把襟帶間的藥取出，交裴航搗磨，至夜晚，則收回內室，但裴航仍聽得見搗藥之聲；他好奇地隔著門縫，竟窺見玉兔持杵搗藥，而雪光輝室，可鑑毫芒。