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Liu was a high-ranking official in ancient China, and he had a peculiar habit - he enjoyed using a planchette to divine the future or seek answers to various questions. During his tenure in Taizhou, he had set up a planchette in the western hall of his official residence, with a pen as the tool for communicating with spirits.
One day, he decided to consult the spirit once again. To his surprise, the pen on the planchette began to write frantically, spelling out the words "Pan Pan" (a girl's name) and then "Two lives of love". Liu was startled, thinking that he was being contacted by the ghost of the famous Song Dynasty courtesan, Ma Panpan. He asked, "What connection do we have in two lifetimes?" The planchette replied, "This matter is recorded in an ancient book." Liu then burned the paper and asked, "Can I meet you?" The planchette answered, "You can meet me tonight."
Indeed, as evening approached, Liu fell seriously ill, with a fixed gaze and a confused state of mind. His wife and concubines were alarmed and gathered around to care for him. After a while, a gust of cold wind blew in, and a beautiful woman entered, dressed in lavish attire with a red silk lantern in hand. She walked directly towards Liu Jieshi. He broke into a cold sweat and regretted his curiosity. The woman said, "Are you afraid of me? It's because our destiny hasn't arrived yet." She spoke and then walked out, and Liu Jieshi's condition improved. From that moment on, whenever Liu thought of the woman, she would appear.
One day, while staying in a temple in Yangzhou, on a rainy autumn day, Liu felt melancholic and thought of the mysterious woman once again. He took out the planchette and paper to summon the spirit. This time, the planchette wrote, "I am a Bodhisattva. I see that you are entangled by evil spirits, so I have come to save you. Do you know the heavenly laws? What God detests the most is humans who, despite being human, engage with spirits and deities. This sin is even greater than lust and anger. You must reform yourself promptly and cease summoning spirits and demons; otherwise, you will harm your own life." Liu finally understood that the woman who had appeared was not the ghost of Ma Panpan but a malevolent spirit. Terrified, he quickly kowtowed and burned both the planchette and the paper. From then on, he was no longer troubled by malevolent spirits.