The community condemned Liu for his shameful behavior, and the fox, expressing disappointment, left. Liu, scorned by his neighbors, had to flee with his family, their destination unknown....

The monk was fine, but from that day on, he became more cautious about earthly matters....

The merchant marveled at the fact that he had unknowingly made friends with a ghostly poet....

Humans possess two types of spiritual essences: the soul and the spirit. The soul is good, while the spirit is evil. The soul is agile, and the spirit is foolish. When he first arrived, a bit of his spiritual essence remained, and the spirit adhered to the soul. When he departed, all matters in his heart were spoken, and the soul dispersed, leaving the spirit stagnant. With the soul, he was still himself; without the soul, he was not. In the world, there are some corpses that can move, or their shadows run about; these are all the spirit causing mischief. Only those with a strong moral compass can control the spirit....