A scholar met a beautiful woman during the lantern festival and took her home. He lived with her for half a year, unaware that she was a ghost. His friend and a Taoist priest discovered the truth and tried to exorcise her with talismans....

Zuo Ci was a mysterious figure who knew the Taoist arts, could make elixirs, and could travel through heaven and earth. Although his deeds were very fantastical, he was not a fictional character from a novel, but even had historical records of his cultivation for many years, and became an immortal after his death....

The article tells a story of a Tang Dynasty official, whose son was afflicted by a demon fox. He invited three different people who claimed to have the ability to cure his son, but they turned out to be foxes themselves. The story is a humorous and satirical depiction of the superstition and deception in the ancient society....