A man in Linjiang captured a fawn. When it was brought home, the dogs came licking their chops and wagging their tails. The man angrily drove them off. Afterwards, he took the fawn among the dogs, warning them to keep their peace, and making them frolic with it. In time, the dogs learned their…
There were no donkeys in Guizhou until an eccentric took one there by boat; but finding no use for it he set it loose in the hills.
The Zhen bird (a mythical poisonous bird)) met a venomous snake on the road and advanced to peck at it.
There was once a fool who, on coming to the capital for the civil examination, discovered that he had lost his leather bag.
The city of Dingzhou was surrounded by the Tartar army. Sun Yangao, the prefect, was so frightened he no longer appeared at his official quarters, but shut himself in his private house and had the door bolted. Official documents were passed through a tiny window.
One day a learned scholar was buying a donkey on the market. A deed had to be filled out recording the transaction.