The New Strange Tales from Liaozhai: The Male Fox

During the Northern Song Dynasty old monk Zhi Shan adopted an abandoned baby with a scar on the baby’s belly, “Son of Wang Wen of Dongchang”. Zhi Shan discovered that the baby was half-human and half-fox, and decided to adopt him and teach him to be kind. He named the baby Wang Zi and taught Wang Zi to recite sutras and meditate daily.
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~~ Adapted from the short story “The Crow's Head” (鸦头) of the novel “Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio"” (聊齋誌異) by Pu Song Ling (蒲松龄).