A Ghost adresses his grievances to Judge Bao on a stage.
#Zibuyu 子不語
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漢江冤獄 A Case of Injustice in Hanjiang
A magistrate is brought before an underworld court because of a lawsuit filed by a ghost.
黑雲劫 Black Cloud Fate
The Black Cloud Fate account book determines the lifespans of people and animal in all military campaigns.
城隍神酗酒 City God Drinks to Excess
A mix-up with names has an innocent man arrested and sentenced by a drunken City God. Guandi steps in to rectify the injustice.
獅子大王 The Lion King
A man undergoes a lengthy process of trial before the gods because of the similarity in name he shares with a relative.
神秤 Divine Scale
A tax officer is dragged before an underworld court where his merits and demerits are weighed up on a scale.
火燒鹽船一案 The Case of the Burning Salt Ship
Three men responsible for the renovation of the local City God temple are brought to trial for embezzlement. Their sentences differ greatly.
割竹簽 Engraved Bamboo Stick
The Li people use engraved bamboo slips to regulate sales of land.
不倒翁 Roly-Poly
A group of roly-polies is exposed as trouble-makers at a travel-inn.
木皂隸 The Wooden Guardsman
A group of craftsmen gets terrorized in their dreams.
阿龍 A Long
A man dies from a monster attack during the night and is successfully revived to tell what happened and to drive out the monster.
水鬼帚 Water Ghost Broom
Using the privy at night, a man hears a water ghost nearby. & A young merchant riding a water buffalo is attacked by a water ghost.
殭尸抱韋馱 Stiff Corpse Embraces Wei Tuo
A Bodhisattva saves a man from the attack of a corpse.
胡求為鬼球 Hu Qiu is a Plaything for Ghosts
At night, two tall god-like figures kick a man around like a football.
骷髏吹氣 A Skeleton Blows Qi
A group of friends playing chess find their teacher collapsed on the floor after he took a nap in his room.
縛山魈 Binding the Mandrill
A group of scholars gathers for the Mid-Autumn festival and is surprised by a mandrill.
陝西茶客 The Tea Merchant from Shaanxi
While staying at a travel inn, a tea merchant is attacked by a monster in his sleep.
匾怪 Plaque Monster
A scholar from Hangzhou is bothered by a monster on a plaque in his study room.