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The fox spirit trapped and sealed in a well
A narrative retelling of a fox spirit's deception and its ultimate imprisonment when a family recognizes its true nature and traps it in a sealed well.
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A narrative retelling of a fox spirit's deception and its ultimate imprisonment when a family recognizes its true nature and traps it in a sealed well.
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Browse era →The episode presents a story of a fox spirit that has infiltrated a family by disguising itself as a handsome scholar. After its initial deception is exposed, the spirit attempts to charm its way back into the family's life by returning the next day in human form. However, the family's brothers see through the disguise immediately. They execute a carefully planned trap, inviting the fox spirit to a ritual cleansing bath at a location that appears to be a legitimate bathing platform. In reality, the platform is constructed over an old, deep well covered with fragile lattice sticks designed to collapse under weight. When the fox spirit sits down, the trap activates—the sticks break and the spirit plunges into the darkness below. The family quickly seals the well by filling it with heavy stones and earth, permanently imprisoning the malevolent spirit within.
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