"Postscript to the Soul of the Gods: Zhou Ziwen Losts the Soul" records such a short story.
In the late years of Emperor Yuan of Jin, there was a man named Zhou Ziwen in Qiao County, whose nickname was Ah Shu, who liked hunting and archery. One day, Zhou Ziwen and a few friends went to hunt in the nearby mountains, and their companions were separated while chasing their prey. Zhou Ziwen wandered around the mountains alone.
Suddenly, a man appeared on the ridge in the distance, five or six meters tall, holding a bow and arrow. The bow and arrow were also very huge, and the arrow was more than two feet wide, as white as frost and snow, flashing cold light.
Zhou Ziwen was surprised, but he heard the man shouting suddenly: "Ah Mouse". When Zhou Ziwen heard that he was called his nickname, he instinctively responded. The man took an arrow and shot it without saying a word. Before Ziwen was caught, he felt dizzy and his eyes turned black and fell to the ground, unable to move.
Later, when his companions found Zhou Ziwen, he was already unconscious, but there were no scars on his body. The companions hurriedly took Zhou Ziwen home in a car. Afterwards, I sought medical treatment everywhere, but it was useless. In a few days, Zhou Ziwen died.
This weird guy Zhou Ziwen encountered was quite strange, like a black and white impermanent character, and the bow and arrow he held was probably a magic weapon like a soul-catching card. Zhou Ziwen subconsciously responded to the weird man's call, and was shot out of his soul and died soon after losing his soul.
Off topic: Just saw the beginning of this story, I saw Zhou Ziwen giving the nickname "Ah Shu". I thought it was implied that he was as timid as a mouse, so I was frightened and died of so much. But the most important part of this story is the call of the weirdo, and Zhou Ziwen responded, which led to the weirdo shooting away his soul with an arrow, and Zhou Ziwen received the lunch box. Therefore, the response is the key point and must be taken as a warning.
To this day, in folk legends, this saying is circulating: If a person hears someone calling his name when he walks at night, he must not agree at will. You need to see if this person is a familiar person. If he is a stranger, he cannot respond, otherwise he will be in danger of losing his soul.
Lu Xun's "Baicao Garden and Sanwei Bookstore" mentions that there is a snake spirit with a human face and snake body. He calls the name on the wall in the middle of the night, and the person who promises will be captured and eaten by the snake spirit. What he said is similar. It can be seen that this statement has a wide influence among the people.
There must be a reason for the incomprehension. If you have a mass base, you must have a mystery and you must be careful. So whether you believe it or not, if you walk late at night, you must be cautious!
ps: The accompanying picture comes from Moxi animation "The Legend of the World", a very exciting comic, I recommend everyone to check it out!
