Strange Stories From A Chinese Studio.

Summary

A scholar named Guo Sheng, living in an eastern mountain village, experienced an unusual mentorship from a fox that mysteriously intervened in his writing. Initially frustrated by the fox's disruptions to his manuscripts, he discovered that the animal's seemingly random ink splatters actually improved his writing. With guidance from his friend Wang Sheng, Guo learned to interpret these marks, leading to successful literary works and examination rankings. The fox became an unexpected teacher, guiding Guo's creative process through cryptic ink markings until Guo doubted its methods and stopped feeding it, after which the fox disappeared, leaving behind a final mysterious message of ink strokes.

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