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In the time of the Qin, there were people in the south known as the “Head-Droppers,” whose heads could fly. Among their tribe was a sacrificial rite called “Chongluo,” from which their name was derived. In the time of Wu, General Zhu Huan acquired a maidservant whose head would fly off every night after she lay down to sleep. It would pass in and out through a dog hole or a skylight, using its ears as wings, and return just before dawn. When this had happened repeatedly, those around her grew suspicious. One night they shone a light on her and saw only a headless body, slightly cold, with barely a breath of life remaining. They covered it with a quilt. At dawn her head returned, but the quilt kept it from settling into place. After two or three attempts, it fell to the ground. It groaned and cried out in great distress, while the body struggled for breath as though on the verge of death. They removed the quilt, and the head rose again and joined itself to the neck. Before long, all was calm and normal. Huan thought this a most dreadful marvel and, too frightened to keep her, sent her away. Only later, after making careful inquiries, did he learn that this was her natural condition. At that time, the great generals campaigning in the south also frequently acquired such people. Once, someone covered a body with a bronze platter; the head could not rejoin it, and the person died.