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Fei Ji, a man of Wu, had long been sojourning in Chu. In those days the roads were plagued by bandits, and his wife often feared for his safety. Once, he and a group of fellow travelers lodged at the foot of Mount Lu and began asking one another how long they had been away from home. Ji said, “I left home several years ago. When I was taking leave of my wife, I asked her for her gold hairpin to take with me. I only wanted to test her heart and see whether she would give it to me. Once she had handed it over, I put it on top of the door lintel. When I set out, I forgot to tell her, so the hairpin must still be there.” That very night, his wife dreamed that Ji said to her, “On my journey I fell among bandits and was killed. I have been dead for two years now. If you do not believe me, when I left I took your hairpin, but did not carry it away. I left it on top of the door lintel. Go and look for it there.” His wife awoke, felt along the lintel for the hairpin, and found it. The household then began the funeral rites. More than a year later, Ji returned home.

Izvirnik

吳人費季,久客於楚,時道多劫,妻常憂之。季與同輩旅宿廬山下,各相問出家幾時。季曰:「吾去家已數年矣。臨來,與妻別,就求金釵以行。欲觀其志當與吾否耳。得釵,乃以著戶楣上。臨發,失與道,此釵故當在戶上也。」爾夕,其妻夢季曰:「吾行遇盜,死,已二年。若不信吾言,吾行時,取汝釵,遂不以行,留在戶楣上,可往取之。」妻覺,揣釵,得之家遂發喪。後一年餘,季乃歸還。

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