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During the Jian’an era of Emperor Xian of Han, Jia Ou of Nanyang, whose courtesy name was Wenhe, fell ill and died. An officer escorted him before the Keeper of Destinies on Mount Tai. The Keeper consulted his register and said to the officer, “It was Wenhe of another commandery who was to be summoned. Why have you brought this man? Send him back at once.” By then dusk was falling, so Wenhe went outside the city walls and settled beneath a tree for the night. He saw a young woman walking alone and asked her, “You seem to be a lady of good family. Why are you traveling on foot? What is your name?” The woman replied, “I come from the Three Rivers region. My father is currently magistrate of Yiyang. Yesterday I was summoned here, but now I have been allowed to return. Night overtook me on the road, and I feared inviting the suspicions of ‘the melon patch and the plum tree.’ Judging by your appearance, you must be a gentleman, so I have stopped here to seek your protection.” Wenhe said, “My heart is drawn to you. I would gladly share your pleasures tonight.” The woman replied, “I have heard my aunts say that a woman’s virtue lies in chastity and constancy, and that purity is her good name.” Wenhe pleaded with her again and again, but her resolve never wavered. At daybreak they went their separate ways. Two nights had passed since Wenhe’s death, and his family, having kept his body awaiting burial, was about to dress it for the coffin. They noticed color in his face and felt beneath his heart, where there was a little warmth. Before long he came back to life. Later, wishing to discover whether his experience had been real, Wenhe went to Yiyang, presented his visiting card, and paid his respects to the magistrate. In the course of their conversation he asked, “Did your daughter perhaps die and then return to life?” He described in detail the young woman’s appearance, the colors of her clothes, and everything they had said to one another, from beginning to end. The magistrate went inside to question his daughter, and her account agreed in every particular. He was greatly astonished, and in the end gave her in marriage to Wenhe.
