Literature
- Imperial historical documents and confucian canons such as Records of the Grand Historian, Lüshi Chunqiu, Book of Rites], and Classic History
- In Search of the Supernatural: 4th century compilation of stories and hearsay concerning spirits, ghosts, and supernatural phenomena
- Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, by Pu Songling, with many stories of fox spirits
- Zhìguài (誌怪): literary genre that deals with strange (mostly supernatural) events and stories
- Zi Bu Yu: a collection of supernatural stories compiled during the Qing Dynasty
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