Because the nine-tailed fox is essentially a carnivorous beast, people can also be "eaten" by the nine-tailed fox.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas says: There is a beast in Qingqiu Mountain. It looks like a fox with nine tails, and its voice is like a baby. It can eat people, and those who eat it are not poisonous. (Beishan Sutra) The general idea: There is a beast in Qingqiu Mountain, shaped like a fox, with nine tails, and its cry is like a baby crying. This beast can eat humans. But the meat of this kind of nine-tailed fox can avoid the poison that is popular in the south.
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas" records Qingqiu and the nine-tailed fox. The nine-tailed fox is referred to as "nine-tailed", also known as "nine-tailed bird". It first appeared in the pre-Qin Dynasty and was passed down to the Han Dynasty as an auspicious beast, symbolizing the rise of kings. It was mentioned in many ancient books. Some scholars believe that the images of "Qingqiu Kingdom" and "Nine-tailed Fox" in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" come from the "Osu" in "Oriental Green Dragon" because "there are nine stars at the tail"; when Yu was controlling floods, he met "the daughter of Tushan" " and the legend of "Nine-tailed White Fox" is a tortuous inheritance between Yu's "water control" and "Jiwei".