This novel collection has 20 volumes in the first volume, and the sequel 10. The nature of the book, according to the author's order, "those who are not ashamed of solid service, suppress the novel book." There are immortals, buddhas, ghosts, people, animals, plants, food, wine, temples and so on. , and classified and catalogued. Some content belongs to the legend category, while others record exotic things in different places, similar to Jin Zhanghua's natural history. What it describes, or picks up old news, or makes it up, "there are many strange and casual remarks, which are ironic, and the secrets of the heritage are often wrong." Therefore, although the commentator is sick, he cannot but quote. " Many of these titles are quite obscure and bizarre, such as "History of Daohu", "Notes on Buddhist Scriptures and Monuments", "Burying Bodies" and "Strange Orders and Notoriums" and so on.
Its volume 13 "corpse" describes the funeral custom. The sound of "west" refers to burial at night, and here it also refers to graves, corpses, burials and graves.
Paragraph recorded the funeral custom in the Tang Dynasty, saying that after death, the deceased was put into a coffin, and meat rice and rice wine were placed in front of the coffin, and the coffin lid was shaken to knock on the coffin, calling the name of the deceased and saying, "Get up and eat". Do this three times and then stop; Nail the coffin, don't cry when you draw the coffin. If you cry, the paint won't dry. When Mingjing went out through the back door, they tore it up and took it away. Some customs have been passed down to this day.
In the volume "The Corpser", Duan also recorded several strange things.
During the Yuan and Wei Dynasties, Bordet Ji Shang Da Duo tore down the old grave and took bricks, and pulled out a man from the grave. This person calls himself Cui, and his name is Zi Hong. He has been underground for twelve years. He is like a drunk sleeping person, who goes out for a walk occasionally and doesn't see things clearly around him. The excavated Cui Han is afraid of the sun, water, fire and weapons. He often runs on the road and stops to have a rest when he is very tired. There are many shops selling funeral supplies in Fenghuang, Luoyang. Cui Han said to the people there, "Don't make a cypress coffin with Sang Mu as the lining. I saw a ghost soldier underground. A ghost claimed to be a cedar coffin, but the recruiter said that although you were a cedar coffin, the lining belonged to Sang Mu. As a result, I was finally recruited. "
Li Miao, the judge of Ada, has a grange in Gaoling, and the tenants on the grange have been unable to pay off the rent for a long time, which has accumulated for five or six years. Li miao dismissed from office and returned to the farm. He tried to force the rent to be paid, but the warehouse was full and the tenant was still paying. Li miao was surprised and asked what was going on. The tenant replied noisily: "We are guests of Duangong, who lived for two or three years and stole for a long time. Recently, an ancient tomb was dug in Zhuangxi Shili. It is extremely tall, and it takes 200 steps to enter the pine forest to reach the cemetery. There was a monument beside the tomb, which was broken and fell in the grass. The handwriting on the monument has been eroded and illegible. At first, I dug dozens of feet beside the tomb and met a stone gate, which was cast with iron juice and sealed. After several days, I poured the dung soup on it before opening it. As soon as the door opened, many arrows shot out, killing several people. Everyone is scared and wants to go out and stop working. A person looked at it for a while and felt nothing to be afraid of. There must be a mechanism for everyone to move stones and throw them in. Every stone had an arrow shot out, so more than a dozen stones were thrown, and no arrows were shot out, so everyone went in with torches in turn. When the second door was opened, dozens of woodcarvers glared and slashed, causing several injuries. Everyone fought back with sticks, and Woodhead's weapon was knocked out before it passed. The walls of the tomb are painted with images of armed guards. There is a large painted coffin on the south wall, hanging by chains, and there are many treasures and jewels under the coffin. Everyone felt very nervous after reading it and dared not grab it right away. At this time, the wind suddenly blew in the two corners of the coffin, and the sand gushed out and hit the face. After a while, the wind became stronger, and the sand poured out like a pour, and soon it was buried in the knees. Everyone turned and fled in fear. By the time I ran out, the door had been filled with sand. A man fell behind and was buried in the sand, so everyone spilled wine on the ground to apologize and vowed never to rob the tomb again. "
According to Shui Jing, when Gou Jian, the King of Yue, built Langya, he wanted to move the tomb of his father Yun Chang. There was a strong wind in the tomb, flying sand shot people, and people were unreliable, so he stopped moving. According to "Hanshu Jiuyi", in order to build a mausoleum, the stones were put first, the quicksand was installed outside, the inner tomb was unpredictable, and the concealed crossbow firearms were installed. From this perspective, bows and arrows and sand have had this mechanism since ancient times.
Jing Yi, written by Hou Bai, records: "Some people used white thatch to dig graves. When digging, someone roared in the coffin and all the pheasants were crowing. After digging the grave, it caught fire. The fire was soaring and the grave robbers were burned to death. " Is this what the ancient book says about reducing fire? At the beginning of Yongtai, there lived a Mr. Wang in the north of Xiaogan Temple in Yangzhou. I got drunk in summer and hung my arms on the bed to sleep. His wife was afraid that his arm would be blown away by the wind, so she wanted to lift his arm and put it on the bed. Suddenly, a big hand appeared in front of the bed, grabbed Mr. Wang's arm, pulled him out of bed and gradually sank into the ground. His wife and maid failed to pull it back, and the ground swallowed Mr. Rainbow up a crack. At first, a dress was exposed, but soon it was gone. His family worked hard together to dig to a depth of about 20 feet, and dug up the skeleton of a dead body, which looked like a skeleton for hundreds of years, but I didn't know what it was.
Scholar Zheng said that he once went to Hebei as a guest, and there was a village where his wife had just died, but she was still alive. At night, his children suddenly felt the sound of instrumental music approaching. When the music reached the yard, the body was already moving. When the music enters the room, it's like spinning between Liang Dong, and then the body starts dancing. The music went out again, and the body fell, but soon followed the door and left with the music. Their families were surprised and scared. There is no moon on this day, so they dare not pursue it. At one o'clock, Zheng Cun didn't come back. Knowing this, he broke a mulberry branch with a thick arm and scolded loudly and went out to look for it. About five or six miles into the cemetery forest, I heard the music in the cypress forest. Approaching the Woods, I saw the fire shining under the tree and his wife's body dancing. The village raised a dozen wooden sticks, and the body fell, the music stopped, and the village went home with the body on its back.