The New Strange Tales from Liaozhai: The Male Fox
During the Northern Song Dynasty old monk Zhishan adopted an abandoned baby with a scar on the baby's belly, "Son of Wang Wen of Dongchang".Zhishan discovered that the baby was half-human and half-fox, and decided to adopt him and teach him to be kind.He named the baby Wang Zi and taught Wang Zi to recite sutras and meditate daily.
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During the Northern Song Dynasty old monk Zhishan adopted an abandoned baby with a scar on the baby's belly, "Son of Wang Wen of Dongchang". Zhishan discovered that the baby was half-human and half-fox, and decided to adopt him and teach him to be kind. He named the baby Wang Zi and taught Wang Zi to recite sutras and meditate daily.
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- Release date
- Apr 14, 2021
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
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- Language
- Mandarin
- Country
- China
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