Case file · Folklore / legend
Gan Bao and the maid who returned from the tomb
The Book of Jin says Gan Bao began collecting tales of the supernatural after his father's maid, buried alive in the family tomb, was found alive years later.
350 CE · 30.53, 120.94 · status: legend
The account
His Soushen Ji ('In Search of the Supernatural'), compiled around 350, became the model for Chinese ghost literature.