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Chinese Fox Spirits & Shapeshifters

In Chinese folklore, the fox is the most famous shapeshifter — sometimes a seductress, sometimes a faithful wife, sometimes a Daoist apprentice on the road to immortality. These translated tales collect fox stories across centuries, from the cunning trickster of the Tang to the loyal fox widow of the Qing.

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