There's a chapter in the book called "Notations on Tea" that talks about a man who was led to tea trees by a 10 foot tall hairy man.
This is from the Francis Ross Carpenter translation:
And here's anther version from the Jiang Yi and Jiang Xin translation:The Supplement to the Collected Records of the Spirits: During the period from 265-290
of the Chin Dynasty a man named Ch'in Ching was wont to go into the mountains for tea. During one visit there, he encountered a man, covered with hair and over ten feet tall. He led Ching down the mountain, pointed to a tea tree ready for harvesting. Then he departed. But in a twinkling he reappeared, pulled an orange from his bosom and left it for Ching. Terrified, Ching seized his tea, threw it over his shoulders and was away.
Imagine that, lol.. What do you think?Extracted from Sequel to Anecdotes about Spirits and Immortals (Xu Sou Shen Ji): "Under the reign of Emperor Wudi of the Jin Dynasty, a Xuancheng native named Qin Jing often went to the mountains in Wuchang to pluck tea. On one of his trips there, he encountered a savage-like hairy man, up to ten feet in height. Having guided Qin Jing to the foot of a mountain with some thriving tea shrubs, the shaggy giant disappeared. But before long, he reemerged and drew out some oranges from his pocket for Qin Jing. Astounded and frightened, Qin Jing hurried back with some of the tea leaves."
