The New Strange Tales from Liaozhai: The Male Fox

聊斋新编之男狐

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.