Zhuangzi Tests His Wife (1913)

Philosophereccentric Chuang Tsi comes across a woman fanning the newly built grave of her dead husband because she desires to marry again On returning home Chuang Tsi decides to put his wife to the test he fakes his own death the wife is griefstricken and goes into mourning While funeral arrangement are in progress a handsome young man come to call on Chuang Tsi Later there is talk of marriage between Chuang Tsi wife and the man However the young man falls ill his servant says that taking the human brain is the only medicine to cure him