He was told that if he slept on this pillow he would dream of his future.  In Lu’s dream, the holes at either end of the pillow enlarged until he was able to enter.  There he saw what would happen if he continued in his attempt to enter civil service.  Lu was so shaken that he forthwith went into the mountains, where he met the immortal Han Chung Li.  He finally achieved immortality with Han’s help.

Chang lived happily for a while, but then he began to notice that more and more of his vegetables were missing. So he sat watch over his field at night. He saw an enormous rabbit enter his garden and eat his vegetables.  He chased the rabbit up into the hills and finally into a cave.  There, Chang Kuo found himself in a living room complete with furniture.  A voice greeted him:  “Welcome to my house, Chang Kuo.”

It was the huge rabbit talking! The rabbit explained that all he had done was for the express purpose of convincing Chang Kuo to live with him.  But Chang Kuo was hardly in the mood to come live with a huge rabbit, a thief on top of everything.  After many hours of talking, Chang Kuo finally accepted the offer.  The rabbit immediately became shrouded in a white mist, and, when the mist cleared, Chang Kuo found himself facing a ferocious-looking black wolf.  Frightened, Chang Kuo froze on the spot, but the wolf smiled and spoke softly to him.  Chang Kuo saw that the wolf was the same friend the rabbit had been.

For many months the two hunted together in the forest.  They brought back all sorts of game.  Eventually, however, Chang Kuo’s sister-in-law heard what a mighty hunter Chang Kuo had become and about the strange black wolf that was seen with him.  She convinced her husband that they should kill the wolf with poisoned buns, but the wolf overheard their plans.  During the night he returned the poisoned food to their house.  In the morning, Chang Nan found all his pigs dead.