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Jiangshi

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The monster called a 'Chinese Vampire'  has also been translated as a hopping corpse or hopping vampire, among other names. The Mandarin name is romanized as jiangshi, usually.

The Buddhist And the Butcher

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Once upon a time, in a certain place in southern China, a Buddhist priest lived as a hermit in a small cave, practicing austerities in order to purify himself so that he could enter the Western Paradise (Xī Tiān 西天) and become a buddha.

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