法苑珠林 32.52

32.52

秦周訪。少時與商人泝江俱行。夕止宮亭廟下。同侶相語。誰能入廟中宿。訪性膽果決。因上廟宿。竟夕宴然。晨起廟中見有白頭老公。訪遂擒之。化為雄鴨。訪捉還船欲烹之。因而飛去。後竟無他（右此一驗出述異記）。

During the Qin dynasty, Zhou Fang in his youth traveled upriver along the Yangzi with merchants. At dusk, they stopped below the Gongting Temple. His companions said to one another, "Who is able to enter the temple and stay the night?" Fang was by nature courageous and resolute, so he went up to the temple and lodged there, spending the entire night in peaceful repose. In the morning, when he arose, he saw an old man with white hair in the temple. Fang thereupon seized him, and he transformed into a drake. Fang caught it and brought it back to the boat, intending to cook it, whereupon it flew away. Afterward, there were no ill consequences. (This one verification is from the Shuyi ji.)