According to the diary of Yan Shusen, then Guangxi provincial judge, zombies attacked a village on the night of the Ghost Festival, biting and killing several villagers. Yan ordered the mountains sealed and burned for seven days to suppress the incident, and had a stela erected at the summit to ward off evil.
Account
According to the diary of Yan Shusen, then Guangxi provincial judge, zombies attacked a village on the night of the Ghost Festival, biting and killing several villagers. Yan ordered the mountains sealed and burned for seven days to suppress the incident, and had a stela erected at the summit to ward off evil.
Contested
⚠️ Single source: The event has no physical evidence; Yan Shusen's diary is the sole record. Modern scholars suggest it may have been a rabies outbreak recast as "zombies."
Sources
- Diary of Yan Shusen (private record of a Qing provincial official)