Mo

An Yun's marriage to Mo angered Prince Ha, who ordered her returned and planned to give her to a servant. Mo was the daughter of a landholding man in Yang-ju whom the account described as the prince's slave; An was a distinguished scholar. Prince Ha was furious that someone he regarded as a slave had married into the aristocracy.

Mo escaped over the wall and returned to An. He welcomed her, though he feared the prince's power. Together they swore that they would rather die than be separated. Prince Ha later sent his servants to seize her again. Mo disappeared from view, and she was found dead in a room, hanging by the neck.

Months passed as An grieved. One autumn night, he returned from the Confucian Temple by way of Camel Mountain. Thinking of Mo, he heard footsteps among the pines and saw her approaching. He knew she was dead, but ran to take her hand. She vanished at his touch. An cried and wept, then fell ill. Grief made it difficult for him to swallow even though he continued to eat, and he died soon afterward.