I'd like to meet:
A new ghost, wasted and haggard
Music:
"Buddha has taken pity on our poverty and sent this ghost to turn the mill for us."
He brought up cartloads of wheat, until by night the ghost had ground dozens of bushels and had to leave exhausted.
Movies:
"You cheated me!" he swore at his friend.
"Try again. Next time you'll get food."
Television:
So he went to the west side of the village to a family of devoted Taoists. There was a mortar by the gate, and the ghost started pounding the pestle as he had in life.
Books:
"Yesterday this ghost helped someone else," said the master of the house. "Today it has come to help me. Let us carry grain to it."
He bade the maids winnow grain, and by evening the ghost was worn out, but not a bite or sup had he received. He went back that night in a passion.
"We are relatives by marriage, not ordinary friends!" he accused the other ghost. "Why should you cheat me? I have slaved for two whole days but not gotten one bowl of food." "You have simply been unlucky," replied his friend.
Heroes:
"It is hard to make any impression on Buddhists and Taoists. If you work wonders in ordinary households, you are bound to be given food."
Then the new ghost went to a house with a bamboo pole at its gate. Going in, he saw women eating by one window. There was a white dog in the courtyard, and the ghost picked this up so that it seemed to be walking on air. When the family saw this they were amazed, and declared that they had never seen such a wonder before. They consulted a fortune-teller.
"You have a hungry visitor," he told them. "All will be well if you kill the dog and sacrifice it in the courtyard with sweetmeats, wine and rice."They did this, and the ghost made a hearty meal. After that he took his friend's advice and went on working wonders.