Shen Nan said that when he and a group of scholars entered the Capital to take the Imperial Examination, they stayed at the Shunlai Inn near the Huai'an Forest in the south of the city.
At that time, a young Taoist monk who was passing by also stayed in the inn, initially, nobody paid much attention to him.
But soon, the young Taoist monk started inviting the students at the inn for drinks. Most of the guests at the Shunlai Inn drink with him, reciting poetry and composing literature in merry company.
This Taoist monk, albeit young, had an extraordinary capacity for alcohol. The scholars at the inn all got drunk to the point of unconsciousness in front of him, for they were all quite friendly towards him.
One day, he gave some of them a fortune telling, indicating that they were destined to pass the examination. After that, the Taoist disappeared from the Capital.
