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Xu Ani
徐阿尼
Xu Ani
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Ani
阿尼
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Xu Ani
徐阿尼
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Book of Sui, Chapter 79 Volume 79 Biographies 44: Imperial Affines · 8 passages
陀婢徐阿尼言，本從陀母家來，常事貓鬼。
Tuo's maid Xu Ani testified that she had come from his mother's household and had long served the cat-demon.
陀因謂阿尼曰：「可令貓鬼向越公家，使我足錢也。」
Tuo then told Ani, "Send the cat-demon to Duke Yue's house and get me enough money."
阿尼便咒之歸。
Ani chanted the spell to send it off.
十一年，上初從并州還，陀於園中謂阿尼曰：「可令貓鬼向皇后所，使多賜吾物。」
In the eleventh year, soon after the emperor returned from Bingzhou, Tuo told Ani in the garden, "Send the cat-demon to the empress and make her give me more gifts."
阿尼複咒之，遂入宮中。
Ani chanted again, and the demon entered the palace.
楊遠乃于門下外省遣阿尼呼貓鬼。
Yang Yuan then had Ani summon the cat-demon at the Outer Office of the Gate Department.
阿尼於是夜中置香粥一盆，以匙扣而呼之曰：「貓女可來，無住宮中。」
That night Ani set out a bowl of fragrant porridge, tapped it with a spoon, and called, "Cat-girl, come—but do not stay in the palace."
久之，阿尼色正青，若被牽曳者，雲貓鬼已至。
After a long while her face turned blue, as if she were being pulled, and she said the cat-demon had come.