Ghost Catching

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Summary

Ghost Catching is a web novel of folkloric supernatural fiction by the Jiangxi online writer Pan Haigen, long serialized on platforms such as Motie, running to roughly two hundred and seventy chapters. The story begins with "picking up money on the Ghost Festival of the fifteenth of the seventh month": on their way home at night, the protagonist Chen Ergou and his neighbors Old Wang and Xiao Liu find at a crossroads the ground strewn with hundred-yuan bills that look like real cash, only to learn afterward that it was spirit money for the dead—an act that draws him into a string of bizarre supernatural events. He then visits a slovenly old Taoist and asks to be taught how to open his heavenly eye, escapes after encounters with a ghost wall and a Wuchang ghost, and goes on to face a haunted house, a upright coffin with a female corpse, yin-corpse sorcery, paper effigies guarding a wake, the Seven Evil Nails, the soul's return on the seventh day, and one strange affair after another, journeying all the while with Zhang Tianshi, Xiao Nan, and others. Through the eyes of a "yin-yang master," the novel strings together folk rumors of haunted-house feng shui, corpse driving and corpse rising, sorcery, and infant spirits; the plot is tightly linked, the language plain, and the street-level flavor thick. The author has consistently held that supernatural stories are only stories, stressing in his writing the distinction between right and wrong, good and evil, and guiding people toward goodness. This entry refers to Pan Haigen's serialized web version of Ghost Catching; no formally published print edition has been found.

Editor's review

在众多灵异网文中，《捉鬼记》是潘海根较早成形、也最能体现其风格的作品之一。他把民间口耳相传的忌讳——冥钱、鬼打墙、守灵、头七、赶尸、蛊术——有条理地编织进一条主线，从“捡了一笔不该捡的钱”这样日常的诱因切入，再一步步推向牛头山竖棺、除尸、阴尸蛊等更大的局面，节奏明快，章末常有钩子。主角陈二狗既非无敌高人，也带着几分市井小民的机灵和怯意，读来亲切；配角如邋遢老道、张天师、萧楠各有分工，热闹而不散。对于喜欢中国本土民俗元素、偏好单元事件串联式结构的读者，这本书是一次很典型的入门体验。需要提醒的是，全书情节围绕鬼怪迷信展开，阅读时宜当作民间传说的文学演绎，不必当真。

Who it's for

A good fit for

喜欢中国本土民俗灵异题材、追求轻松快节奏的读者
对冥钱、鬼打墙、赶尸、蛊术等民间传闻感兴趣的读者
习惯读单元事件串联、按章追更的网络小说读者
想了解潘海根创作脉络，从其早期代表作入门的读者

Not a good fit for

对鬼神、阴森场景和恐怖描写敏感、易受惊吓的读者
期待严密本格推理或严肃文学笔法的读者
偏好一次性读完长篇小说、不适合追更节奏的读者

Reading tips

建议按章节顺序连贯阅读，主线剧情与单元事件互有伏笔，跳读容易混淆。
可把每几章视为一个“单元故事”，读完一节稍作停顿，更易理清人物关系。
对民俗细节感兴趣时，随手记下冥钱、守灵、七煞钉等名词，便于日后查阅对照。
夜深独处时慎读，若对恐怖情节敏感，建议白天阅读并控制单次阅读量。

FAQ

《捉鬼记》有没有正式出版的纸质书？

从目前可查的资料看，《捉鬼记》主要在磨铁等网络文学平台连载，未查到对应的出版社、出版年和 ISBN 信息，因此本条目相关字段留空。市面上的合集电子版多为网络版本的汇编，不宜当作正式出版物引用。

这本书大概多少字、多少章？

各平台显示的版本信息略有差异，章数多在两百七十到两百八十章之间，已完结。由于来源不同、统计口径不一，本条目未填写具体字数，建议以阅读平台页面标注为准。

故事的主人公是谁？

主人公叫陈二狗，因鬼节夜里把冥钱误当成真钱惹上麻烦，从此走上与阴阳鬼事打交道的路。书中还出现老王、小刘、邋遢老道、张天师、萧楠等人物。

听说作者还有别的灵异作品？

潘海根自 2012 年开始网络写作，代表作有《茅山道士之灵异笔记》《扎纸匠》《地师后裔》《民间山野怪谈》《冥海禁地》等，题材多为民俗悬疑与灵异，可对照阅读其风格变化。

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About the author

潘海根 Author

Pan Haigen is an author about whom limited public information is available; details such as his dates of birth and death, place of origin, and educational background have not been clearly recorded. Only one work by him is included in the collection, Folk Tales of Wild Mountains and Countryside, which is classified under folk literature. The book indicates that his writing draws on rumors and strange tales from rural areas and the mountains, displaying a distinct folk narrative flavor. Based on the available material, Pan Haigen's name is mainly associated with this single work, and his writing focuses on the collection and arrangement of folk literature, with attention to oral traditions and curious stories passed down in the countryside. Because his body of work is limited, it is difficult to judge the full scope of his writing, and his professional identity and other publications cannot be confirmed. Readers interested in him and his book may turn to the text of Folk Tales of Wild Mountains and Countryside to learn about the range of material and narrative interests reflected in his recording of folk stories.