Is there an ancient Chinese legend of ghosts and monsters similar to Japan's "One Hundred Ghosts of the Night" system?

There are a lot of interesting ghosts and monsters in ancient China, which have been preserved throughout the long history and have become the talk of the town after dinner. For example, the ancient Classic of Mountains and Seas, Yijian Zhi, Liaozhai Zhiyi, and so on. These books are very valuable to read, the stories and legends in them are unbelievable, absurd, but so interesting to attract people to read on.

While there are many legends and stories about ghosts and monsters, China does not have a system of ghosts and monsters like Japan's Night of the 100 Ghosts. China's ghost culture is profound and has a long history that no other country can match, and Japan's 100 Ghosts of the Night is also taken from our ghost legends, which are not as deep and refuted as ours.

Ordinary people do not know what is the ghosts and goblins, people are most familiar with the fox fairy, snake fairy, ghost fairy these words. In fact, there is a very fine categorization, each category is very different, and people imagine that it is not the same.

Summarizing the legends of these ghosts and monsters, the general understanding can be summarized into something, there are six paths on earth, everything is in the six paths of reincarnation, all the ghosts and monsters are also in the six paths of reincarnation.

Legends say that people die as ghosts, and if they ascend to heaven, they are called gods, and only those who don't ascend to heaven and live on earth or in hell are called ghosts, and ghosts are divided into many categories, with hundreds of species. Nie Xiaoqian in Liaozhai Zhiyi is the most famous ghost in China.

Legends also believe that everything has a spirit, whether it is an animal, a plant, or even a stone, etc. through the sun and the moon to absorb the spirit of heaven and earth can get Tao, after the Tao is a demon . We are most familiar with the fox fairy, snake fairy is belong to the animal through the cultivation into a demon. We are most familiar with the legendary snake spirit Bai Suzhen and the fox fairy Xin XIV Niang, legend has it that they are sentimental and righteous, and never harmed the good demon, and finally they all achieved immortality.

There are also many strange monsters in the legend, such as sheep with four horns, fire-breathing dragons, and colorful phoenixes capable of soaring, which we have never seen before, but all of them have godly power, and all of them are also very intelligent.

In these legends, ghosts, monsters and goblins are subject to the Jade Emperor's control, and if any of them do not listen to the control, they will be punished. There are also ancient legends of ghosts and goblins, when the Jade Emperor had not yet appeared, which are even more glamorous and fascinating to read.

Chinese ghost legends are too many and too profound, I really hope that some learned writers can summarize a system, so that we can learn more.