YÁNG Xiāng 杨香 = a farming boy (or possibly a farming girl)
YÁNG Fēng 杨丰 = his/her father
A hungry tiger
The mother of YÁNG Xiāng 杨香 of the Jìn 晋 dynasty (period 08) died bearing him, and Yáng Xiāng was raised by his father YÁNG Fēng 杨丰. When he was fourteen, he often followed his father into the fields to reap grain. One time his father was attacked and dragged away by a tiger. Yáng Xiāng yelled for help, but there was no one else around. Although at the time Yáng Xiāng had no weapon at hand, he thought only of his father and not of himself as he leapt quickly forward and grabbed tightly at the tiger’s neck and began pounding on its head.
At length the tiger became distracted by Yáng Xiāng and dropped his grip on the old man’s neck, and indeed finally simply retreated. Thus Yáng Xiāng’s father was not only saved, but was even able to escape serious injury. (Some people say that the tiger ate Yáng Xiāng instead of his father.)
When neighbors learned of this, Yáng Xiāng became famous and his story is told even today. A few modern writers argue, based on the name Xiāng (“fragrant”) that Yáng Xiāng may have been female.