Legend of the White Snake
The earliest attempt to fictionalize the story in printed form appears to be "The White Maiden Locked for Eternity in the Leifeng Pagoda" ( 白娘子永鎭雷峰塔 ) in Feng Menglong's "Stories to Caution the World" , which was written during the Ming dynasty . 
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