This is a story in Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio about "Drunken Tao," a unique species in the chrysanthemum family. The Ma family was a scholars family and a family of chrysanthemum lovers. In this story, the lord of the present generation, Ma Zicai, was more fanantical about the plant than those of previous generations. On hearing of a unique species available in JinlingCity, he rushed there and bought two. On his way back he saw a handsome young man on a horse behind a canopied cart. He was surnamed Tao and the girl inside the cart was his sister Huangying. They were moving away from Jinling and looking for a new place to live. At Ma's invitation, the two settled down in the south courtyard of the Ma residence. The girl often picked up the withered plants Ma discarded and would replant them in front of her room. The next day these withered plants would bloom splendidly and fragrantly. Before long, Huanying's flowers became known in the area and many people came to buy them. Before long Ma's wife died of illness and Ma married the flower-loving Huangying. Every day Ma drank and played chess with her brogher beside chrysanthemum flowers. One day ,after getting drunk, the young man tripped and fell. Ma couldn't believe his eyes when the young man fell and turned in a huge, man-sized chrysanthemum plant. He ran to report to his wife, who rushed out and plucked a flower that she kept inside her dress. By dawn, Ma saw the young man again, lying on the ground fast asleep. He realized that the brother and sister were both chrysanthemum spirits. But the second time the brother turned into a plant after getting drunk, the young man failed to change back to human form. His sister reserved a length of root from the plant. Before long, a unique species sprouted, grew up and bloomed with a smell of wine aroma. Later generations caslled this species "Drunken Tao." 《聊齋志異》中的故事。有一種菊花叫“醉陶”，此花名流傳着一個故事。從前，有一家姓馬的，歷代愛菊。到了馬子才這一代，更有過於前輩，一次，子纔在金陵買了兩株菊花佳品。回家路上遇到了一位英俊少年，騎驢緊跟着一車前行。少年自稱姓陶，車內坐的是姐姐黃英。因姐姐住不慣金陵，想移居他地。於是，在子才的邀請下，姐弟倆住進了馬家南院。陶家姐弟經常把子才扔掉的殘謝菊花種到自己住的南院。今日種下，隔日開花，姿色絕美，香氣襲人。從前，前來買花者不斷。不久，馬子才的妻子病死，娶黃英爲妻。陶弟天天和子纔在菊圃下酒。一日，陶弟喝醉，在回屋時，不小心被菊花絆倒，即化爲一株菊花。子才急忙告訴黃英，黃英急出，拔菊放入衣下，待天亮時，見陶弟在地上酣睡。子才這才知道黃英和陶弟都是菊仙。一日，陶弟又醉酒，倒地化菊再未能轉回。黃英說我弟弟沒命了，立即掐一段根，回屋精心護植，不久開花，飄出濃烈的酒香。後來，人們把這種菊花叫“醉陶”。
