Trương Ba's Soul, Butcher's Body (Hồn Trương Ba, da hàng thịt) is a Vietnamese folk tale about a gentle gardener who dies, but because of the carelessness of the gods he is reborn in the body of an oafish butcher.
On the anniversary of his death, Trương Ba's wife was very sad and lit incense for him.
However, Trương Ba died a long time ago and his body had already rotten so it was unable for his soul to return.
So Đế Thích took the butcher's body so that Trương Ba's soul could enter it.
He privately questioned Trương Ba's wife if she had done anything special while her husband was still alive.