The story of ”Wei Sheng” is included in the book of ”Zhuang Zhi”. In this story, a man named Wei Sheng was waiting for his date under the bridge. However, the lady stood him up while the man refused to leave. Eventually a flood ended the man's life as he kept his end of the promise. The unearthly event took place in this story is truly surprising for its readers. And their opinions toward this story are also varied. This story was not washed away by the waves of time; it influenced the contents of many future literatures that developed new stories based on the same concept. Thus the first half of this thesis focuses on the transition of Wei Sheng's story in the course of history and discusses in depth on new developments as well as influences from these stories. The second half of the thesis stresses the symbolisms o this types of stories.