In 1982, Chinese paleoanthropologist Zhou Guoxing discovered a 2,000 year old lantern with an ornament apparently depicting a "hairy man" , which similarly speaks to an ancient tradition surrounding wild men.

Written reports of "wildmen" become more frequent in the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE), though they are quite inconsistent in how visually human these creatures are. Other supposed early descriptions of hairy wildmen include:
*The Yi Zhou Shu and Erya