in another story, the baiji was the daughter of a general deported from the city of wuhan during a war who ran away while her father was in duty. later, the general met a woman who told him how her father was a general. when he realized that she was his daughter, he threw himself into the river out of shame, and his daughter ran after him and also fell into the river. before they were drowned, the daughter was transformed into a dolphin and the general into a porpoise.