Knowledge Fruit. 1: Selected Traditional Chinese Fairy Tales

Author: Guanbin Comics Yanmei
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: In The Magic Brush, the cowherd Ma Liang loves reading and drawing but has no money to go to school. He is very envious of wealthy children learning from a teacher and secretly listens outside the classroom, only to be driven away. Not discouraged, Ma Liang uses a branch as a brush to write and draw on the ground, fully focused. One night, Ma Liang dreams of a white-bearded immortal who gives him a brush. Upon waking, he finds a real brush beside him. Strangely, this brush can bring anything he draws to life—it is truly a magic brush. Poor farmers lack a plow ox, so Ma Liang draws one. They have no water wheel, so he draws one too. The villagers are deeply grateful to him. The local official learns of this and has Ma Liang arrested, confiscating his magic brush. The official orders the brush to draw a money tree, but it fails. Then he forces Ma Liang to draw a golden mountain on the wall. Ma Liang draws a dazzling golden mountain and surrounds it with an ocean. The official panics, shouting, "How will I get to the golden mountain?" Ma Liang quickly draws a sailboat. The official, along with his family, frantically boards the boat. Ma Liang swiftly wields the magic brush, summoning fierce winds and waves, and the sailboat sinks quickly. This book also includes stories such as The Ginseng Doll, The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and The Treasure Pot.
In The Magic Brush, the cowherd Ma Liang loves reading and drawing but has no money to go to school. He is very envious of wealthy children learning from a teacher and secretly listens outside the classroom, only to be driven away. Not discouraged, Ma Liang uses a branch as a brush to write and draw on the ground, fully focused. One night, Ma Liang dreams of a white-bearded immortal who gives him a brush. Upon waking, he finds a real brush beside him. Strangely, this brush can bring anything he draws to life—it is truly a magic brush. Poor farmers lack a plow ox, so Ma Liang draws one. They have no water wheel, so he draws one too. The villagers are deeply grateful to him. The local official learns of this and has Ma Liang arrested, confiscating his magic brush. The official orders the brush to draw a money tree, but it fails. Then he forces Ma Liang to draw a golden mountain on the wall. Ma Liang draws a dazzling golden mountain and surrounds it with an ocean. The official panics, shouting, "How will I get to the golden mountain?" Ma Liang quickly draws a sailboat. The official, along with his family, frantically boards the boat. Ma Liang swiftly wields the magic brush, summoning fierce winds and waves, and the sailboat sinks quickly. This book also includes stories such as The Ginseng Doll, The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and The Treasure Pot.