The Story of Sanmao: Complete Series

Author: Zhang Leping
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Publish Date: 2000-08-15
Features: Remember the thin and lonely child from your childhood, Sanmao, kind and righteous; rereading Sanmao, you still feel both tears and laughter. The square illustrations reveal the cruelty of society, but also the warmth, compassion, and love of human kindness. Today’s children are happy and fortunate, and it is hoped that seeds of compassion and love can be sown in their young hearts, offering them beneficial insights.
Sanmao is a comic character born from the brush of the outstanding Chinese cartoonist Zhang Leping in 1935. A child with a tragic background, struggling with hunger, cold, abuse, and poverty to the point of having only three strands of hair left, Sanmao’s Adventures was serialized in the Dagongbao in 1947. With just a pen and a few sketches, without even a single word or symbol, the author vividly portrayed the miserable life of this wandering child in the old society—how they were enslaved, bullied, humiliated, and trampled. It not only exposed the cruelty, brutality, and ugliness of humanity, along with deception and injustice, but what is even more precious is that it powerfully moved the kindness and compassion of every good-hearted person, nurturing the innocent empathy of countless children!
This book is based on the content published in the Dagongbao in 1947 and includes 6 original sketches that were not included at the time, totaling 126 pages. It is the most complete version ever published. This book is based on the content published in the Dagongbao in 1947 and includes 6 original sketches that were not included at the time, totaling 126 pages. It is a complete version of the collection.