Wenyanbo's Tree Hole Ball - A Traditional Chinese Story Picture Book

Author: Tian Li (Illustrator), Gao Liang, Jia Peng
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: "Wenyanbo's Tree Hole Ball Retrieval" is an ancient Chinese children's storybook that showcases wisdom and intelligence. One day, the children in the story are playing with a ball, but it rolls into a deep hole under a tree. Some try to dig it out with their hands, while others use sticks, but the hole is too deep and winding, and the ball cannot be retrieved. Among them, a boy named Wenyanbo actively thinks of a solution. He asks the other children to bring buckets of water and pour it into the hole. When the water fills the hole, the ball indeed floats up. A child of just a few years old can think of such a clever method (using the principle of buoyancy) to retrieve the ball, which even adults find remarkable. Due to Wenyanbo's love for learning from a young age, his ability to think critically, and his diligence in thinking, he acquired much knowledge. He first passed the imperial examination and later became a prime minister, serving in politics for fifty years and becoming a famous figure in the Song Dynasty of China. Children, you should take inspiration and encouragement from this, motivating yourselves to love learning from a young age, be willing to think, and surely you will achieve great things when you grow up.