Ma Liang

  • The Restoration of the Southern Palace [Ming]

    This article tells the Southern Palace Restoration: deposed Emperor Yingzong was restored to the throne in a 1457 coup. His allies framed and executed national hero Yu Qian on false treason charges. The coup leaders later turned on each other and were destroyed. Yingzong regretted Yu’s death, but the Ming Dynasty’s golden age was…

  • Ma Liang and His Magic Brush

    Once upon a time, there was a poor boy named Ma Liang who was naturally clever and loved drawing from a young age. Due to his family’s poverty, he couldn’t afford a brush; instead, he drew with tree branches on hillsides, grass roots dipped in river water by the banks, and pieces of charcoal…