Which Ma Liang? Ma Liang, the magic pen, or Ma Liang from the Three Kingdoms?

In the Three Kingdoms: The five Ma Liang brothers are all talented and famous. Ma Liang has white hairs on his eyebrows. He has been an official and served as a general on the left and a servant in the middle. He has a very good relationship with Zhuge Liang, which can be seen from two things: Ma Liang and Zhuge Liang followed Liu Bei to Shu. Ma Liang wrote to Zhuge Liang saying that Luocheng (today's Guanghan City, Sichuan) has been captured, and my brother should display his ambitions. , take advantage of the victory and move forward. Based on this, people speculate that he and Zhuge Liang may be brothers or related. Zhuge Liang was older, so he called Liang his brother. (The relationship between Ma Liang and Zhuge Liang is quoted in "Three Kingdoms - Pei Song's Notes").

Ma Liang was ordered to go to Soochow as an envoy. He asked Zhuge Liang to write a letter of recommendation to Sun Quan. Zhuge Liang asked him to draft it himself and sign it. The last two sentences hope that Sun Quan "will surrender his heart and accept it, so as to comfort the general's life." After Sun Quan saw the letter, he treated him respectfully. In the first year of Zhangwu (AD 221), Liu Bei sent him to Wuling (today's southwestern Hunan Province) to unite with "barbarians" to help Shu conquer Wu. He succeeded and was highly regarded by Liu Bei. Later, in the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei was defeated and Ma Liang was also killed. He was only thirty-six years old. Liu Bei later appointed Ma Liang's son Ma Bing as the Cavalry Commander.

Magic pen Ma Liang:

Once upon a time, there was a child named Ma Liang. His father and mother had died long ago, and he relied on himself to collect firewood and cut grass. He liked to learn painting since he was a child, but he didn't even have a pen!

One day, he walked through the door of a school and saw a teacher in the school holding a pen and drawing. He walked in unconsciously and said to the teacher: "I really want to learn painting. Can you lend me a pen?" The teacher glared at him and said, "Bah!" He spit on his face and cursed: "A poor kid wants to pick up a pen and learn to paint? He's dreaming!" After saying that, he kicked him out of the door. Ma Liang was an ambitious child. He said, "I don't believe it. Why can't poor children even learn painting?"

From then on, he made up his mind to learn painting and practiced hard every day. When he went to the mountain to collect firewood, he would break a branch and learn to trace birds on the sand. When he went to the river to cut grass, he would dip the grass roots in the river water and learn to trace the fish on the shore rocks. In the evening, when I returned home, I took a piece of charcoal and drew again one by one the things I had traced during the day on the wall of the cave dwelling. Without a pen, he still learned to draw.

Year after year passed, Ma Liang never stopped studying painting. The four walls of his cave dwelling were covered with paintings, including mama flowers. Of course, I have made rapid progress. The birds I have started to draw can barely sing, and the fish I have started to draw can barely swim. Once, he drew a little hen at the entrance of the village, and there were eagles circling in the sky above the entrance of the village all day long. Once, he drew a black wolf behind the mountain, which scared the cattle and sheep from grazing behind the mountain. But Ma Liang doesn’t have a pen yet! He thought, how great it would be to have a pen!

One night, Ma Liang was lying in the cave dwelling. Because he had been working and studying painting all day, he was very tired. As soon as he lay down, he fell asleep in a daze.

I don’t know when, a burst of colorful light lit up in the cave, and an old man with a white beard came and gave him a pen: "This is a magic pen, use it well." !" Ma Liang took it and took a look. It was golden and heavy in his hand. He jumped up with joy: "Thank you, grandpa,..." Before Ma Liang could finish his words, the old man with the white beard had disappeared.

The 1956 edition of "Ma Liang, the Magic Pen" by Shanghai Children's Publishing House. Ma Liang woke up when he was startled and rubbed his eyes. It turned out to be a dream! But it’s not a dream! Isn't that pen in my hand very well?

He was very happy, so he ran out, knocked on the door from door to door, woke up his friends, and told them: "I have a pen!" It was only midnight! He drew a bird with a pen. The bird flapped its wings and flew into the sky, shouting and singing to him. He drew a fish with a pen. The fish bent its tail, swam into the water, and danced to him. He was so happy that he said, "How wonderful this magic pen is!" With this magic pen, Ma Liang drew pictures for the poor people in the village every day: if anyone's family didn't have a rake, he would draw a rake for them; If there are farm cattle, he will draw cattle for them; if there is no waterwheel, he will draw a waterwheel for them; if there is no stone mill, he will draw a stone mill for them...

There is no shortage of people in the world. Through the ventilated wall, the news quickly spread to the ears of a wealthy man in a nearby village. The rich man sent two servants to arrest him and force him to paint.

Although Ma Liang is young, he is born with a strong temper. He saw through the bad intentions of the rich, and no matter how much the rich coaxed or frightened him, asking him to draw a gold ingot, he refused to draw it. The rich man locked him in a stable and did not give him food.

In the evening, snow was falling, and a thick layer had accumulated on the ground. The rich man thought that Ma Liang would either starve to death or freeze to death. As he walked past the stable door, he saw a red light coming from the crack in the door and smelled a fragrant smell. He felt strange, so he looked closer and peeked into the crack of the door, ah! Not only did Ma Liang not die, but he also set up a big stove and was eating hot pancakes while the fire was burning! The rich man knew that the stove and pancakes must have been painted by Ma Liang with a magic brush, so he angrily called his servants and asked them to kill Ma Liang and seize the magic brush. More than a dozen fierce servants rushed into the stable, but Ma Liang was not there, only a ladder leaning against the east wall. Ma Liang took advantage of the darkness, climbed up the ladder, climbed over the wall and left.

The rich man hurriedly climbed up the ladder to catch up, but fell down before he could climb three steps. It turns out that this ladder was drawn by Ma Liang with a magic brush.

When Ma Liang left the rich man’s house, he knew that he could no longer live in the village. He waved to his village and said silently:

“Goodbye, friends. La!" Ma Liang drew a big horse with a magic brush, jumped on the horse's back, and ran towards the road. They didn't go far when they heard a commotion behind them. When they looked back, they saw the torches shining brightly. The rich man was riding a fast horse, holding a shining steel knife in his hand, and was catching up with him with ten or twenty servants.

Seeing that he was about to be chased, Ma Liang calmly drew a bow and an arrow with his magic pen. As soon as the arrow was on the string, there was a "swish" sound and hit the rich man's throat. The rich man turned over and fell off his horse. Ma Liang patted the big horse, and the big horse galloped forward like flying.

Ma Liang ran on the road day and night for several days. When he arrived in a town, he saw that he was far away from his hometown, so he settled here. He painted many paintings and sold them to the neighbors. Because he was afraid that others would find out, he would not let the paintings come to life. The things he painted either had missing mouths or had broken legs.

One day, he drew a white crane without eyes. Accidentally, a drop of ink splashed on its face. The white crane opened its eyes, flapped its wings and flew up to the sky.

This caused a sensation in the whole town. The local officials immediately reported the matter to the emperor. The emperor issued an imperial edict and sent someone to summon him to Kyoto. Ma Liang refused to go, so they took him away.

Stills from the movie "The Magic Brush" written by Hong Xuntao. Ma Liang heard many stories about emperors bullying the poor, and he hated it so much that he would not paint for the emperor! The emperor asked him to draw a dragon, but he drew a big gecko; the emperor asked him to draw a phoenix, but he drew a big crow. The big gecko and the big crow were very ugly. They crawled and screamed in the Jinluan Palace, and even got into fights, making the palace a mess. The emperor was furious and ordered his guards to seize his magic pen and throw him into a prison.

The emperor got the magic pen and drew it himself. He first drew a golden mountain. The greedy emperor painted one painting after another, one painting after another, many paintings overlapping one another. After you finish the painting, you will see where the golden mountain is! But it was a pile of big rocks; if there was too much pressure on them, they would collapse, almost injuring the emperor's feet.

The emperor still did not give up. He thought to himself that if he couldn't paint the gold mountain, he would replace it with gold bricks. He drew a piece that was too small, another piece that was too small, and finally a long strip. After you draw it, you can see where the gold bricks are! But it was a long python, opening its mouth as big as a basin of blood, and rushed towards him. Fortunately, the guards rescued him quickly, otherwise, the emperor would have been eaten by the python.

The emperor had no choice but to release Ma Liang, and said some nice things to him hypocritically, saying that he would give him lots of gold and silver, and that he would marry the princess to him and recruit him as a wife. Prince Consort.

Ma Liang wanted to take back the magic pen, so he pretended to agree. The emperor was very happy when he saw Ma Liang agreed, so he returned the magic pen to Ma Liang and asked Ma Liang to draw for him. The emperor thought, if painting gold mountains or gold bricks is not enough, then paint a money tree! The money tree is full of money. If you shake it gently, a lot of money will fall. How wonderful is this! He asked Ma Liang to paint a money tree.

Ma Liangliang made up his mind, said nothing, raised his magic pen and waved, and a boundless sea appeared in front of him. The blue water has no ripples and is as bright as a large jade mirror. The emperor was very unhappy when he saw it, and with a straight face, he scolded: "I asked you to draw a money tree, but who asked you to draw the sea!"

Ma Liang drew a small island in the middle of the sea, and painted another tree on the island. Looking at the tall and big tree, he said, "Isn't this a money tree?" The emperor saw the tree, which was shining with dazzling golden light. He swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva in his throat, and he laughed and said to Ma Liang anxiously. Said: "Hurry up and draw a boat! I want to go to the middle of the sea to shake money!" Ma Liang drew a very big wooden boat, and the emperor took the empress, prince, princess and many ministers and generals on board. .

Ma Liang drew a few more strokes, the sea water set off dense ripples, and the big wooden boat started to move.

The emperor felt itchy in his heart. He thought the boat was moving too slowly, so he shouted from the bow: "Wind is stronger! Wind is stronger!..." Ma Liang added a few thick strokes of wind. The sea became turbulent, the white sails were fully bulging, and the wooden boat quickly sailed toward the middle of the sea.

Ma Liang added a few more strokes of wind. The sea roared uneasily, rolling up waves, and the big wooden boat swayed.

The emperor was frightened, waved his hand to Ma Liang, and shouted loudly: "Enough wind! Enough wind!..." Ma Liang pretended not to hear and kept painting the wind. The sea was angry and the waves crashed onto the boat. The boat tilted and there was chaos on board.

The emperor was soaked by the sea water. He hugged the mast of the ship and kept shouting: "The wind is too strong! The ship is going to capsize! Stop painting!..." Ma Liang ignored him. , still can’t stop painting style. The wind got stronger, blowing many thick dark clouds, roaring, lightning, and heavy rain. The waves became more violent, and the sea water was like a high wall that collapsed, pressing on the ship one after another. The boat capsized, the boat was broken into pieces, and the emperor and the others sank to the bottom of the sea.

After the emperor died, the story of "Ma Liang, the Magic Pen" spread. However, no one knows where Ma Liang went later. Some said: He returned to his hometown and was with his farming partners.

Some people say: He wanders around and paints pictures for many poor people.