Background
Zhang was born in Nanjing in 1906.
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Wang Bao dreamed of a magic gourd which could offer him everything with no effort. One day, his dream came true and he got everything he wanted: he played chess with his classmate and wanted to eat the chess pieces of the opponent, so the chess pieces flied to his mouth immediately. His treasure didn't bring him happiness but pain, and he abandoned the treasure resolutely. 'Bang'! It turned out to be a dream and he corrected the shortcomings, studied hard and became a good student. At the same time, the book also collected another classic fairy tale of Zhang Tianyi Senior Lin and Junior Lin.
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(The Secret of the Magic Gourd tells the story of the prim...)
The Secret of the Magic Gourd tells the story of the primary school student Wang Bao who is an innocent lively and fanciful boy. Whenever he meets with difficulties in life and study, he will fancy a magic treasure helping him. One day, his dream really comes true...
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(This book includes two representative fairy tales written...)
This book includes two representative fairy tales written by Zhang Tanyi, namely the Secret of the Magic Gourd and Dalin and Xiaolin. The Secret of the Magic Gourd depicts the story that a boy named Wang Bao desperately wanted to get a magic gourd. One day, his dream came true. The magic gourd he got was omnipotent and could give whatever he wanted. With the magic gourd, Wang Bao's performance at school was jaw-dropping. One day, he stared blankly at the examination paper when he took a math exam. Unknowingly, his blank examination paper and his classmate's finished examination paper had been exchanged with each other which nearly made him commit a big mistake. Until then he finally realized that there is no free lunch and no shot cut in the world and the only key to success is to depend on your own efforts. Dalin and Xiaolin elaborates on a story of a twin brother named Dalin and Xiaolin respectively. Dalin was lazy and he kept wasting his wealth without creating new wealth. Sadly, Dalin was starved to death in the end. To the contrary, Xiaolin was brave and honest. Through unremitting efforts, he finally climbed the social ladder and no longer was a slave.
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The Secret of Magic Gourd--the Selection of Zhang Tianyis Works is a long fairy tale of Zhang Tianyis representative and also the excellent childrens literature making great influence on numerous generations of Chinese children. Pupils Wang Bao loves snacks and fantasy. He hopes that he can get one treasure like gourd. One day, his dream came true that he got a magic gourd. What he wanted to get in his mind, it would be placed in front of him. There is goldfish, illustrated and toy...What he wanted, he would get. However, although Wang Bao had this gourd, he did not get happiness and joy, but brought him a lot of troubles and distress. Why? In The Secret of Magic Gourd--the Selection of Zhang Tianyis Works, Grandfather Zhang Tianyi will tell you that there is no such reality as something for nothing. Only making efforts down to earth, can we get success.
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Zhang was born in Nanjing in 1906.
Before the Second Sino-Japanese War, he worked as a teacher, journalist and minor official His prolific literary career started out in the 1920s. By the early 1930s Zhang had joined both the League of Left-Wing Writers and Mao"s Chinese Communist Party.
During the war and after the establishment of the People"s Republic of China, he continued to write and held various official posts, including the editorship of the literary journal Renmin Wenxue (People"s Literature).
His novels include Big Lin and Little Lin, The Kingdom of Golden Ducks, and The Secret of the Magic Gourd.
(The Secret of Magic Gourd--the Selection of Zhang Tianyis...)
(This book includes two representative fairy tales written...)
(The Secret of the Magic Gourd tells the story of the prim...)
(Wang Bao dreamed of a magic gourd which could offer him e...)