Nezha - Chinese Popular Culture Library

Nezha's story is one of the most beautiful and interesting myths came down from ancient China.This book is rewritten in modern language based on the splendid segment of The Legend of Deification.This story mainly narrates that, a gifted little fairy child is born to the man's world. Innocent and naive as he is, he knows nothing about the awe of authority and thus gets into numerous terrible troubles.During his shower, he unexpectedly beats the yaksha and dragon son to death, thus he offends the old dragon king and irritates his father.Later on, he is forced to cut his bone and flesh and give back to his parents.Having gone through numerous sufferings, he finally gets help from the immortal, and eventually gets a body made of lotus to revive after death.This myth with plentiful imagination and fantastic plot embodies the ethical thought of happy family life required by the ancient people.