The Devil of Nezha is Born" (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) is a famous folktale adapted from the Chinese mythology and tells the story of Nezha's growing experience of "being born to be a devil" but "fighting against the sky to the end". Nezha (¿¿) is the reincarnation of Mo Wan (¿¿), son of Li Jing (¿¿). Because of his reincarnation status, he faced discrimination, exclusion, ridicule, and hostility by the people of Chen Tangguan (¿¿¿). As a result, he felt lonely, indifferent, rebellious, stubborn, cynical, and he created trouble for the people of Chen Tangguan, so that no one could live peacefully. Under the cynical appearance, Nezha is more lonely than anyone else is, and he is constantly eager for social approval. As such, Nezha was supposed to be a hero. However, he became the great demon king of the world.
The book has 11 chapters in the following order:Chapter 1: The Birth of Lingzhu (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 2: Li Jing and Wife (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 3: Reincarnation of Mo Wan (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 4: Reincarnation of Lingzhu (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 5: Nezha in Trouble (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 6: Apprentice Nezha (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 7: The Immortal Path (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 8: Nezha and Ao Bing (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 9: Nezha and Ao Bing Become Friends (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 10: Nezha Invited Ao Bing to Birthday Feast (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 11: Changed Life of Nezha (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
The current book volume, Chinese Short Stories 10, is a Level 1 Chinese reading practice book. It would introduce you to the famous Chinese story, The Devil of Nezha is Born (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿). The 10th volume in the Selected Chinese Short Story Series (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin Romanization. With about over 500 unique Chinese characters, the volume would be suitable for the beginners, lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the reading series offers you a variety of elementary level books (Level 1/2/3/4/5/6) to understand China as well as practice Chinese reading fast.