Once upon a time, Ma Liang was a poor child, he was smart, like painting since childhood. But home destitute because, he even buy a pen money is not he to cut firewood in the mountains, fold a twig painted on the side of a hill; to the river grass, grass-roots dip the water in the river painting; back home, take a piece of charcoal paintings in the yard. Ma Liang was relentless in painting and never stopped. But he often thought, if you had a paintbrush that should have much good ah a night, Ma Liang trance feel cave lit up a colorful light, then there is an old man with a white beard, the old man gave him a burnished gold pen. Ma Liang happy to wake up, the original is a dream! But he looked at his hand, it was incredible that he had a pen in his hand. He immediately with the stroke of a bird, bird unexpectedly come alive, spread its wings to fly up. He painted the fish, the fish alive, alive and kicking. Ma Liang with the pen, every day for village poor goodness of people painting, who lack what, Ma Liang to their painting what. Village a greedy, heartless rich heard this matter, immediately sent Ma Liang caught in the past, forced him to his painting. No matter how rich, to coax him to scare him, he refused to paint. The rich man was sent to the stables, do not give him food to eat. In the evening a large snowflakes. Money minded the barn door, revealing the red light and I could smell a smell of delicious, to the door to see, Ma Liang inside cooked a a big stove, roasted on fire, eating hot pancake. The stove and cakes are drawn with pen Ma Liang. The rich man suddenly burst into anger, to kill Ma Liang, took his pen. Then Ma Liangpan on a ladder, go over the wall. He quickly climbed up the ladder to chase, just climb up two steps, fell off. Originally, the ladder is Ma Liang painting pen. The rich man is not up, Ma Liang has been riding a horse with god horse gallop painting. The rich man riding a horse, with a man, catch up. Soon after, Ma Liang drew a bow, an arrow with a pen. Ma Liang, take a bow and arrow, arrow in the throat of the rich, rich meal when the vast death. After the emperor knew, sent for the horse. The emperor threatened Ma Liang to draw him were shaking Qian Shu, otherwise, it will be necessary to kill Ma liang. Ma Liang wielded magic, in a central sea boundless, there is a small island, the island is shaking Qian Shu a big tall. Ma Liang painted a huge wooden boat, the emperor with people on the boat. Ma Liang drew a few wind, large wooden wind. Ma Liang continued to style, the wind layers of waves, the ship was knocked over the waves, the emperor also sank to the bottom of the sea. Ma Liang later in the end to go where people do not know. Someone said, he returned to his hometown, and those with farming partners. It was also said that he was wandering around, dedicated to the poor people painting.

從前，有個叫馬良的窮孩子，他天生聰敏，從小喜歡畫畫。可是由于家里窮困潦倒，他連買一支筆的錢也沒有 他到山上打柴時，就折一根樹枝在山坡上畫；到河邊割草時，就用草根蘸著河水在河邊畫；回到家里，就拿一塊木炭在院子里畫。 馬良堅持不懈地畫畫，從沒有間斷過一天。但他常常想，如果自己能有一支畫筆那該有多好呀 一個晚上，馬良恍惚中感到窯洞里亮起了一陣五彩的光芒，這時出現(xiàn)了一個白胡子老人，老人送給他一支金光燦燦的神筆。馬良高興地驚醒過來，原來是個夢！可他看看自己的手，真是太不可思議了 自己手里確實有一枝筆。他馬上用筆畫了一只鳥，鳥竟活了過來，展開翅膀飛了起來，他又畫了一條魚，魚也活了起來，活蹦亂跳。馬良有了這支神筆，天天替村子里窮苦善良的人家畫畫，誰家缺什么，馬良就給他們畫什么。 鄰村的一個貪婪、為富不仁的大財主聽說這件事以后，馬上派人將馬良抓了過去，逼他為自己畫畫。無論財主如何哄他、嚇?biāo)�，他就是不肯畫。財主把他關(guān)到了馬廄里，不給他飯吃。傍晚下起了鵝毛大雪。財主見馬廄的門縫里透出紅色的亮光，還聞到一股香噴噴的味道，就向門里看，馬良在里面燒起了一個大火爐，邊烤著火，邊吃著熱烘烘的餅子。這火爐和餅子都是馬良用神筆畫出來的。財主頓時怒火中燒，打算把馬良?xì)⑺�，奪下他的神筆。這時馬良攀上一架梯子，*走了。財主急忙攀上梯子去追，剛爬了兩步，就摔了下來。原來，這梯子也是馬良用神筆畫的。財主還沒爬起來，馬良已騎著一匹用神筆畫的駿馬飛奔而去。 財主騎著馬，帶著人，追了上來。眼看就要追著了，馬良用神筆畫了一張弓、一枝箭。馬良搭弓射箭，一箭射中了財主的咽喉，財主頓時氣絕身亡�；实壑�道后，派人把馬良抓了去�；实弁�逼馬良給他畫株搖錢樹，否則的話，就要將馬良?xì)⒌�。馬良揮起神筆，在一個無邊的大海中央有一個小島，島上有一株又高又大的搖錢樹。馬良又畫了一只巨大的木船，皇帝帶上人上了木船。馬良又畫了幾筆風(fēng)，大木船順風(fēng)而行。馬良繼續(xù)不停地畫風(fēng)，海風(fēng)卷起一層層的巨浪，船被巨浪打翻了，皇帝也沉到了海底。 馬良后來到底去了什么地方 ，人們不得而知 。有人說 ，他回到了自己的家鄉(xiāng)，和那些種地的伙伴在一起。也有人說，他到處流浪，專門給窮苦的人們畫畫。