The Magic Brush Ma Liang was a legendary story in the ancient Chinese novel Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. In the story, Ma Liang got a magical paintbrush by chance, which could draw objects of various shapes and colors with unimaginable power. He used this brush to draw all kinds of wonderful patterns, including dragons, phoenixes, turtles, cranes, mountains, rivers, buildings, etc., which were praised and worshipped by people. In the story, Ma Liang's brush wasn't always on his body but was controlled by a mysterious force. When he needed to use a brush, he only needed to concentrate and the brush would fly freely in his hand to draw the desired pattern. Therefore, it could be said that Ma Liang's brush was a spiritual item and not something he always carried with him.