A Maid From Heaven

Life in the Heavenly Palace is dull and bleak.The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) is the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. Tired of her life in Heaven and admiring the boy-and-girl’s love on earth, she suddenly feels the irresistible urge to join the world below.With the sympathy and support of her six elder sisters, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) defies the law of Heaven and descends upon the earth alone.It happens that a young man by the name of Tung Yung is recently bereft of his father. He is so poor that he cannot afford to bury the deceased parent. In order to obtain enough money for his father’s funeral, Tung Yung sells himself out as a slave to a rich man, Master Fu, for a period of three years.His touching filial piety moves the heart of The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) so much that the fairy transforms herself into a lovely country maid to meet Tung Yung on his way, pretending that she has lost her way in an outlandish country after failing to locate her relative.She requests him to give her a helping hand and in return for his kindness she hints that she is willing to marry him.Thinking that he can scarcely look after himself let alone support a family, Tung Yung politely turns her down.With the help of Earth God and by dint of her eloquence, she ultimately succeeds in persuading Tung Yung. In the presence of Earth God as their witness and an oak tree as their go-between, the two get married. They both go to Master Fu’s house for work.A stingy millionaire, Master Fu shows his displeasure when Tung Yung brings along his wife, thus increasing Master Fu’s burden of support.Realising the situation, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) explains that she cannot only do the domestic chores but knows how to weave cloth.With a malicious intention to embarrass her, Master Fu lays down a condition : unless The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) can weave ten bolts of brocade in one night, Tung Yung shall work as his slave for six years instead of three years to redeem himself.Confident, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) queries the master, “What if I can fulfill your condition in one night?”“Then I shall cut down Tung Yung’s years of redemption from three years to 100 days”, Master Fu replies firmly.“It’s a deal!” The Maid From Heaven accepts the condition and that night, she asks for help from her six elder sisters. All the sisters come down to earth and help her weave the ten bolts of brocade in two hours.What else can Master Fu do but to keep his promise?After 100 days of toil in Master Fu’s house, the couple regains their freedom and prepares to get underway for Tung Yung’s countryside, anticipating a free, pleasant married life.On their way home, Tung Yung discovers that his wife is pregnant. Overjoyed, he goes off foraging for food to feed her.The moment Tung Yung leaves her, an Envoy of the Emperor of Heaven arrives with four giant Buddhas to order The Maid From Heaven to return immediately to the Heavenly Palace.Unwilling to separate from Tung Yung, The Maid From Heaven defies the Emperor’s order. The Envoy leaves for the Heavenly Palace and returns with a second order from the Emperor – to dismember Tung Yung unless The Maid From Heaven returns to her father.When The Maid From Heaven is running from pillar to post, Tung Yung comes back with date-pears (Tsao Li in Chinese) which he has picked for his wife to eat.She hints at their inevitable separation by calling his attention to Tsao Li which in Chinese resembles the sound of “Early Separation”. Tung Yung does not catch her meaning. She cannot help but show him a poem on her fan from which Tung Yung learns to his astonishment that his wife is a transfiguration from a fairy, that The Emperor of Heaven is summoning her home and that their separation is inevitable. His heart aches with a wrench.At the painful moment of parting, The Emperor’s Envoy appears for the third time demanding the return of The Maid From Heaven. Tung Yung holds tight to her clothes but is knocked unconscious by the Heavenly army.Afraid that Tung Yung may be dismembered by Heaven’s will, The Maid From Heaven agrees to return to her father. Upon departure, she tearfully leaves words on the oak tree, promising to return to the shade under the oak tree when flowers blossom in the next spring. She will bring him the child and swears that though they are as far apart from each other as Heaven and Earth, she will never cease loving him.When Tung Yung comes to, the fairy is gone. Reading the words on the oak tree, Tung Yung can only look forlornly towards the Heaven with a pair of tearful eyes and a poor, broken heart

A Maid From Heaven

Life in the Heavenly Palace is dull and bleak.The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) is the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. Tired of her life in Heaven and admiring the boy-and-girl’s love on earth, she suddenly feels the irresistible urge to join the world below.With the sympathy and support of her six elder sisters, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) defies the law of Heaven and descends upon the earth alone.It happens that a young man by the name of Tung Yung is recently bereft of his father. He is so poor that he cannot afford to bury the deceased parent. In order to obtain enough money for his father’s funeral, Tung Yung sells himself out as a slave to a rich man, Master Fu, for a period of three years.His touching filial piety moves the heart of The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) so much that the fairy transforms herself into a lovely country maid to meet Tung Yung on his way, pretending that she has lost her way in an outlandish country after failing to locate her relative.She requests him to give her a helping hand and in return for his kindness she hints that she is willing to marry him.Thinking that he can scarcely look after himself let alone support a family, Tung Yung politely turns her down.With the help of Earth God and by dint of her eloquence, she ultimately succeeds in persuading Tung Yung. In the presence of Earth God as their witness and an oak tree as their go-between, the two get married. They both go to Master Fu’s house for work.A stingy millionaire, Master Fu shows his displeasure when Tung Yung brings along his wife, thus increasing Master Fu’s burden of support.Realising the situation, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) explains that she cannot only do the domestic chores but knows how to weave cloth.With a malicious intention to embarrass her, Master Fu lays down a condition : unless The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) can weave ten bolts of brocade in one night, Tung Yung shall work as his slave for six years instead of three years to redeem himself.Confident, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) queries the master, “What if I can fulfill your condition in one night?”“Then I shall cut down Tung Yung’s years of redemption from three years to 100 days”, Master Fu replies firmly.“It’s a deal!” The Maid From Heaven accepts the condition and that night, she asks for help from her six elder sisters. All the sisters come down to earth and help her weave the ten bolts of brocade in two hours.What else can Master Fu do but to keep his promise?After 100 days of toil in Master Fu’s house, the couple regains their freedom and prepares to get underway for Tung Yung’s countryside, anticipating a free, pleasant married life.On their way home, Tung Yung discovers that his wife is pregnant. Overjoyed, he goes off foraging for food to feed her.The moment Tung Yung leaves her, an Envoy of the Emperor of Heaven arrives with four giant Buddhas to order The Maid From Heaven to return immediately to the Heavenly Palace.Unwilling to separate from Tung Yung, The Maid From Heaven defies the Emperor’s order. The Envoy leaves for the Heavenly Palace and returns with a second order from the Emperor – to dismember Tung Yung unless The Maid From Heaven returns to her father.When The Maid From Heaven is running from pillar to post, Tung Yung comes back with date-pears (Tsao Li in Chinese) which he has picked for his wife to eat.She hints at their inevitable separation by calling his attention to Tsao Li which in Chinese resembles the sound of “Early Separation”. Tung Yung does not catch her meaning. She cannot help but show him a poem on her fan from which Tung Yung learns to his astonishment that his wife is a transfiguration from a fairy, that The Emperor of Heaven is summoning her home and that their separation is inevitable. His heart aches with a wrench.At the painful moment of parting, The Emperor’s Envoy appears for the third time demanding the return of The Maid From Heaven. Tung Yung holds tight to her clothes but is knocked unconscious by the Heavenly army.Afraid that Tung Yung may be dismembered by Heaven’s will, The Maid From Heaven agrees to return to her father. Upon departure, she tearfully leaves words on the oak tree, promising to return to the shade under the oak tree when flowers blossom in the next spring. She will bring him the child and swears that though they are as far apart from each other as Heaven and Earth, she will never cease loving him.When Tung Yung comes to, the fairy is gone. Reading the words on the oak tree, Tung Yung can only look forlornly towards the Heaven with a pair of tearful eyes and a poor, broken heart

A Maid From Heaven

Life in the Heavenly Palace is dull and bleak.The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) is the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. Tired of her life in Heaven and admiring the boy-and-girl’s love on earth, she suddenly feels the irresistible urge to join the world below.With the sympathy and support of her six elder sisters, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) defies the law of Heaven and descends upon the earth alone.It happens that a young man by the name of Tung Yung is recently bereft of his father. He is so poor that he cannot afford to bury the deceased parent. In order to obtain enough money for his father’s funeral, Tung Yung sells himself out as a slave to a rich man, Master Fu, for a period of three years.His touching filial piety moves the heart of The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) so much that the fairy transforms herself into a lovely country maid to meet Tung Yung on his way, pretending that she has lost her way in an outlandish country after failing to locate her relative.She requests him to give her a helping hand and in return for his kindness she hints that she is willing to marry him.Thinking that he can scarcely look after himself let alone support a family, Tung Yung politely turns her down.With the help of Earth God and by dint of her eloquence, she ultimately succeeds in persuading Tung Yung. In the presence of Earth God as their witness and an oak tree as their go-between, the two get married. They both go to Master Fu’s house for work.A stingy millionaire, Master Fu shows his displeasure when Tung Yung brings along his wife, thus increasing Master Fu’s burden of support.Realising the situation, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) explains that she cannot only do the domestic chores but knows how to weave cloth.With a malicious intention to embarrass her, Master Fu lays down a condition : unless The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) can weave ten bolts of brocade in one night, Tung Yung shall work as his slave for six years instead of three years to redeem himself.Confident, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) queries the master, “What if I can fulfill your condition in one night?”“Then I shall cut down Tung Yung’s years of redemption from three years to 100 days”, Master Fu replies firmly.“It’s a deal!” The Maid From Heaven accepts the condition and that night, she asks for help from her six elder sisters. All the sisters come down to earth and help her weave the ten bolts of brocade in two hours.What else can Master Fu do but to keep his promise?After 100 days of toil in Master Fu’s house, the couple regains their freedom and prepares to get underway for Tung Yung’s countryside, anticipating a free, pleasant married life.On their way home, Tung Yung discovers that his wife is pregnant. Overjoyed, he goes off foraging for food to feed her.The moment Tung Yung leaves her, an Envoy of the Emperor of Heaven arrives with four giant Buddhas to order The Maid From Heaven to return immediately to the Heavenly Palace.Unwilling to separate from Tung Yung, The Maid From Heaven defies the Emperor’s order. The Envoy leaves for the Heavenly Palace and returns with a second order from the Emperor – to dismember Tung Yung unless The Maid From Heaven returns to her father.When The Maid From Heaven is running from pillar to post, Tung Yung comes back with date-pears (Tsao Li in Chinese) which he has picked for his wife to eat.She hints at their inevitable separation by calling his attention to Tsao Li which in Chinese resembles the sound of “Early Separation”. Tung Yung does not catch her meaning. She cannot help but show him a poem on her fan from which Tung Yung learns to his astonishment that his wife is a transfiguration from a fairy, that The Emperor of Heaven is summoning her home and that their separation is inevitable. His heart aches with a wrench.At the painful moment of parting, The Emperor’s Envoy appears for the third time demanding the return of The Maid From Heaven. Tung Yung holds tight to her clothes but is knocked unconscious by the Heavenly army.Afraid that Tung Yung may be dismembered by Heaven’s will, The Maid From Heaven agrees to return to her father. Upon departure, she tearfully leaves words on the oak tree, promising to return to the shade under the oak tree when flowers blossom in the next spring. She will bring him the child and swears that though they are as far apart from each other as Heaven and Earth, she will never cease loving him.When Tung Yung comes to, the fairy is gone. Reading the words on the oak tree, Tung Yung can only look forlornly towards the Heaven with a pair of tearful eyes and a poor, broken heart

Life in the Heavenly Palace is dull and bleak.The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) is the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. Tired of her life in Heaven and admiring the boy-and-girl’s love on earth, she suddenly feels the irresistible urge to join the world below.With the sympathy and support of her six elder sisters, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) defies the law of Heaven and descends upon the earth alone.It happens that a young man by the name of Tung Yung is recently bereft of his father. He is so poor that he cannot afford to bury the deceased parent. In order to obtain enough money for his father’s funeral, Tung Yung sells himself out as a slave to a rich man, Master Fu, for a period of three years.His touching filial piety moves the heart of The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) so much that the fairy transforms herself into a lovely country maid to meet Tung Yung on his way, pretending that she has lost her way in an outlandish country after failing to locate her relative.She requests him to give her a helping hand and in return for his kindness she hints that she is willing to marry him.Thinking that he can scarcely look after himself let alone support a family, Tung Yung politely turns her down.With the help of Earth God and by dint of her eloquence, she ultimately succeeds in persuading Tung Yung. In the presence of Earth God as their witness and an oak tree as their go-between, the two get married. They both go to Master Fu’s house for work.A stingy millionaire, Master Fu shows his displeasure when Tung Yung brings along his wife, thus increasing Master Fu’s burden of support.Realising the situation, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) explains that she cannot only do the domestic chores but knows how to weave cloth.With a malicious intention to embarrass her, Master Fu lays down a condition : unless The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) can weave ten bolts of brocade in one night, Tung Yung shall work as his slave for six years instead of three years to redeem himself.Confident, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) queries the master, “What if I can fulfill your condition in one night?”“Then I shall cut down Tung Yung’s years of redemption from three years to 100 days”, Master Fu replies firmly.“It’s a deal!” The Maid From Heaven accepts the condition and that night, she asks for help from her six elder sisters. All the sisters come down to earth and help her weave the ten bolts of brocade in two hours.What else can Master Fu do but to keep his promise?After 100 days of toil in Master Fu’s house, the couple regains their freedom and prepares to get underway for Tung Yung’s countryside, anticipating a free, pleasant married life.On their way home, Tung Yung discovers that his wife is pregnant. Overjoyed, he goes off foraging for food to feed her.The moment Tung Yung leaves her, an Envoy of the Emperor of Heaven arrives with four giant Buddhas to order The Maid From Heaven to return immediately to the Heavenly Palace.Unwilling to separate from Tung Yung, The Maid From Heaven defies the Emperor’s order. The Envoy leaves for the Heavenly Palace and returns with a second order from the Emperor – to dismember Tung Yung unless The Maid From Heaven returns to her father.When The Maid From Heaven is running from pillar to post, Tung Yung comes back with date-pears (Tsao Li in Chinese) which he has picked for his wife to eat.She hints at their inevitable separation by calling his attention to Tsao Li which in Chinese resembles the sound of “Early Separation”. Tung Yung does not catch her meaning. She cannot help but show him a poem on her fan from which Tung Yung learns to his astonishment that his wife is a transfiguration from a fairy, that The Emperor of Heaven is summoning her home and that their separation is inevitable. His heart aches with a wrench.At the painful moment of parting, The Emperor’s Envoy appears for the third time demanding the return of The Maid From Heaven. Tung Yung holds tight to her clothes but is knocked unconscious by the Heavenly army.Afraid that Tung Yung may be dismembered by Heaven’s will, The Maid From Heaven agrees to return to her father. Upon departure, she tearfully leaves words on the oak tree, promising to return to the shade under the oak tree when flowers blossom in the next spring. She will bring him the child and swears that though they are as far apart from each other as Heaven and Earth, she will never cease loving him.When Tung Yung comes to, the fairy is gone. Reading the words on the oak tree, Tung Yung can only look forlornly towards the Heaven with a pair of tearful eyes and a poor, broken heart

A Maid From Heaven

Life in the Heavenly Palace is dull and bleak.The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) is the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. Tired of her life in Heaven and admiring the boy-and-girl’s love on earth, she suddenly feels the irresistible urge to join the world below.With the sympathy and support of her six elder sisters, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) defies the law of Heaven and descends upon the earth alone.It happens that a young man by the name of Tung Yung is recently bereft of his father. He is so poor that he cannot afford to bury the deceased parent. In order to obtain enough money for his father’s funeral, Tung Yung sells himself out as a slave to a rich man, Master Fu, for a period of three years.His touching filial piety moves the heart of The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) so much that the fairy transforms herself into a lovely country maid to meet Tung Yung on his way, pretending that she has lost her way in an outlandish country after failing to locate her relative.She requests him to give her a helping hand and in return for his kindness she hints that she is willing to marry him.Thinking that he can scarcely look after himself let alone support a family, Tung Yung politely turns her down.With the help of Earth God and by dint of her eloquence, she ultimately succeeds in persuading Tung Yung. In the presence of Earth God as their witness and an oak tree as their go-between, the two get married. They both go to Master Fu’s house for work.A stingy millionaire, Master Fu shows his displeasure when Tung Yung brings along his wife, thus increasing Master Fu’s burden of support.Realising the situation, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) explains that she cannot only do the domestic chores but knows how to weave cloth.With a malicious intention to embarrass her, Master Fu lays down a condition : unless The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) can weave ten bolts of brocade in one night, Tung Yung shall work as his slave for six years instead of three years to redeem himself.Confident, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) queries the master, “What if I can fulfill your condition in one night?”“Then I shall cut down Tung Yung’s years of redemption from three years to 100 days”, Master Fu replies firmly.“It’s a deal!” The Maid From Heaven accepts the condition and that night, she asks for help from her six elder sisters. All the sisters come down to earth and help her weave the ten bolts of brocade in two hours.What else can Master Fu do but to keep his promise?After 100 days of toil in Master Fu’s house, the couple regains their freedom and prepares to get underway for Tung Yung’s countryside, anticipating a free, pleasant married life.On their way home, Tung Yung discovers that his wife is pregnant. Overjoyed, he goes off foraging for food to feed her.The moment Tung Yung leaves her, an Envoy of the Emperor of Heaven arrives with four giant Buddhas to order The Maid From Heaven to return immediately to the Heavenly Palace.Unwilling to separate from Tung Yung, The Maid From Heaven defies the Emperor’s order. The Envoy leaves for the Heavenly Palace and returns with a second order from the Emperor – to dismember Tung Yung unless The Maid From Heaven returns to her father.When The Maid From Heaven is running from pillar to post, Tung Yung comes back with date-pears (Tsao Li in Chinese) which he has picked for his wife to eat.She hints at their inevitable separation by calling his attention to Tsao Li which in Chinese resembles the sound of “Early Separation”. Tung Yung does not catch her meaning. She cannot help but show him a poem on her fan from which Tung Yung learns to his astonishment that his wife is a transfiguration from a fairy, that The Emperor of Heaven is summoning her home and that their separation is inevitable. His heart aches with a wrench.At the painful moment of parting, The Emperor’s Envoy appears for the third time demanding the return of The Maid From Heaven. Tung Yung holds tight to her clothes but is knocked unconscious by the Heavenly army.Afraid that Tung Yung may be dismembered by Heaven’s will, The Maid From Heaven agrees to return to her father. Upon departure, she tearfully leaves words on the oak tree, promising to return to the shade under the oak tree when flowers blossom in the next spring. She will bring him the child and swears that though they are as far apart from each other as Heaven and Earth, she will never cease loving him.When Tung Yung comes to, the fairy is gone. Reading the words on the oak tree, Tung Yung can only look forlornly towards the Heaven with a pair of tearful eyes and a poor, broken heart

A Maid From Heaven

Life in the Heavenly Palace is dull and bleak.The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) is the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. Tired of her life in Heaven and admiring the boy-and-girl’s love on earth, she suddenly feels the irresistible urge to join the world below.With the sympathy and support of her six elder sisters, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) defies the law of Heaven and descends upon the earth alone.It happens that a young man by the name of Tung Yung is recently bereft of his father. He is so poor that he cannot afford to bury the deceased parent. In order to obtain enough money for his father’s funeral, Tung Yung sells himself out as a slave to a rich man, Master Fu, for a period of three years.His touching filial piety moves the heart of The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) so much that the fairy transforms herself into a lovely country maid to meet Tung Yung on his way, pretending that she has lost her way in an outlandish country after failing to locate her relative.She requests him to give her a helping hand and in return for his kindness she hints that she is willing to marry him.Thinking that he can scarcely look after himself let alone support a family, Tung Yung politely turns her down.With the help of Earth God and by dint of her eloquence, she ultimately succeeds in persuading Tung Yung. In the presence of Earth God as their witness and an oak tree as their go-between, the two get married. They both go to Master Fu’s house for work.A stingy millionaire, Master Fu shows his displeasure when Tung Yung brings along his wife, thus increasing Master Fu’s burden of support.Realising the situation, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) explains that she cannot only do the domestic chores but knows how to weave cloth.With a malicious intention to embarrass her, Master Fu lays down a condition : unless The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) can weave ten bolts of brocade in one night, Tung Yung shall work as his slave for six years instead of three years to redeem himself.Confident, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) queries the master, “What if I can fulfill your condition in one night?”“Then I shall cut down Tung Yung’s years of redemption from three years to 100 days”, Master Fu replies firmly.“It’s a deal!” The Maid From Heaven accepts the condition and that night, she asks for help from her six elder sisters. All the sisters come down to earth and help her weave the ten bolts of brocade in two hours.What else can Master Fu do but to keep his promise?After 100 days of toil in Master Fu’s house, the couple regains their freedom and prepares to get underway for Tung Yung’s countryside, anticipating a free, pleasant married life.On their way home, Tung Yung discovers that his wife is pregnant. Overjoyed, he goes off foraging for food to feed her.The moment Tung Yung leaves her, an Envoy of the Emperor of Heaven arrives with four giant Buddhas to order The Maid From Heaven to return immediately to the Heavenly Palace.Unwilling to separate from Tung Yung, The Maid From Heaven defies the Emperor’s order. The Envoy leaves for the Heavenly Palace and returns with a second order from the Emperor – to dismember Tung Yung unless The Maid From Heaven returns to her father.When The Maid From Heaven is running from pillar to post, Tung Yung comes back with date-pears (Tsao Li in Chinese) which he has picked for his wife to eat.She hints at their inevitable separation by calling his attention to Tsao Li which in Chinese resembles the sound of “Early Separation”. Tung Yung does not catch her meaning. She cannot help but show him a poem on her fan from which Tung Yung learns to his astonishment that his wife is a transfiguration from a fairy, that The Emperor of Heaven is summoning her home and that their separation is inevitable. His heart aches with a wrench.At the painful moment of parting, The Emperor’s Envoy appears for the third time demanding the return of The Maid From Heaven. Tung Yung holds tight to her clothes but is knocked unconscious by the Heavenly army.Afraid that Tung Yung may be dismembered by Heaven’s will, The Maid From Heaven agrees to return to her father. Upon departure, she tearfully leaves words on the oak tree, promising to return to the shade under the oak tree when flowers blossom in the next spring. She will bring him the child and swears that though they are as far apart from each other as Heaven and Earth, she will never cease loving him.When Tung Yung comes to, the fairy is gone. Reading the words on the oak tree, Tung Yung can only look forlornly towards the Heaven with a pair of tearful eyes and a poor, broken heart

A Maid From Heaven

Life in the Heavenly Palace is dull and bleak.The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) is the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. Tired of her life in Heaven and admiring the boy-and-girl’s love on earth, she suddenly feels the irresistible urge to join the world below.With the sympathy and support of her six elder sisters, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) defies the law of Heaven and descends upon the earth alone.It happens that a young man by the name of Tung Yung is recently bereft of his father. He is so poor that he cannot afford to bury the deceased parent. In order to obtain enough money for his father’s funeral, Tung Yung sells himself out as a slave to a rich man, Master Fu, for a period of three years.His touching filial piety moves the heart of The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) so much that the fairy transforms herself into a lovely country maid to meet Tung Yung on his way, pretending that she has lost her way in an outlandish country after failing to locate her relative.She requests him to give her a helping hand and in return for his kindness she hints that she is willing to marry him.Thinking that he can scarcely look after himself let alone support a family, Tung Yung politely turns her down.With the help of Earth God and by dint of her eloquence, she ultimately succeeds in persuading Tung Yung. In the presence of Earth God as their witness and an oak tree as their go-between, the two get married. They both go to Master Fu’s house for work.A stingy millionaire, Master Fu shows his displeasure when Tung Yung brings along his wife, thus increasing Master Fu’s burden of support.Realising the situation, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) explains that she cannot only do the domestic chores but knows how to weave cloth.With a malicious intention to embarrass her, Master Fu lays down a condition : unless The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) can weave ten bolts of brocade in one night, Tung Yung shall work as his slave for six years instead of three years to redeem himself.Confident, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) queries the master, “What if I can fulfill your condition in one night?”“Then I shall cut down Tung Yung’s years of redemption from three years to 100 days”, Master Fu replies firmly.“It’s a deal!” The Maid From Heaven accepts the condition and that night, she asks for help from her six elder sisters. All the sisters come down to earth and help her weave the ten bolts of brocade in two hours.What else can Master Fu do but to keep his promise?After 100 days of toil in Master Fu’s house, the couple regains their freedom and prepares to get underway for Tung Yung’s countryside, anticipating a free, pleasant married life.On their way home, Tung Yung discovers that his wife is pregnant. Overjoyed, he goes off foraging for food to feed her.The moment Tung Yung leaves her, an Envoy of the Emperor of Heaven arrives with four giant Buddhas to order The Maid From Heaven to return immediately to the Heavenly Palace.Unwilling to separate from Tung Yung, The Maid From Heaven defies the Emperor’s order. The Envoy leaves for the Heavenly Palace and returns with a second order from the Emperor – to dismember Tung Yung unless The Maid From Heaven returns to her father.When The Maid From Heaven is running from pillar to post, Tung Yung comes back with date-pears (Tsao Li in Chinese) which he has picked for his wife to eat.She hints at their inevitable separation by calling his attention to Tsao Li which in Chinese resembles the sound of “Early Separation”. Tung Yung does not catch her meaning. She cannot help but show him a poem on her fan from which Tung Yung learns to his astonishment that his wife is a transfiguration from a fairy, that The Emperor of Heaven is summoning her home and that their separation is inevitable. His heart aches with a wrench.At the painful moment of parting, The Emperor’s Envoy appears for the third time demanding the return of The Maid From Heaven. Tung Yung holds tight to her clothes but is knocked unconscious by the Heavenly army.Afraid that Tung Yung may be dismembered by Heaven’s will, The Maid From Heaven agrees to return to her father. Upon departure, she tearfully leaves words on the oak tree, promising to return to the shade under the oak tree when flowers blossom in the next spring. She will bring him the child and swears that though they are as far apart from each other as Heaven and Earth, she will never cease loving him.When Tung Yung comes to, the fairy is gone. Reading the words on the oak tree, Tung Yung can only look forlornly towards the Heaven with a pair of tearful eyes and a poor, broken heart

A Maid From Heaven

Life in the Heavenly Palace is dull and bleak.The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) is the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. Tired of her life in Heaven and admiring the boy-and-girl’s love on earth, she suddenly feels the irresistible urge to join the world below.With the sympathy and support of her six elder sisters, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) defies the law of Heaven and descends upon the earth alone.It happens that a young man by the name of Tung Yung is recently bereft of his father. He is so poor that he cannot afford to bury the deceased parent. In order to obtain enough money for his father’s funeral, Tung Yung sells himself out as a slave to a rich man, Master Fu, for a period of three years.His touching filial piety moves the heart of The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) so much that the fairy transforms herself into a lovely country maid to meet Tung Yung on his way, pretending that she has lost her way in an outlandish country after failing to locate her relative.She requests him to give her a helping hand and in return for his kindness she hints that she is willing to marry him.Thinking that he can scarcely look after himself let alone support a family, Tung Yung politely turns her down.With the help of Earth God and by dint of her eloquence, she ultimately succeeds in persuading Tung Yung. In the presence of Earth God as their witness and an oak tree as their go-between, the two get married. They both go to Master Fu’s house for work.A stingy millionaire, Master Fu shows his displeasure when Tung Yung brings along his wife, thus increasing Master Fu’s burden of support.Realising the situation, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) explains that she cannot only do the domestic chores but knows how to weave cloth.With a malicious intention to embarrass her, Master Fu lays down a condition : unless The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) can weave ten bolts of brocade in one night, Tung Yung shall work as his slave for six years instead of three years to redeem himself.Confident, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) queries the master, “What if I can fulfill your condition in one night?”“Then I shall cut down Tung Yung’s years of redemption from three years to 100 days”, Master Fu replies firmly.“It’s a deal!” The Maid From Heaven accepts the condition and that night, she asks for help from her six elder sisters. All the sisters come down to earth and help her weave the ten bolts of brocade in two hours.What else can Master Fu do but to keep his promise?After 100 days of toil in Master Fu’s house, the couple regains their freedom and prepares to get underway for Tung Yung’s countryside, anticipating a free, pleasant married life.On their way home, Tung Yung discovers that his wife is pregnant. Overjoyed, he goes off foraging for food to feed her.The moment Tung Yung leaves her, an Envoy of the Emperor of Heaven arrives with four giant Buddhas to order The Maid From Heaven to return immediately to the Heavenly Palace.Unwilling to separate from Tung Yung, The Maid From Heaven defies the Emperor’s order. The Envoy leaves for the Heavenly Palace and returns with a second order from the Emperor – to dismember Tung Yung unless The Maid From Heaven returns to her father.When The Maid From Heaven is running from pillar to post, Tung Yung comes back with date-pears (Tsao Li in Chinese) which he has picked for his wife to eat.She hints at their inevitable separation by calling his attention to Tsao Li which in Chinese resembles the sound of “Early Separation”. Tung Yung does not catch her meaning. She cannot help but show him a poem on her fan from which Tung Yung learns to his astonishment that his wife is a transfiguration from a fairy, that The Emperor of Heaven is summoning her home and that their separation is inevitable. His heart aches with a wrench.At the painful moment of parting, The Emperor’s Envoy appears for the third time demanding the return of The Maid From Heaven. Tung Yung holds tight to her clothes but is knocked unconscious by the Heavenly army.Afraid that Tung Yung may be dismembered by Heaven’s will, The Maid From Heaven agrees to return to her father. Upon departure, she tearfully leaves words on the oak tree, promising to return to the shade under the oak tree when flowers blossom in the next spring. She will bring him the child and swears that though they are as far apart from each other as Heaven and Earth, she will never cease loving him.When Tung Yung comes to, the fairy is gone. Reading the words on the oak tree, Tung Yung can only look forlornly towards the Heaven with a pair of tearful eyes and a poor, broken heart

A Maid From Heaven

Life in the Heavenly Palace is dull and bleak.The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) is the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. Tired of her life in Heaven and admiring the boy-and-girl’s love on earth, she suddenly feels the irresistible urge to join the world below.With the sympathy and support of her six elder sisters, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) defies the law of Heaven and descends upon the earth alone.It happens that a young man by the name of Tung Yung is recently bereft of his father. He is so poor that he cannot afford to bury the deceased parent. In order to obtain enough money for his father’s funeral, Tung Yung sells himself out as a slave to a rich man, Master Fu, for a period of three years.His touching filial piety moves the heart of The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) so much that the fairy transforms herself into a lovely country maid to meet Tung Yung on his way, pretending that she has lost her way in an outlandish country after failing to locate her relative.She requests him to give her a helping hand and in return for his kindness she hints that she is willing to marry him.Thinking that he can scarcely look after himself let alone support a family, Tung Yung politely turns her down.With the help of Earth God and by dint of her eloquence, she ultimately succeeds in persuading Tung Yung. In the presence of Earth God as their witness and an oak tree as their go-between, the two get married. They both go to Master Fu’s house for work.A stingy millionaire, Master Fu shows his displeasure when Tung Yung brings along his wife, thus increasing Master Fu’s burden of support.Realising the situation, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) explains that she cannot only do the domestic chores but knows how to weave cloth.With a malicious intention to embarrass her, Master Fu lays down a condition : unless The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) can weave ten bolts of brocade in one night, Tung Yung shall work as his slave for six years instead of three years to redeem himself.Confident, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) queries the master, “What if I can fulfill your condition in one night?”“Then I shall cut down Tung Yung’s years of redemption from three years to 100 days”, Master Fu replies firmly.“It’s a deal!” The Maid From Heaven accepts the condition and that night, she asks for help from her six elder sisters. All the sisters come down to earth and help her weave the ten bolts of brocade in two hours.What else can Master Fu do but to keep his promise?After 100 days of toil in Master Fu’s house, the couple regains their freedom and prepares to get underway for Tung Yung’s countryside, anticipating a free, pleasant married life.On their way home, Tung Yung discovers that his wife is pregnant. Overjoyed, he goes off foraging for food to feed her.The moment Tung Yung leaves her, an Envoy of the Emperor of Heaven arrives with four giant Buddhas to order The Maid From Heaven to return immediately to the Heavenly Palace.Unwilling to separate from Tung Yung, The Maid From Heaven defies the Emperor’s order. The Envoy leaves for the Heavenly Palace and returns with a second order from the Emperor – to dismember Tung Yung unless The Maid From Heaven returns to her father.When The Maid From Heaven is running from pillar to post, Tung Yung comes back with date-pears (Tsao Li in Chinese) which he has picked for his wife to eat.She hints at their inevitable separation by calling his attention to Tsao Li which in Chinese resembles the sound of “Early Separation”. Tung Yung does not catch her meaning. She cannot help but show him a poem on her fan from which Tung Yung learns to his astonishment that his wife is a transfiguration from a fairy, that The Emperor of Heaven is summoning her home and that their separation is inevitable. His heart aches with a wrench.At the painful moment of parting, The Emperor’s Envoy appears for the third time demanding the return of The Maid From Heaven. Tung Yung holds tight to her clothes but is knocked unconscious by the Heavenly army.Afraid that Tung Yung may be dismembered by Heaven’s will, The Maid From Heaven agrees to return to her father. Upon departure, she tearfully leaves words on the oak tree, promising to return to the shade under the oak tree when flowers blossom in the next spring. She will bring him the child and swears that though they are as far apart from each other as Heaven and Earth, she will never cease loving him.When Tung Yung comes to, the fairy is gone. Reading the words on the oak tree, Tung Yung can only look forlornly towards the Heaven with a pair of tearful eyes and a poor, broken heart

A Maid From Heaven

Life in the Heavenly Palace is dull and bleak.The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) is the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. Tired of her life in Heaven and admiring the boy-and-girl’s love on earth, she suddenly feels the irresistible urge to join the world below.With the sympathy and support of her six elder sisters, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) defies the law of Heaven and descends upon the earth alone.It happens that a young man by the name of Tung Yung is recently bereft of his father. He is so poor that he cannot afford to bury the deceased parent. In order to obtain enough money for his father’s funeral, Tung Yung sells himself out as a slave to a rich man, Master Fu, for a period of three years.His touching filial piety moves the heart of The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) so much that the fairy transforms herself into a lovely country maid to meet Tung Yung on his way, pretending that she has lost her way in an outlandish country after failing to locate her relative.She requests him to give her a helping hand and in return for his kindness she hints that she is willing to marry him.Thinking that he can scarcely look after himself let alone support a family, Tung Yung politely turns her down.With the help of Earth God and by dint of her eloquence, she ultimately succeeds in persuading Tung Yung. In the presence of Earth God as their witness and an oak tree as their go-between, the two get married. They both go to Master Fu’s house for work.A stingy millionaire, Master Fu shows his displeasure when Tung Yung brings along his wife, thus increasing Master Fu’s burden of support.Realising the situation, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) explains that she cannot only do the domestic chores but knows how to weave cloth.With a malicious intention to embarrass her, Master Fu lays down a condition : unless The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) can weave ten bolts of brocade in one night, Tung Yung shall work as his slave for six years instead of three years to redeem himself.Confident, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) queries the master, “What if I can fulfill your condition in one night?”“Then I shall cut down Tung Yung’s years of redemption from three years to 100 days”, Master Fu replies firmly.“It’s a deal!” The Maid From Heaven accepts the condition and that night, she asks for help from her six elder sisters. All the sisters come down to earth and help her weave the ten bolts of brocade in two hours.What else can Master Fu do but to keep his promise?After 100 days of toil in Master Fu’s house, the couple regains their freedom and prepares to get underway for Tung Yung’s countryside, anticipating a free, pleasant married life.On their way home, Tung Yung discovers that his wife is pregnant. Overjoyed, he goes off foraging for food to feed her.The moment Tung Yung leaves her, an Envoy of the Emperor of Heaven arrives with four giant Buddhas to order The Maid From Heaven to return immediately to the Heavenly Palace.Unwilling to separate from Tung Yung, The Maid From Heaven defies the Emperor’s order. The Envoy leaves for the Heavenly Palace and returns with a second order from the Emperor – to dismember Tung Yung unless The Maid From Heaven returns to her father.When The Maid From Heaven is running from pillar to post, Tung Yung comes back with date-pears (Tsao Li in Chinese) which he has picked for his wife to eat.She hints at their inevitable separation by calling his attention to Tsao Li which in Chinese resembles the sound of “Early Separation”. Tung Yung does not catch her meaning. She cannot help but show him a poem on her fan from which Tung Yung learns to his astonishment that his wife is a transfiguration from a fairy, that The Emperor of Heaven is summoning her home and that their separation is inevitable. His heart aches with a wrench.At the painful moment of parting, The Emperor’s Envoy appears for the third time demanding the return of The Maid From Heaven. Tung Yung holds tight to her clothes but is knocked unconscious by the Heavenly army.Afraid that Tung Yung may be dismembered by Heaven’s will, The Maid From Heaven agrees to return to her father. Upon departure, she tearfully leaves words on the oak tree, promising to return to the shade under the oak tree when flowers blossom in the next spring. She will bring him the child and swears that though they are as far apart from each other as Heaven and Earth, she will never cease loving him.When Tung Yung comes to, the fairy is gone. Reading the words on the oak tree, Tung Yung can only look forlornly towards the Heaven with a pair of tearful eyes and a poor, broken heart

A Maid From Heaven

Life in the Heavenly Palace is dull and bleak.The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) is the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. Tired of her life in Heaven and admiring the boy-and-girl’s love on earth, she suddenly feels the irresistible urge to join the world below.With the sympathy and support of her six elder sisters, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) defies the law of Heaven and descends upon the earth alone.It happens that a young man by the name of Tung Yung is recently bereft of his father. He is so poor that he cannot afford to bury the deceased parent. In order to obtain enough money for his father’s funeral, Tung Yung sells himself out as a slave to a rich man, Master Fu, for a period of three years.His touching filial piety moves the heart of The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) so much that the fairy transforms herself into a lovely country maid to meet Tung Yung on his way, pretending that she has lost her way in an outlandish country after failing to locate her relative.She requests him to give her a helping hand and in return for his kindness she hints that she is willing to marry him.Thinking that he can scarcely look after himself let alone support a family, Tung Yung politely turns her down.With the help of Earth God and by dint of her eloquence, she ultimately succeeds in persuading Tung Yung. In the presence of Earth God as their witness and an oak tree as their go-between, the two get married. They both go to Master Fu’s house for work.A stingy millionaire, Master Fu shows his displeasure when Tung Yung brings along his wife, thus increasing Master Fu’s burden of support.Realising the situation, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) explains that she cannot only do the domestic chores but knows how to weave cloth.With a malicious intention to embarrass her, Master Fu lays down a condition : unless The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) can weave ten bolts of brocade in one night, Tung Yung shall work as his slave for six years instead of three years to redeem himself.Confident, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) queries the master, “What if I can fulfill your condition in one night?”“Then I shall cut down Tung Yung’s years of redemption from three years to 100 days”, Master Fu replies firmly.“It’s a deal!” The Maid From Heaven accepts the condition and that night, she asks for help from her six elder sisters. All the sisters come down to earth and help her weave the ten bolts of brocade in two hours.What else can Master Fu do but to keep his promise?After 100 days of toil in Master Fu’s house, the couple regains their freedom and prepares to get underway for Tung Yung’s countryside, anticipating a free, pleasant married life.On their way home, Tung Yung discovers that his wife is pregnant. Overjoyed, he goes off foraging for food to feed her.The moment Tung Yung leaves her, an Envoy of the Emperor of Heaven arrives with four giant Buddhas to order The Maid From Heaven to return immediately to the Heavenly Palace.Unwilling to separate from Tung Yung, The Maid From Heaven defies the Emperor’s order. The Envoy leaves for the Heavenly Palace and returns with a second order from the Emperor – to dismember Tung Yung unless The Maid From Heaven returns to her father.When The Maid From Heaven is running from pillar to post, Tung Yung comes back with date-pears (Tsao Li in Chinese) which he has picked for his wife to eat.She hints at their inevitable separation by calling his attention to Tsao Li which in Chinese resembles the sound of “Early Separation”. Tung Yung does not catch her meaning. She cannot help but show him a poem on her fan from which Tung Yung learns to his astonishment that his wife is a transfiguration from a fairy, that The Emperor of Heaven is summoning her home and that their separation is inevitable. His heart aches with a wrench.At the painful moment of parting, The Emperor’s Envoy appears for the third time demanding the return of The Maid From Heaven. Tung Yung holds tight to her clothes but is knocked unconscious by the Heavenly army.Afraid that Tung Yung may be dismembered by Heaven’s will, The Maid From Heaven agrees to return to her father. Upon departure, she tearfully leaves words on the oak tree, promising to return to the shade under the oak tree when flowers blossom in the next spring. She will bring him the child and swears that though they are as far apart from each other as Heaven and Earth, she will never cease loving him.When Tung Yung comes to, the fairy is gone. Reading the words on the oak tree, Tung Yung can only look forlornly towards the Heaven with a pair of tearful eyes and a poor, broken heart

A Maid From Heaven

Life in the Heavenly Palace is dull and bleak.The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) is the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. Tired of her life in Heaven and admiring the boy-and-girl’s love on earth, she suddenly feels the irresistible urge to join the world below.With the sympathy and support of her six elder sisters, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) defies the law of Heaven and descends upon the earth alone.It happens that a young man by the name of Tung Yung is recently bereft of his father. He is so poor that he cannot afford to bury the deceased parent. In order to obtain enough money for his father’s funeral, Tung Yung sells himself out as a slave to a rich man, Master Fu, for a period of three years.His touching filial piety moves the heart of The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) so much that the fairy transforms herself into a lovely country maid to meet Tung Yung on his way, pretending that she has lost her way in an outlandish country after failing to locate her relative.She requests him to give her a helping hand and in return for his kindness she hints that she is willing to marry him.Thinking that he can scarcely look after himself let alone support a family, Tung Yung politely turns her down.With the help of Earth God and by dint of her eloquence, she ultimately succeeds in persuading Tung Yung. In the presence of Earth God as their witness and an oak tree as their go-between, the two get married. They both go to Master Fu’s house for work.A stingy millionaire, Master Fu shows his displeasure when Tung Yung brings along his wife, thus increasing Master Fu’s burden of support.Realising the situation, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) explains that she cannot only do the domestic chores but knows how to weave cloth.With a malicious intention to embarrass her, Master Fu lays down a condition : unless The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) can weave ten bolts of brocade in one night, Tung Yung shall work as his slave for six years instead of three years to redeem himself.Confident, The Maid From Heaven (Seventh Fairy) queries the master, “What if I can fulfill your condition in one night?”“Then I shall cut down Tung Yung’s years of redemption from three years to 100 days”, Master Fu replies firmly.“It’s a deal!” The Maid From Heaven accepts the condition and that night, she asks for help from her six elder sisters. All the sisters come down to earth and help her weave the ten bolts of brocade in two hours.What else can Master Fu do but to keep his promise?After 100 days of toil in Master Fu’s house, the couple regains their freedom and prepares to get underway for Tung Yung’s countryside, anticipating a free, pleasant married life.On their way home, Tung Yung discovers that his wife is pregnant. Overjoyed, he goes off foraging for food to feed her.The moment Tung Yung leaves her, an Envoy of the Emperor of Heaven arrives with four giant Buddhas to order The Maid From Heaven to return immediately to the Heavenly Palace.Unwilling to separate from Tung Yung, The Maid From Heaven defies the Emperor’s order. The Envoy leaves for the Heavenly Palace and returns with a second order from the Emperor – to dismember Tung Yung unless The Maid From Heaven returns to her father.When The Maid From Heaven is running from pillar to post, Tung Yung comes back with date-pears (Tsao Li in Chinese) which he has picked for his wife to eat.She hints at their inevitable separation by calling his attention to Tsao Li which in Chinese resembles the sound of “Early Separation”. Tung Yung does not catch her meaning. She cannot help but show him a poem on her fan from which Tung Yung learns to his astonishment that his wife is a transfiguration from a fairy, that The Emperor of Heaven is summoning her home and that their separation is inevitable. His heart aches with a wrench.At the painful moment of parting, The Emperor’s Envoy appears for the third time demanding the return of The Maid From Heaven. Tung Yung holds tight to her clothes but is knocked unconscious by the Heavenly army.Afraid that Tung Yung may be dismembered by Heaven’s will, The Maid From Heaven agrees to return to her father. Upon departure, she tearfully leaves words on the oak tree, promising to return to the shade under the oak tree when flowers blossom in the next spring. She will bring him the child and swears that though they are as far apart from each other as Heaven and Earth, she will never cease loving him.When Tung Yung comes to, the fairy is gone. Reading the words on the oak tree, Tung Yung can only look forlornly towards the Heaven with a pair of tearful eyes and a poor, broken heart