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• The Magic Bag Aug 26, 2025

  

  In the scholarly city of Suwon, where ancient academies stood proudly among cherry blossom trees and the sound of students reciting classical texts echoed through the morning air, lived a diligent young scholar named Chang-min. Though he came from a poor farming family, Chang-min had earned his place at the prestigious Confucian academy through his exceptional intelligence and unwavering dedication to learning.

  Every day, Chang-min would walk the long path from his tiny rented room to the academy, carrying only a worn cloth bag containing a few sheets of paper, a brush, and his simple lunch—usually just a small portion of rice with pickled vegetables. While his wealthy classmates arrived in fine silk robes with servants carrying their books and elaborate meal boxes, Chang-min wore the same patched hanbok day after day and often went hungry rather than miss his studies.