Ukupheka i-Master Boy

Indaba yenzeka ngekhulu le-19 leminyaka eChina ngesikhathi se-Qing Dynasty, lapho uMbusi waba buthaka futhi izwe laliseduze nesiphithiphithi. Kuphinde kube phakathi nenkathi eqanjiwe ebizwa ngokuthi “Inkathi Yezimpi Zokupheka”. Kwakuyinkathi lapho abapheki abaphezulu abanezitayela ezahlukene zokupheka bezama ngakho konke okusemandleni ukuthuthukisa amakhono abo nokuba umpheki ohamba phambili e-China. Kuyizwe lapho ukuthuka umpheki wezinga eliphezulu noma ukuzikhohlisa ngokupheka kungafaka umuntu ejele, futhi ukuzenza umpheki ophezulu kufana nokuqhwaga igunya. Abapheki bancintisana ukuze bathole inhlonipho ngisho namandla, kodwa futhi nezingozi zokulahlekelwa yikho konke.
Ngemva kokushona kukamama ka-Mao, u-Pai, owayebizwa ngokuthi 'Inganekwane Yokudla', uMao uba Umpheki Omkhulu ukuze athathe isicoco sokuba Umpheki Omkhulu wendawo yokudlela kamama wakhe. Nokho, ngaphambi kokuba athathe isikhundla sikanina njengoMpheki Omkhulu, uyaqhubeka nokuhamba eChina ukuze afunde okwengeziwe ngezindlela eziningi zokupheka, ngethemba lokuba umpheki wodumo, njengonina. Phakathi nohambo lwakhe, uhlangana nabangane abakhulu nezimbangi ezinolaka ezifisa ukumbekela inselele emkhakheni wokupheka.