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Xiong Liang is an author active in the field of Chinese picture books and illustrated books. Public information about him is limited: his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly recorded. Five of his works are included in the collection—Zaowang Ye (The Kitchen God), Xiong Liang's Chinese Picture Books, Changbanpo, Jingang Shi (Master Jingang), and Meiyu Guai (The Plum Rain Monster)—and they are commonly classified under social sciences. Judging from their subject matter, he often draws on traditional Chinese folk customs, popular beliefs, and classical stories, such as the worship of the Kitchen God and the Changbanpo episode from the Three Kingdoms, retelling them through visual narrative with both traditional flavor and personal imagination, while works such as Jingang Shi and Meiyu Guai show a stronger fantastical vein. Overall, his creations use the picture book as a medium to bridge traditional culture and children's reading, emphasizing the interplay of text and image and visual storytelling, and are representative of explorations of indigenous themes in original Chinese picture books.