The Tale of King Suru

The Tale of King Suru is a allegorical story to teach children and young people virtues and wisdom. The story uses death to illustrate the important qualities in life. It highlights the active principles of endurance, patience, tolerance, love, universal love, justice, mercy, happiness, prudence, wonder, providence, idiocy, foolishness and death, as names of the characters in the book to educate children aged 10 years old and older. It thus instructs them that, by knowing and applying the principles the story conveys, young people can live a better, more meaningful, more fulfilled and longer life.