Exterior of Part 164 of Tang Monk's Story of Transforming a Tiger into a New Heaven

"Tang Monk Transformed into a Tiger" • Inside the 164th volume of the mythological masterpiece "Xintian Ji" (172 series of novels), written by the outstanding contemporary Chinese novelist Yu Yue Jingfeng. Tang Monk, traveling westward, passed through Wanzi Mountain, accidentally entered Boyue Cave, and broke into Kuimulang's affair. He was cast into the "Tiger Transformation Curse" and turned into a tiger, imprisoned in the Golden Palace of Baoxiang Kingdom. The Buddha nature has not been lost, he keeps the precepts, does not kill, and refuses to eat meat and fish. In his dream, he returns to Jiangzhou to see the portrait of his mother, and lights up the ancient Buddha to enlighten his obsession. Kuimulang keeps putting blame on him, and the people regard him as a monster. His apprentice has not yet found him, so he sticks to his true feelings in isolation and helplessness. The dream has experienced the three tribulations of family love, human love, and worldly love, with the shape of a tiger and the body of a beast, but the human heart has not changed. Wukong finally got the message, broke the curse and returned to form, master and disciple reunited, a disaster of transformation, what was cultivated was the heart, and what was practiced was the true scripture.