An Overview of Paintings in Song Dynasty Bian Zhuangzi's "Sting the Tiger".
The story in the painting is that Bianzhuang wants to assassinate the tiger, and the people next to him advise him that if two tigers want to eat cows, they will inevitably fight for them. When two tigers fight, the little tiger is killed by the big tiger, and the big tiger is inevitably injured. When the two tigers are finished, if you kill the injured big tiger, you will get two tigers at once. Bianzhuang listened to this suggestion and stopped to wait for the two tigers to fight. Sure enough, he got two tigers. The meaning of this story is to advise people not to rely solely on courage without wisdom. On the other hand, it also means that one of our own "two tigers" is fighting with each other, but in the end, others have benefited. It's no use convincing people that they are brave and competitive. This graceful figure painting, without the author's signature, has always been said to be made by Li (about1049-106) in the Song Dynasty. The records of the third edition of Shiqu Baodi in the Qing Palace are so recognized, but modern people can't agree with this statement.