From the appearance of this sword lion, one can see its righteous spirit of honoring the Way and upholding the law, keeping for people the constant protection of warding off evil, suppressing misfortune, and invoking blessings. Taking the homophone variant “heng” (horizontal) of the character “heng” (constant), it further explains that this sword lion not only possesses a finely carved wooden design, but also expresses the fairness and justice contained in the words of the ancient sage Xunzi in his “Discourse on Ritual”: “When the balance is truly hung, one cannot deceive it with light or heavy.”
This article was submitted to the 2007 Prefecture Spring Stroll Website literary creation competition.
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