Zen Master Baimei patiently explained to me.

In Chinese history, the founder of the Liao dynasty was called Yelu Abaoji. [1] One day, he was hunting in the meadow with three-hundred horsemen when they saw a giant monster fly above their heads.

Yelu Abaoji ordered his army to shoot the beast with thousands of arrows. When the giant beast got hit, they recognized it was a massive black dragon!

The black dragon lost its balance and eventually fell around five hundred meters away from the army. Yelu Abaoji ordered his men to tie the dying dragon down with iron chains.

However, Yelu Abaoji’s actions caused panic among the people as they thought that the black dragon was a messenger from the heavens....