Later a story was added in which a tablet inscribed with characters reading shih-kan-tang protected a king from concealed attack during the Five Dynasties Period.
後人又憑想像力，給附加了一則勇士傳說：故事中，石敢當是五代時國王的一名護衛，孔武有力，曾為君主抵擋暗箭，後人便立石頭，上刻其名，以擋一切危險。