In creating his carvings, he imagined that he was himself in the wild desert 1,400 years ago, short of food and water and coming close to death time and again. This way he was able to understand Xuan Zang, who resolved, "I would rather travel west and die than return east to save my life."
創作雕鑿時，他又想像自己置身於一千四百多年前的噬人狂沙之中，面對斷食缺水的困境，數次在生死邊緣掙扎，體會玄奘大師「寧可西進而死，絕不東歸求生」的心志願行。