The life of Xiong Wei bears similarities to Zhang Wuji's. Moreover, a line of poetry from a temple divination lot that he read as a youth-about a life that is not to be "confined by the narrow bounds of a small river" - urged him on during hard times. He ended up as one of the great martial arts masters of his generation. "When I was little," says Xiong.
熊衛的人生際遇隱隱與此相合，而幼年時的一句籤詩「行藏不在小江河」，更在困頓時屢屢激勵著他，讓他終成一代武學宗師。