However, the secularized tiger in China with its enormous area and complex ethnic mix naturally gave rise to a multiplicity of different symbolisms, creating apparent contradictions. This is no different from the imaginary dragon, for although the dragon is said to be holy and inviolable for the Chinese, there are also some stories of evil dragons.
但另一方面，世俗化後的老虎，在地方廣大、種族複雜的中國，象徵自然也多元起來，並產生看來矛盾的情形；就像實際上不存在的龍，在中國雖說是神聖不可侵犯，但也有惡龍的故事存在。