Citing Journey to the West as an example, Tarng says, "To foreigners, it is just an adventure story about a man, a pig, a monkey and a monster. What's the difference between that and the Japanese story of Momotaro?"
就以《西遊記》來說，「在外國人眼中，這不過就是一人、一豬、一猴和一個怪物的冒險故事，和日本的《桃太郎》有什麼兩樣？」