When the Celestial Jade Emperor heard about this, he decided to try to reform the refractory monkey by granting him the title of pi-ma-wen of the Heavenly Stables.
天上的玉皇大帝得報，決心善加管教，但一時心軟，念「生化之慈恩」，反而封他為天庭「弼馬溫」，希望藉此使之聽命歸順。懷才不遇，天庭養馬起初老孫的確盡忠職守、日夜加班，把玉皇天馬養得匹匹肥壯。