As it says in a poem by the Qing dynasty man of letters Feng Xianghua: "Don't raise the god up high to venerate him, it's easier for him to operate down on the ground; He'd rather meditate in peace unmolested by the world, so stash him below the altar to avoid common mortals."
清代文人馮向華便作了這樣一首詩：「不徙高處敬尊神，地下行仙自在身；疑是清修嫌世擾，故藏案下避凡人。」