寅虎 Yin Tiger
使风鼓火动钤锤，舞戈弄刀扫尘灰。
矢志不渝方成器，动静合一大可为。
Wind fans the flames, the hammer strikes,
Swords dance, blades sweep the dust aside.
With iron will, one finds their way,
Between stillness and motion, greatness will stay.
元辰殿内，寅虎立在砧台前，敲敲打打。
几个道童在他周围，鼓风吹火加柴添炭。
忽而，殿门被踢开，守门的童子追着齐天大圣走将进来。
寅虎对童子们使个眼色，他们急忙退了出去。
大圣走至砧台旁，将一副盔甲损在地上，一只脚踏在砧台边，笑道：“寅虎老弟，天上给的这副行头，我着实穿不惯，不如你替我改改，你的手艺我信得过。”
寅虎看了看大圣的步云履，道:“你来求我，这般无礼?脚。”
大圣笑嘻嘻地把脚放下，笑道:“天上的门门道道，我是不理的。我们又不是这一天的交情，还讲这些个?”
寅虎不接话，大圣夺过他那砧台上正在敲敲打打的大刀，把了把，试了试，摇头道：“轻了轻了，配不上你。”
寅虎这才捡起地上的盔甲，翻看了一下，道:“你那金甲极好，何必穿这破铜烂铁。”
大圣一下跳到寅虎的大椅上，笑道:“我正是不愿穿，才放来你这处修，你也不必真动手。若有人来查问，你便说在改了即可。”
寅虎拒绝道:“拿回去，我不陪你唱戏。”
大圣也不恼，解下腰间的宝葫芦:“我其实是来喝酒的，你快去把他们都唤来。记得叫我那同族的好兄弟，也带上些自酿的酒，总不能只亏了我老孙一个。”
其后，大圣在那元辰殿内与众人欢饮醉倒，被仙吏扶了回去。
他走后寅虎一瞧，那副盔甲还留在他的砧台旁。只能改日，再给他送回去了。
In the Hall of Yuanchen, Yin Tiger stood before the anvil, hammering away. Several young Daoist apprentices surrounded him, fanning the flames and adding wood and charcoal to the fire. Suddenly, the hall doors were kicked open, and the gatekeeper boy chased in with the Great Sage. Yin Tiger signalled to the apprentices with a glance, and they quickly left.
The Great Sage approached the anvil, threw a set of armor on the ground, and placed one foot on the edge of the anvil, laughing, "Brother Tiger, this armor those immortals granted me doesn't suit me at all. Why don't you better it for me? I trust your craftsmanship."
Yin Tiger glanced at the Great Sage's Cloudtreaders and said, "You come to ask for my help with such disrespect? Your foot."
The Great Sage, with a cheeky smile on his face, lowered his foot and said, "I care nothing about those grand rules above. We've known each other for ages; why bother with manners?"
Yin Tiger didn't respond. The Great Sage grabbed the large cleaver the Tiger had been hammering, tested its weight, and shook his head, "Too light, that is. It doesn't suit you."
Only then did Yin Tiger pick up the armor from the ground, examine it, and say, "Your gold armor is excellent. Why bother with this scrap metal?"
The Great Sage leaped onto the Tiger's large chair and laughed, "That's why I brought it here. You don't really have to waste your hammerings on it. If anyone asks, just say you're working on it."
Yin Tiger refused, "Take it back. I won't play along with your act."
The Great Sage wasn't offended. He untied the precious gourd from his waist and said, "Actually, I came to drink. Go call everyone. Remember to invite my good brother Shen Monkey and bring some of his homemade wine. To drink mine, you guys got to offer something too."
Later, the Great Sage drank and reveled with everyone in the Hall of Yuanchen until he was hammered and had to be escorted back by celestial officials. After he left, Yin Tiger noticed that the armor was still lying beside his anvil. Well then, he would have to return it to him another day.
