In this four-piece painting, four imagined creatures are presented. From the left to the right, they are: Jiahu (tiger beetle and white tiger), Fufong (ephemera and phoenix), Chulong (worm and flying dragon), and Xuandou (Japanese horned beetle and black tortoise). We may think the combination of earthly insects and mythological animals is strange, but that’s because we already have a preconceived idea of what living beings should look like. I hope to rediscover the set of values that result in people’s preconceptions and perhaps erase some of them through this double mimicry of insects over mythological animals and vice versa. A personal fable results from ever-growing egocentrism and the incapability of understanding others. But more people have started to reflect upon the roles they play and the views they hold as they try to fit into the society at large. Of course, in the process, inner conflicts occur, and it becomes a key issue for them to strike a balance between their own sets of values and the outer world. Perhaps it is a myth and not a fact that one can eventually achieve such a balance, but I do try my best to delve into the relations between one’s subjective views and his or her existence in society in this mimicry-inspired artwork. Taking a refined descriptive approach, I try to incorporate their different forms and come up with something that looks agreeable to viewers. These atypical living beings suggest that it is possible to strike a balance with all the roles we play in life.