The stone-carved wooden statue of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara sitting on a lion underwent many depictions when it was passed down from India to China. A possible representation can represent the lack of identity for a woman while the opposing power, a male influence, limits her. The sculptural art was created in the late 14th and 15th centuries exemplifying an outward beauty supported by high cheekbones and a rounded chin beneath flushed red lips to model the feminine beauty of the typical Chinese woman. Grounding the bodhisattva's body to sit atop the lion was the male chest followed by the tightly packed bulky feet. This may demonstrate the suppression of the woman's abstract mind in favor of the male physicality to be presented in a society as something further devalued. However, it is showing that the bodhisattva body has an unstable gender identity. Looking at the male-female conflict, the lion sitting at the bottom is shown with a braid-shaped symbol on its neck that controls how it can turn its head, like a dog wearing a leash to stay within its owner's boundaries. This probably means neglecting the sight of female intelligence capable of moving forward as the mechanics of a human body do. Furthermore, the position of the legs includes one on the lion and the other leg resting on the pedestal. This may mean that one leg is forced to remain in this type of conformity while the other wants to walk towards something that allows it a certain type of freedom. In fact, "..., the raised right leg and the hanging lower part are often found in representations of the Bodhisattva Alalokiteshvara, who takes the well-known form of the Water Moon, in China the most popular manifestation of this bo...... paper ......der is that the different messages coming from the sculpture have baffled its viewers as to what its meaning might be. "For the myths tell us that from the mystical perspective the distinctions between male and female... -as between time and eternity, pluralism and monism- are meaningless" (TECHNIQUES OF THE WORLD SAVIORS: Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, part two from The Myth of the Great Secret: An Appreciation of Joseph Campbell [Celestial Arts, 1990], Toby Johnson). Although both male and female influences intersected, the mythical stories of the goddess or god represented the need for a stronger feminine aspect. To maintain the highest position a goddess can have and show it to the whole world, this test not only tells the story of the adversities of the Chinese woman, but of the adversities of women everywhere..