[Jade Rabbit Grinding Medicine]
In this legend, three immortal sages transformed themselves into pitiful old men and begged for food from a fox, a monkey and a rabbit. The fox and the monkey both had food to give to the old men, but the empty-handed rabbit had nothing to give, and offered his own flesh instead by jumping into a blazing fire. The fairies were so touched by the rabbit's sacrifice, thus let him live in the Moon Palace where he became the "Jade Rabbit."