This work was collaborated by Au Ho-Nien and Zhu Mulan in 1986, during the time when Au was the head of the Faculty of Art at the Chinese Culture University and Au’s peak of his artistic career. Au excelled in depicting animals, birds, landscapes and flowers. Amongst the animals, his favourite subjects are tigers, lions and eagles, collected by major private and academic collections. Animal paintings of Au Ho-Nien are renowned for the animals’ liveliness and structure. Despite the stillness of the tiger, its body is ready for attack, its head is lowered and its eyes are fixated on its prey. Details of the tigers were depicted, with special attention in its muscles and body outline. This work requires immense time and effort. Details were meticulously depicted including the white hair on the head, chest and legs. Shanma brush was used with scrupulous effort, giving the tiger its majestic character. Au loves depicting tigers and once wrote a poem for this majestic animal. Such gestures show Au’s literati character and his respect to the animal.