This chapter's epigraph is from a poem called "The Great Black Dragon." It's a poem about the power of ki, the energy within a dragon's soul, and how it can be harnessed to its advantage. The poem describes a fight between a dragon and a prince, in which the prince hits the dragon with a ki strike. The chiding of the chiding dragon is a metaphor for chiding a chiding child, and it's one of the most famous lines in the book.