The three-rabbit motif of a Dunhuang mural inspires the coffee-set design. Shi had introduced the rabbit element in his design inspired by a mural painting which depicts three rabbits with shared ears in a cave in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province. The Taoist classic Tao Te Ching states that "one begets two; two begets three; three begets the myriad creatures", …
