Found some background info on Weito, who is one of the Guardian Warriors of the Buddhist faith. It would seem that he is among one of the most important one too.
first a link for the image of him:
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/wei_to.htm
The description of him:
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/.../weito-txt.htm
The most interesting thing about this handsome looking General is that he might be the Chinese adaptation of Skanda, one of the sons of Siva whom might have been the romantic version of
Drum rolls.....
ALEXANDER THE GREAT!
BTW, father and son in Hinduism quite often are regarded as one entity. So Siva and Skanda share some similar characteristics.
Here's an article about it
http://murugan.org/research/gopalapillai.htm
Now with all these info. it is not far fatch, when we look at the 7th Road of 18 Lohan, to see the deliberate spiritual design of the form IMHO.
Robert