First of all, there is no record that the West Queen Mother is "ugly"; secondly, the purpose of the "tourism master" Zhou Mu Wang to find the West Queen Mother is not simple!
First of all, let's talk about whether the Queen Mother of the West is ugly or not.
According to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Queen Mother of the West is "like a human, with a leopard's tail and tiger teeth and a good whistle, a hair and a victory, and is the strength of the heavens and the five remnants." ”
What does this mean? We'll read it from the point of view of the recorder: it looks like a person, which means that it looks like a person. Could it be that the Queen Mother of the West is a monster? Of course not, because the dress of the Queen Mother of the West is different from the people in the Central Plains, which are common to the recorders.
The specific difference is later said: "Leopard tail tiger teeth and good whistle, fluffy hair wear victory." That is to say, the West Queen Mother belongs to the "alien race", there are ornaments similar to the leopard's tail behind the clothes, the teeth (may be tiger teeth) are sharp, and the voice is very loud (there are also analysis that the West Queen Mother will have a special shout or whistle).
Then there is the fact that the hair is loose and not tied up. "Dai Sheng" is a kind of decoration for ancient women.
Therefore, the image of the Queen Mother of the West in the Classic of Mountains and Seas is very clear, the female leader of the tribe, the queen of the small country. There is no text that says she looks ugly, just a special dress.
As for Mu Tianzi, that is, king Mu of Zhou in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
If you look at it according to the "Records of History", King Mu of Zhou was already 50 years old when he succeeded to the throne, and he lived until he was 105 years old, which is a very long life.
In the "Biography of Mu Tianzi", it is recorded that King Mu of Zhou rushed thousands of miles to Kunlun to eat and drink with the Queen Mother of the West, and it was a mess.
Could it be that King Mu of Zhou has gone through all kinds of hardships just for a "date"?
Of course, it is not so simple, according to the record, King Mu of Zhou went to Kunlun to find the Queen Mother of the West, which was a matter of Thirteen Years of King Mu. At this time, King Mu of Zhou was already 63 years old. At this age, still spring in the heart, running so far to date? Obviously doesn't make sense.
(Queen Mother of the West)
In fact, the purpose of King Zhou Mu, the Queen Mother of the West had already spoken out. The Biography of Mu Tianzi records:
The Queen Mother of the West is a rumor for the Son of Heaven: The white clouds are in the sky, and the mountains and tombs come out of themselves. The road is far away, and the mountains and rivers are between them. The son is not dead, but can still come back.
That is to say, the Queen Mother of the West blessed (or cast a spell): King Zhou Mu is too far away from here, so that you will not die, so that you can come again.
The Queen Mother of the West can help King Mu of Zhou to "live forever", or "prolong his life".
What means does the Queen Mother of the West have to prolong people's lives? A lot of people think of peaches.
In the Han Wu Stories and The Inner Biography of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the peach is "as big as a duck egg, round and blue". Notice this description, strange isn't it? Only the size of a goose egg, round, cyan. Is this a peach?
Look again at the record in the Huainan Zi: "Yi please the medicine of immortality to the Queen Mother." "Yi also once asked the Queen Mother of the West for the medicine of immortality, although it was not named as a peach, but it should also refer to this."
Is there a possibility that the peach is just a code name, an image title, but not a peach.
It is not a peach, but it can prolong life, and even become an "immortal medicine", which is powerful.
In fact, the "Biography of Mu Tianzi" gives us clues to confirm what this miracle drug is.
First of all, Mu Tianzi disregarded his sixty-something age and led a group of people to go thousands of miles to find the Queen Mother of the West, definitely not for dating, the biggest possibility is to "prolong life". He seems to be very interested in "jade" along the way, mentioning several important occasions about jade.
For example, when you reach the "Mountain of Jade":
"As for the Mountain of Jade... The Son of Heaven then took the jade three multiplications, the jade clothing, and carried ten thousand jades. The Heavenly Son rested on the mountain of jade on the fourth day, and he was ordered to punish Hou Dai to attack the jade. ”
Almost to the place, Mu Tianzi also specially stationed for four days, filled with four large carts of jade, and let his men continue to dig here. Mu Tianzi likes jade so much?
After the construction of the West Queen Mother, the "White Gui Xuanbi" (one white and one black two pieces of jade) was also specially offered. The Queen Mother is so close to the Mountain of Jade, do you still care about your two pieces of jade?
Will there be such a possibility, Mu Tianzi offered these two pieces of jade, in order to let the West Queen Mother identify and identify. The Queen Mother of the West looked at it, shook her head, and said, "No, no, you can't prolong your life with this thing, I have good ones here." ”
Therefore, the Queen Mother of the West took out a magical medicine, the texture was like jade, and the shape was like a "peach". After King Zhou Mu ate it, he was really refreshed, old and strong...
(The Biography of Mu Tianzi)
Then the Queen Mother of the West told Mu Tianzi that eating this could prolong his life and "the son will not die." What does it mean to be able to come back? That is, you have to come back and eat again to "continue to live".
Then King Mu of Zhou was delayed because of the battle, and he didn't have time to go...