In the novel "Journey to the West", the personality of Tang monks and apprentices is very distinct, such as Tang monks are cowardly and timid, but their inner beliefs are firm and kind; Sun Wukong is intelligent, lively, loyal, and jealous as a vendetta; the Eight Precepts of the Pig are delicious and lazy, timid, short-sighted, weak-willed, love to take advantage of small advantages, and covet women; Sand monks are upright and selfless, down-to-earth, scrupulous in their duties, and hard work and resentment.
In this line of masters and apprentices, Sun Wukong is the main combat force, and the sand monks rarely perform, but the performance of the Eight Precepts of the Pig is ridiculous, why do you say so? Because there were many disasters, it was not necessary to happen, but because of the Eight Precepts of the Pig, tang monks had a lot of right and wrong on the way to the Western Heavens.
For example, the spider essence, if it were not for the eight precepts of the pig peeking at the spider elves bathing, there would be no subsequent events; for example, the "three dozen white bone essences" time, if it were not for the eight precepts of the pig to stir up dissension, the Tang monk would not force Sun Wukong away in anger; in short, if the eight precepts of the pig were to make trouble, the tang monk and his party would have gone to the Western Heavens to take the scriptures, it would be much easier.
But many people will be surprised, the Eight Precepts of the Pig are heavenly gods and immortals, why is the performance so unbearable? Not only is the combat effectiveness very ordinary, but there are so many shortcomings in the personality, can you become a god? In fact, there are too many incomprehensible places about everything about the Eight Precepts of the Pig, and people can't help but think deeply; in fact, in the whole book, the Eight Precepts of the Pig are a being who shoulders a heavy responsibility.
As we all know, if you want to become a god, you must first cultivate to reach the level of six pure roots, and secondly, you must be strong, and the Eight Precepts of the Pig can become the "Canopy Marshal" who is in charge of the eighty thousand sailors of the Tianhe River, with a high position of authority, whether it is cultivation of the heart or cultivation, it is extremely high. But later, because of the drunken disturbance, he flirted with the neon fairy and arched the bullfighting palace, stole the Lingzhi fairy grass, and committed the Tiantiao.
This immortal cultivation is extremely high, not to mention whether it will really be drunk, even if it is drunk, the mana will be dissolved as soon as it runs, why should it cause such a catastrophe? It can be seen that all this has been planned for a long time. The role of the Eight Precepts of the Pig is to prompt the Tang monks and their party to complete the ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties, which were not fixed by the Buddha or the Jade Emperor, but by the Heavenly Dao.
Although there are some wild youkai on the road, the Heavenly Court and the Buddha's Realm have also sent a lot of children, mounts and other subordinates to be demons, but it is still very difficult to get together nine nine eighty-one difficulties; and Tang Monk and Sun Wukong do not know what it is, if they let them go alone, it is estimated that half of the disasters will be completed unexpectedly, at this time there will be a mischief-making existence, and the Eight Precepts of the Pig is responsible for this task.
For example, in the "Four Holy Trials of Zen Heart", Sun Wukong could see the four mother and daughter who had changed out of Guanyin Bodhisattva, couldn't the Eight Precepts of the Pig see it? You must know that the Eight Precepts of the Pig were only because he was beaten with two thousand hammers before he went down, and he did not drink Meng Po soup or anything, it was purely an informal process of reincarnation, and his memory and ability were greatly preserved, but he was only seriously injured.
Marshal Tiancang's position in the Heavenly Court was no weaker than that of Guanyin Bodhisattva and other beings, how could he not see it? The reason why you still pretend to be confused is simply to increase the number of calamities and flirt with Buddhist people such as Guanyin Bodhisattva. But when there is a real need for the Eight Precepts of the Pig, the strength displayed by the Eight Precepts of the Pig is indeed extraordinary, for example, when he went to ask Sun Wukong, he knew how to use the Radical Technique.
For example, when fighting scorpion essences, Sun Wukong knew that he could not beat the scorpion essence, so he called the eight precepts of the pig to help him, this time, the two sides actually fought a fair fight, and this is largely due to the fact that the eight precepts of the pig have reservations. And through Sun Wukong's repeated call for help from the Eight Precepts of the Pig, it can also be known that Sun Wukong should see that the strength of the Eight Precepts of the Pig is not weak.
It is also because of the hard work and high merit of the Eight Precepts of the Pig, so in the end when the Buddha gave the Tang monks and disciples a reward, the Eight Precepts of the Pig were very dissatisfied with his position; of course, he did not really care about this so-called "messenger of the pure altar", after all, he was only sent by the Heavenly Court to assist, after the matter was over, he still had to return to the Heavenly Court, but after all, it was a faceless, and multiple positions could receive an extra salary, such as the Buddha was also very knowledgeable about current affairs, directly to the Pig Eight Precepts, "Pure Altar Messenger" is very "oily", That's why he gladly accepted.