Question: The same is degraded, why can Sun Wukong go to the heavenly court to move the rescue soldiers, but the Eight Precepts of the Pig cannot?
Text/Jiang Zi shushu
In the story of "Journey to the West", the Eight Precepts of the Pig and the Sand Monk, one was once the Marshal of the Canopy, the other was once the Roller Blind General, both were once gods and immortals with a compilation, and their positions in the Heavenly Court were much more justified than the Qitian Great Saint Sun Wukong who had no officials and no servants in those years. Look at the scenery of the Eight Commandments of the Pig again!
The gongyuan was full but soared, and the heavenly immortals came to greet them. Lang Ran was born under the clouds, and his body was light and healthy towards the Golden Que. The Jade Emperor set up a banquet group of immortals, and each grade was lined up. The marshal of the imperial seal manages the Tianhe River, and the governor sailors call it the Constitution Festival.
Later, because of the drunken play Chang'e, the eight precepts of the pig were escorted by the gods to the Lingxiao to see the Jade Emperor, and should have been executed, fortunately, taibai Venus interceded, which gave his life, and was released from the heavens, you see what the eight precepts of the pig and the Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South China Sea said?
The strange man said, "I am not a wild pig, nor am I an old man, I am originally the marshal of the canopy in the Tianhe River." Just because he teased Chang'e with wine, the Jade Emperor beat me with two thousand hammers and degraded the dust fan; A spiritual true nature actually came to take the reincarnation, and without expecting the wrong path, cast in a sow fetus, and became like this. It was I who bit the sow, killed the herd, occupied the mountain field here, and ate people to survive. Bumping into the bodhisattva unexpectedly, Wanwang pulled out the rescue. ”
The official heard that since the Eight Precepts of the Pig had been degraded and had been dismissed, he was naturally no longer the marshal of the canopy, his name was missing from the list of immortals, and the gate of the heavenly court was closed to him from then on, and he was naturally not good enough to return to the heavenly court.
In the story of "Journey to the West", when Sun Wukong first went to the Heavenly Court, he was also stopped by the Heavenly Soldier Heavenly General, and after being Bow Ma Wen, the gate of the Heavenly Court was allowed to enter and exit.
Then, on the way to learn the scriptures, Sun Wukong always went to the Heavenly Court to rescue the soldiers, was it because he was not dismissed from his post by the Heavenly Court? The gods still call him a great sage, does that mean that Sun Wukong is still the Qi Tian Dasheng of the Heavenly Court?
First, Li Tianwang led the heavenly soldiers to surround Huaguo Mountain, that is, he was ordered to descend the demon monkey, Sun Wukong is the demon monkey, naturally at this time has been dismissed by the Jade Emperor, so after that, there is a scene where Sun Wukong was escorted by the heavenly soldiers to the demon-beheading platform and tied to the demon-descending pillar. The Second Saint was instructed to come and descend the demon, and the dialogue was even more intriguing.
Ru Lai asked, "What's the matter with the Jade Emperor, bothering the Second Saint?" The Second Saint immediately enlightened: "Xiangshi Huaguo Mountain produces a monkey, where it is magical, and gathers a crowd of monkeys to disturb the world." The Jade Emperor lowered his commandments and gave him the title of 'Bow Ma Wen', and he suspected that the officials were small and reversed. When Li Tianwang and Prince Nezha were sent to capture him but were not captured, they recruited him again and made him the 'Great Sage of QiTian'. He took care of the peach orchard; He steals peaches; And went to Yaochi, stole food, stole wine, and disturbed the assembly; The battle wine also secretly entered the Tushi Palace, stole the old Jun's elixir, and returned to the Heavenly Palace. The Jade Emperor sent 100,000 Heavenly Soldiers, but he could not ambush them. ”
In the story of "Journey to the West", when Sun Wukong was recruited by the Heavenly Court twice, when he was enthroned as Ma Wen and Qi Tiandasheng, it was when he was honored on the list of immortals, and when the Jade Emperor ordered the dispatch of troops to capture the demon monkeys, it was when Sun Wukong was dismissed from his post and removed from the list of immortals. If you come to surrender Sun Wukong, the Jade Emperor also said: "Domon Dafa reaps the evil of the demons", which shows that Sun Wukong, like the Eight Precepts of the Pig, is no longer a person in the Heavenly Court.
Second, after Sun Wukong came out of the mountain, he went to the Heavenly Court for the first time, frightening the gatekeeper, and later every time he went to the Heavenly Court, he was also waiting outside the Heavenly Gate for notification, and only after getting permission did he see the Jade Emperor.
In the story of "Journey to the West", the first time Sun Wukong turned to the Forces of the Heavenly Court, he was to find the Guangmu Heavenly King to borrow the fire avoidance tips, when the Eight Precepts of the Pig had not yet joined the sutra collection team, and even the Black Bear Spirit had to appear later.
The good walker, a tendon dou jumped into the South Heavenly Gate, scaring a Pang Liu Gou bi to the body, Ma Zhao Wen guan guan back, ju said: "Not good! Not good! The master of the Haunting Heavenly Palace has come again!" The walker shook his hand and said, "Rank is not to be shocked, I have come to find the King of Guangmu Heaven." He couldn't say it, but when the king of heaven arrived early, he greeted the walker and said, "Jiukuo, Jiukuo." Before I heard that Guanyin Bodhisattva came to see the Jade Emperor, borrowed the Four Values of Gong Cao, the Six Dings and Six Jia and revealed the truth, etc., to protect the Tang monks to go to the Western Heavens to learn the scriptures, saying that you have become an apprentice with him, how can you be idle here today?"
In the story of "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong encountered qingniu jing, but he could not fight, but also until the South Heavenly Gate, to find the Jade Emperor, it was the Four Heavenly Masters who played Lingxiao for him and introduced Yu Majesty. Sun Wukong coaxed the treasure of Taishang Laojun to perform a play to pretend to be heaven, but also called the god of the day, the god of the night tour, and the god of the five parties, and played the Jade Emperor with him, that is, there was an act of breaking into the South Heavenly Gate, and it was also the Jade Emperor and the gods who did not care, in fact, they had already crossed the courtesy.
Since Sun Wukong has also been degraded, why is it that every time he goes to the heavenly court, it is the master brother? Why don't you go? There are four reasons for this!
First, the gods and immortals soared through the clouds and rode the fog towards the Twilight Sky of the North Sea, which was far inferior to the 18,000 miles of the Douyun, which is also the reason why my Heavenly Soldier Heavenly Soldiers could not catch Sun Wukong. A dialogue between Sun Wukong and the Eight Precepts of the Pig clearly gives a contrast.
The Eight Precepts said, "Master's flesh and bones are as heavy as Mount Tai, how can I be called a cloud-riding one?" It has to be your ribs. The walker said, "My tendons, the good way is also riding the clouds, but there are far and near." You can't move, but how can I move? Since the ancient road, Mount Tai is as light as a mustard seed, and it is difficult to get rid of the red dust with ordinary people. ”
The official heard that one day in heaven and one year in the ground, such an urgent matter as moving and rescuing soldiers, naturally it was appropriate to use Sun Wukong's tendon douyun, and would not let the Eight Precepts of the Pig and the Sand Monk go to the heavenly court, which was too slow.
Second, the division of labor in the sutra team is clear, like this fight against demons, to protect the safety of Tang Monks, there should be Sun Wukong, the protector of the Fa, the Eight Precepts of the Pig is a long worker, picking up burdens, moving the rescue soldiers, not under his control.
The walker said, "Wrong and I said it." Old Sun only cares about the master's good villains, you and the sand monk, in charge of the luggage and horses. But if you are sluggish, the lone crutch will be a rough stick first!"
Third, the Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South China Sea had many Sun Wukong "called The Heavenly Ying, called the Spirit of the Earth", and a team of secret protectors arranged by Guanyin Bodhisattva also belonged to Sun Wukong, so the Jade Emperor and other heavenly court people helped Sun Wukong, in fact, they looked at the face of Guanyin, sun Wukong went to the heavenly court on the West Heaven road to ask for help, playing the banner of Guanyin, naturally he came forward.
The bodhisattva said, "You were not a human being, and you were willing to cultivate enlightenment with all your heart; You are free from natural disasters today, how can you be lazy? Silence in my door must be true by faith. If you come to that place of wound and suffering, I promise you to call it heaven and earth spirit. When it is difficult to get out, I will come to save you. ”
Fourth, "Journey to the West" was originally called "Journey to the West", which was originally a work of cultivation that broke the stubborn emptiness, Sun Wukong represented the heart ape, naturally everything should be his head, and the gods would only give him face.
The information in this article is quoted from: Journey to the West