"Journey to the West" is broad and profound, there are many details in it that are worth recalling, there is a question that I don't know if everyone has considered, that is, Sun Wukong is actually not afraid of fire, why was he almost burned to death twice? It may not be clear which two monkeys were almost burned to death, let's take a look at it first.
The first time was when Sun Wukong was worried about the Red Child's Samadhi True Fire, so he invited the Dragon King of the Four Seas at the suggestion of the sand monk, and it was not expected that the water of the Dragon King of the Four Seas not only failed to extinguish the fire of the Red Child, but made the fire burn more and more vigorously, and as a result, the monkey was burned to death, if it were not for the rescue of the Eight Precepts of the Pig, it was estimated that the monkey would report to the mansion again.
Monkey king
The second time is that Sun Wukong was loaded into the Yin and Yang two gas cylinder by the Dapeng Golden Wing Eagle, this bottle has a characteristic, if the person in the bottle does not speak, then the bottle is cool, otherwise there will be a fire snake fire dragon to attack, the monkey does not understand, muttered a few words, the result attracted the fire dragon, if there is no Guanyin Bodhisattva left him three life-saving millimeters, it is estimated that the monkey will also report to the mansion.
These two times the monkey was almost burned to death, does it mean that the monkey is afraid of fire? No, after Sun Wukong was captured by the Erlang God, the Jade Emperor ordered his execution, and as a result, he used various means, including burning, but it was still difficult to shake the monkey. Later, Taishang Laojun put the monkey into the alchemy furnace and stirred up the Six Ding Divine Fire, but still did not burn the monkey to death.
Maybe see here, everyone is more blindfolded, monkeys are afraid of fire? Don't sell Guanzi, in fact, Sun Wukong is not afraid of fire, because Bodhi Grandmaster once taught monkeys to avoid fire, as long as you twist the fire avoidance tips, then even the most powerful fire can not help him. So since he had the skill of avoiding fire, why did he almost get burned to death twice? This is because Bodhi Grandmaster left a hand and did not teach the monkey the whole set of exercises, so that he had the possibility of being burned to death. So which hand did he keep, and what was the flaw in the fire avoidance technique?
Bodhi Guru
Without selling Guanzi, what Bodhi Guru did not teach the monkey was distraction, that is, a person has two consciousnesses, and the use of this fire avoidance tip is that one consciousness twists the fire avoidance tip and the other goes to perform normal operations. Let's analyze the real reasons why the above two were almost burned to death.
The first time, the sand monk misled Sun Wukong to use water to extinguish the fire, and as a result, as soon as the Dragon King of the Four Seas fell, the monkey thought that everything would be fine, and as a result, he did not recite the fire avoidance tips, and as a result, he was burned by the Samadhi True Fire and fainted, but the first time Sun Wukong fought with the Red Child, the monkey could enter and exit in the Samadhi True Fire. So this time it was Sun Wukong who was paralyzed.
The second time, Sun Wukong was burned by the yin and yang two gas cylinders, because the monkey was fighting with the fire dragon in the bottle at that time, he could not distract the two uses, so he could not take care of the twisting fire, and was almost burned to death by the fire, fortunately Bodhi gave him three life-saving millimeters, which turned the situation around.
Therefore, Sun Wukong was not afraid of fire, as long as he twisted the fire avoidance tip, but there was a defect, twisting the fire avoidance tip could not carry out other operations, so it would be burned. Obviously, this was deliberately done by Bodhi Grandmaster, because with bodhi grandmaster's strength, he would be able to distract himself from doing two things, and he would not delay doing other things.
High-level immortals can be distracted by two uses, even a thought of multiple incarnations, with Sun Wukong's wisdom, it is not difficult to master this spell, but unfortunately Bodhi Ancestor is not willing to teach, the reason is very simple, if Sun Wukong even learned this, then many difficulties on the way to take the sutra will be solved, then Rulai has to spend more material resources and manpower to find foreign aid to create disasters, invisibly increase the cost of taking the sutra, and as mentioned before, Bodhi Ancestor is a disciple of Rulai, closely related to the Buddhist sect, How could he cause trouble for scripture? Therefore, there are many powerful skills that are not taught to Sun Wukong.
In fact, the same is true for water avoidance tips, friends who have read the original book are not difficult to find that Sun Wukong is extremely annoying to deal with the monsters in the water, and when he meets him on the way to take the scriptures, he always appoints sand monks, pig eight precepts and other people, why, in the original work, he said so:
Brother, I don't dare to say anything about this. In the water, the old grandson is not very familiar. If you walk empty, you still have to twist the trick and chant the water avoidance mantra before you can walk. Otherwise, I will have to change what fish, shrimp, crabs, turtles and the like, and I will go. If you talk about gambling means, depending on what strange things you do in the mountains and clouds, the old sun will be, just a business in the water, some children hang.
Obviously, Sun Wukong can't be distracted by two uses, and he can't exert his due strength by twisting the trick in the water, which is the same as the fire avoidance trick. If he is the master of the Buddhist sect, the wise eye is even more knowledgeable, of course, he knows the reason, so he will say that the Bodhi Patriarch left a hand.