As one of the four famous works of China, Journey to the West is the first romantic novel of gods and demons in ancient mainland China, and it is still a classic of Chinese literature. Today's public, even if they have not read the novel in its entirety, are fascinated by this mythical and magical story through other art forms such as TV series, movies, and stage plays.
Although the story of Journey to the West has long been known, but in the eyes of different people have different experiences, the path of the four masters and apprentices, in the eyes of some people is the pleasure literature of slaying demons and exorcising demons, and in some people it is the demonization embodiment of human sophistication, so far there are still many mysteries in this book that have no answers, but among them, many viewers have overlooked a detail, that is, the tight curse that makes the powerful Qi Tian Dasheng smell the wind and fear, what is its mantra?
Sun Wukong who purifies his mind
In the original work of "Journey to the West", when Tang Sanzang met Sun Wukong, who was highly skilled, in order to better control Sun Wukong's nature and prevent him from doing whatever he wanted, the bodhisattva gave Tang Sanzang a tight hoop and taught a unique mantra called "Reassuring The True Word". Thanks to this tight mantra, Sun Wukong was able to follow the teachings, and the four masters and apprentices were able to smoothly start the journey of learning the scriptures in the Western Heavens. Otherwise, Journey to the West could be another story.
However, this mantra, in the original work, is "hum, well, it, 叭, moo, 吽" these six words, it seems to be impossible to read, but in fact translated into Chinese is "pure mind", which means to make the body and mind pure, like a lotus out of the mud without staining.
Although Sun Wukong is lively in nature, jealous and hateful, and has the ability to reach the heavens, he has mastered the principle of bad moderation and only blindly obeys his own desires. So in the future, he desperately made a big fuss in the heavenly court, and finally was pressed by the Buddha of Rulai under the Five Finger Mountain for five hundred years.
But in the past five hundred years, he had not completely changed his mind. As his master, Tang Monk was not only a person to protect, but more like a moral code of his own opposite, reminding him again and again to learn to restrain and care about human feelings.
Therefore, this tight curse is the punishment of Sun Wukong for violating the rules, so that his heart is quiet and he can truly see right and wrong. At first, Sun Wukong did not understand this tight curse, and even used force to counteract, but after several pains, Sun Wukong really improved, was able to communicate better with his master, and curbed his shortcomings of irritability and impatience.
Do as you please
Such a small detail in "Journey to the West" can reflect such a profound truth, which shows that this book has a more sobering ethics under the shell of a wonderful story. In the novel, Sun Wukong, as a representative of his own freedom, and there are tight curses that can be forcibly controlled, but in real life, how can we grasp the desires of our hearts and become a righteous gentleman within the moral code?
When summing up his life, Kong Shengren said: "Do as you please", which is a good answer. In life, not everything must be suppressed, and it is normal for people to have desires. The peasants want to have a good harvest at the end of the year, the emperor hopes that the people can live and work in peace, different people have different desires, if the desire is used correctly, then it can take advantage of the situation and achieve a great thing, but if the desire is too great, it will be extremely reversed, and people will be manipulated by desire and become puppets of desire.
The first corrupt official in history to be recorded in writing was the sheep tongue carp of the Spring and Autumn And Warring States period, who was born from a famous and prestigious family, did not learn serious conduct and skills, but mastered the way to get rich from corruption and bribery among the magnates. During his tenure in the imperial court, he was not only unjust, but also accepted bribes of beauty and money and sentenced many unjust, false and wrong cases, and finally angered the criminal marquis who had a position at that time, was beheaded under the horse, and then paraded the streets to warn the world.
Since ancient times, there have been countless examples of sheep tongue carp, and there are many self-proclaimed noble people, when they step into Vanity Fair, they cannot control their inner desires, they do not master the principle of moderation, and the end can only become the appearance of the world's spit, while sinking, while secretly complacent.
brief summary
When the reader can experience the pain of Sun Wukong's tightening spell in the book, then this spell is not only for Sun Wukong. Each of us has been able to control our words and deeds since childhood, and when we mature, we are able to control our words and deeds, and in this process, whether it is the teachers and parents who follow the teachings, or the rules of social operation, they are all giving us advice and admonition to help us become more "mental" people.
"A book is read a hundred times, and its meaning is self-evident", every time we read a literary classic, we can find different meanings in it. This is true of Journey to the West, as well as in other books. But when we read to the deepest depths, whether through the guidance of the right example or the warning of the counter-example, the core behind it must be on the stage of other people's thoughts, helping us to establish better correct values.