The Eight Precepts of the Pig is an important "laughing fruit" in "Journey to the West". Of course, many times the Eight Precepts of the Pig also have the problem of bragging. For example, when the Tang monks and disciples arrived in the Treasure Elephant Kingdom, the Eight Precepts of the Pig revealed their hands. What's going on?
It was Tang Monk who was first caught by the Yellow Robe Demon in the Boyue Cave, but Tang Monk was fortunately saved by the "Hundred Flowers Shame" princess snatched by the Yellow Robe Demon. Subsequently, the three Tang monks and apprentices passed through the "motherland" of the "Hundred Flowers" Princess, that is, the Treasure Elephant Kingdom. When they arrived at the Treasure Elephant Kingdom, Tang Monk took out the letter written by the "Hundred Flowers Shame" Princess to her father, but none of the civil and military officials dared to go down to the demon. At this time, the Eight Precepts of the Pig "volunteered" to stand up and go to catch the Yellow Robe Demon.
In order to prove that he had the ability to exorcise demons and demons, he played the treasure in front of the king of the treasure elephant country and changed a magic trick, oh no, it was to show his magic - that is, to make himself bigger! The divine power of the Eight Precepts is definitely not at the same level as Sun Wukong, but it is also enough to deter mortals. Sure enough, this change of his "frightened the two classes of wenwu and trembled; the monarch of a country, stupid and struggling." (Journey to the West 29th)
In a state of shock and applause, the little bit of caution of the Eight Precepts was greatly satisfied. Then General Zhendian asked him how big he really was? At this time, the eight precepts are a bit overwhelmed! See the original text:
The idiot said stupidly again: "Look at the wind, the east wind is still good, and the west wind will be there; if the south wind rises, the blue sky will also arch a big hole!" "Actually, it is the Eight Commandments of the Pig that brags that no matter what you do, the east, west, south, and north winds, I will grow when I see the wind!"
What do you think? Cows, huh?!
Stills of the Eight Commandments of the Pig
But at this time, there was the biggest problem, that is, at this time, their master brother Sun Wukong had already been driven out of the sutra collection team by Tang Monk because of the "three dozen white bone essences"! The magic power of the Eight Precepts of the Pig scares ordinary people, and when they encounter the Yellow Robe Demon (changed by the Star-Sukui Timber Wolf), they are immediately dwarfed. Soon, pig eight precepts were punched in the face, and even his master Tang Monk was transformed into a tiger by the yellow robe demon. The Eight Commandments themselves almost died because of their arrogance.
In this incident, it can be said that the Tang monk team has a collective problem! Tang Monk had no power to bind the chicken, and as a result, a group of civil and military officials in the Treasure Elephant Kingdom praised him, and he actually undertook the task of "removing demons". Tang Monk did not have the ability to slay demons and exorcise demons at all, and if he did not accept this work, the Treasure Elephant Kingdom would not dare to do anything to him under the prestige of the "Eastern Tang Dynasty". But when the king asked Tang Monk's disciples, namely the Eight Precepts and Sha Monk, to help, Tang Monk did not shirk it. On the contrary, the Eight Precepts are also a stupid pig, and after listening to the king and the ministers touting him a few words, he fluttered and thought that he really had the ability of "master brother"!
——This shows from the side how important Sun Wukong is in the Tang monk sutra collection team! Sun Wukong is also easy to be provoked and nosy, and even easy to be fooled, but he has real skills!
Let's go back to the eight precepts. You see that after he led the order to descend the yellow-robed demon, the Tang monk asked the sand monk to help, and the dialogue between the eight precepts and the sand monk was very interesting. Or look at the original text:
But he said that the monk caught up with the eight precepts and said, "Brother, I am here." The Eight Precepts said, "Brother, how did you come?" Sha Monk said, "Master told me to help with the gong." The Eight Precepts said happily, "Yes, it is good to come." The two of us worked together to catch the monster, and though it was not good, I made a name for myself in this country. ”
"Hundred Flowers Shy" and Yellow Robe Demon
You see, the Eight Precepts also want to "make a name for themselves in this country"! If it weren't for the fact that he later invited the Master Brother, the team would have confessed to the Treasure Elephant Kingdom. Even the general commentary at the end of the article "Li Zhuowu's Commentary on journey to the West" at the end of this (twenty-ninth) article said: "A hundred flowers are ashamed to cut off this magic, and the eight precepts and the sand monk He have more than one idle thing." That monster was not the Demon King, this Hundred Flowers Was a Great Demon King. If people do not believe, please think of each other, and know that I do not make a slur. ”
"Hundred Flowers Shy" Princess
---------------------------------------- This is not my nonsense, see the original text:
They (the Eight Precepts of the Pig, the Sand Monk, and the Yellow Robe Demon) fought eight or nine rounds in front of that hillside, and the Eight Precepts gradually became weak in the future, and the nails and palladium were difficult to lift, and the strength was not increased. ...... The idiot said, "Sha Monk, you should come up and fight with him, and let the old pig come out." "He couldn't care less about the sand monk, and as soon as he slipped into the artemisia grass and the thorny kudzu vine, he didn't distinguish between good and evil, and when he entered it, the tube scratched his scalp, scratched his face, and fell asleep, never daring to come out again, but leaving half of his ears and listening to the sound. (Journey to the West 29th)
This is the real skill of seeing the wind - it is okay to do magic performances, and the real knife and gun to fight the demon must be the master brother.