Question: The Eight Precepts of the Pig and the Yellow Robe Monster are mortal gods, why would they be rejected by the old man? What do you think Confucius said?
Text/Jiang Zi shushu
In the story of "Journey to the West", Gao Taigong's third daughter, who was occupied by a goblin three years ago, sent his family (called the servants of the family in the Ming and Qing dynasties) Gao Cai to find the mage, take the monster, before and after, invited three or four people.
You asked Gao Taigong why he wanted to take the demon son-in-law, and Gao Cai relayed Gao Taigong's words and said these reasons.
Gao Cai said, "That demon has been a son-in-law for three years, and my wife is displeased, saying that my daughter has recruited goblins, not Changfa, one corrupts the family door, the other has no relatives to come and go, and I always want to retire this goblin." The goblin was willing to retreat, and instead locked his daughter in his back house, for half a year, and would not be released to meet with the family. ”
So, why did Gao Taigong think that the Pig Eight Commandments were a yokai son-in-law?
Because he will change, long mouth and big ears, there is a mane behind the head, the head and face are like a pig, and he will make the wind, the clouds come and go, and the stones fly sand, which is very scary.
Later, Sun Wukong and the Eight Precepts of the Pig made a face-to-face, and came back to tell Grand Master that his son-in-law was the Nether realm of the Gods, and he did not spoil the family voice and insulted him, but Grand Master Gao still refused to leave this son-in-law, what do you think Grand Master gao said?
Old Gao said, "Elder, although it is not harmful to morality, its reputation is not very good." At every turn, people said that the Gao family had recruited a demon son-in-law! What does this sentence teach people to do?"
In the story of "Journey to the West", the father of Hundred Flowers, the king, also asked Sun Wukong about the origin of his son-in-law Huang Paowei.
The king asked, "What is the yellow robe?" The walker said, "Your Majesty's horse is the Star of the Upper Realm, and the Jade Daughter who loves to serve the incense, because Si Fan landed on the human world, it is not a small thing, because of the previous life frontier, there should be these in-laws." "The king thanked the walker for his kindness.
The official heard that it seemed to be a good thing for Hundred Flowers to marry the Kuixing of the Upper Realm, so why did the king thank Sun Wukong for helping him drive away his son-in-law?
When the king heard this, he persuaded him to thank the four congregations, rectify the feast, and open the East Pavilion. His master and apprentice received the emperor's favor and resigned from the king to go west, and the king led many officials to send them away.
Similar to the bridge section, there are four holy tests of Zen heart, the eight precepts of the pig because they want to be close to the bodhisattva, became the laughing stock of the master brothers, on the spot was ridiculed by the sand monk, and later Sun Wukong also mentioned this matter many times, mocking the eight precepts of the pig.
The walker handed the eight precepts to the eight precepts, and the eight precepts were even more ashamed when they saw that they were praises. Sha Monk smiled and said, "The second brother has such benefits, I feel that the four bodhisattvas have come to kiss you!" The Eight Precepts said, "Brothers, don't be the Son of Man anymore!" From now on, I will never dare to act arbitrarily. Even if it is tired of breaking bones, it is only a shoulder to shoulder and burden, and go with Master Xiyu. ”
The officials heard that marrying the gods and Buddhas was not a blessing cultivated in several lifetimes? Why don't these old men want to have a son-in-law of the gods? Why is the Eight Precepts of the Pig also ashamed of this?
Fan Chi asked. Zi Yue: "The righteousness of the people, the worship of ghosts and gods and the distance, can be described as knowledge." "Ask Ren. "The benevolent one is difficult first and then obtained, which can be described as benevolent." ”
Originally, the Analects compiled by Confucius's re-disciples had such a sentence: "Worship ghosts and gods and stay away." "Although the gods are only respected by people, they are not suitable for closeness, and smart people will not dream of marrying the heavenly immortals." For God should be like God, and man should be what man should do.
The information in this article is mainly quoted from: "Journey to the West", "Analects of Yongye"