"Journey to the West" is a famous book that we are all familiar with, the four masters and apprentices took the scriptures from the West Heavens, went through 9981 difficulties to obtain the true scriptures, and could not stop their steps along the way, so it became a classic inspirational scene in people's minds.
It is said that the Tang monk took three apprentices all the way to the west, at first there was only Sun Wukong alone, and he also carried a burden, and later with the addition of the Eight Precepts of the Pig and the Sand Monk, there was also an extra burden of etiquette, which was initially carried by the Eight Precepts of the Pig, and later became the patent of the Sand Monk.
Therefore, the scene along the way is that the Tang monk always rides the white dragon horse Youzha, the pig eight precepts behind carry the nail rake, and the sand monk carries a single burden, for Sun Wukong to jump and jump at the front of the line with his bare hands, the image is incomparably free, and it is also called "exploring the way".
So, why doesn't only Sun Wukong need to pick up luggage?
Some friends may immediately say that it is because he is a master brother, in the team of four, the master Tang Monk of course can not be honored and degraded to personally pick the burden, there are two brothers in the back, the master brother is highly skilled naturally has a reason not to pick the burden.
If you really understand it this way, then congratulations, you must have swallowed the date when you read "Journey to the West" and did not look at it carefully.
In fact, the reason why Sun Wukong does not need to pick up the burden is not because he is a master brother, nor is it because he has great skills, but because he is really not suitable for carrying the burden, or he cannot pick up the burden, which is clearly stated in the original work.
But sun wukong in our minds, that is seventy-two changes, the clouds come and go like the wind, the heavens and the sea can do everything, why is it not one, or even unable to pick up the burden?
This is because of Sun Wukong's height, and to put it bluntly, Sun Wukong is really a short man, to put it ugly, it is the "three-inch Ding" like Wu Dalang.
In the original work, after Sun Wukong learned the Tendon Douyun and the Seventy-Two Changes, he couldn't help but show off in front of his brothers, and was driven back to Huaguo Mountain by Bodhi Laozu, and then the Chaos Demon King came to look for trouble, at that time, the Chaos Demon King said so:
When the Demon King saw this, he smiled and said, "You are less than four feet tall, you are not more than thirty years old, and you have no weapons in your hands, how dare you be bold and rampant, and want to find me to see what is up and down?" ”
It turns out that Sun Wukong's combat strength is certainly strong, but his thin body is a natural defect, about four feet or less.
The author of "Journey to the West", Wu Cheng'en, is a Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty's city ruler is about equivalent to the current 32cm, so when calculated, Sun Wukong's height is at most 1.3 meters.
Such a height, put to the height of a child in elementary school, how is it suitable for picking up the burden of etiquette?
And the description of Sun Wukong as a dwarf, there is another time in the original work, which is described from the perspective of Tang Monk.
That is, after Tang Monk tricked Sun Wukong into putting on the tight hoop spell, there was another set of clothes that matched, according to Tang Monk, that set of clothes was worn by him when he was a child, but Sun Wukong was very happy after putting it on, because this dress was going to fit, in his own words, it was "simply tailor-made".
It is also for this reason that in the entire Journey to the West, we have never seen a shot of Sun Wukong picking up a burden, and this is the only reason - because his height is too short.
Of course, although Sun Wukong's height is a short board, his skills are indeed strong, especially his fire-eyed golden eyes, which are also very envied by everyone - how pleasant it is to be able to see the true colors of people.
Unfortunately, even such a magical skill actually has a flaw, that is, there is a kind of monster that cannot be recognized. Or rather, the life gate of the fire eye golden eye,
That is, the golden eye of fire cannot see through the true color of the cow.
For example, after he stole the banana fan of the Iron Fan Princess, the Bull Devil King became the Eight Precepts of the Pig, and wanted to see it quickly, Sun Wukong gave it without saying a word, obviously unable to see through the Bull Devil King's cow itself.
If the Bull Demon King was just an accident, the later Qingniu Jing, that is, the mount of Taishang Laojun, Sun Wukong could not see through his Buddha-figure.
It can be seen that although Sun Wukong is a well-known image of a strong man, there are still many defects in his body, such as height, such as the weakness of the fire-eyed golden eye. Do you know what he doesn't know?