"Journey to the West" is broad and profound, many details in it are worth recalling, there is a question that I don't know if everyone has considered, Sun Wukong made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, belonged to the Heavenly Court Qin, after being arrested, the Jade Emperor directly ordered the beheading, why did he ask for help from the immortals later, many immortals helped?
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This situation is very difficult to understand in real life, a person who loses his position is as beaten as a falling dog, but there are very few people who really help. In the case of Sun Wukong, he was no longer an ordinary troublemaker, but an attempt to rebel and want to pull the Jade Emperor off his horse, which would definitely have to be executed in ancient times and destroy the Nine Tribes. However, after 500 years of transformation of the Five Elements Mountain, he joined the team of sutras.
What is even more surprising is that when he encountered difficulties in learning the scriptures, he did not eat the closed door to anyone who asked for help, but no one shirked, had money to pay, and made a strong contribution. Let's analyze the following pot of porridge.
First, although Sun Wukong was a criminal in the imperial court, the 500-year punishment had been atonened, and the Jade Emperor did not add additional punishment, so after the end of the 500-year sentence, his identity had been transformed. Moreover, his status as a Great Saint of Heaven was not stripped away. You must know that although the Qi Tian Dasheng has officials and no Lu, he is truly equal to the Jade Emperor.
If you read the book carefully, you will find that there are many gods and immortals who are respectful to Sun Wukong, for example, Sun Wukong can summon the land mountain god at will, and the Dragon King of the Four Seas sees that the monkey is Bi Gong Bijing, that is, the Emperor of Donghua, and the High-ranking Immortals such as the Zhenwu Emperor will also burn incense and serve tea when they see the monkey. Do they respect Monkey King? No, it was just to honor his name as a Great Saint of Heaven.
Monkey king
Second, the Buddhist sect is a new force, and in recent centuries it has been deeply trusted by the Jade Emperor, just like the demon king who surrendered sun wukong was originally enough for the True Martial Emperor, but the Jade Emperor still chose to let Rulai come and descend the demon, just like there are many people in the real society who tend to be inflamed and possessive, and there are also immortals in the immortals who have a long-term vision, and bet on the Buddhist sect early, and the cause of taking the scriptures is the most concerned and most important cause of the Buddhist sect recently, and they want to board the ship of the Buddhist sect, of course, they must vote for it. As a result, many immortals were prepared early on to provide various conveniences for the buddhist sect's cause of taking sutras.
Some immortals are personally involved in it, such as letting mounts, children or pets act as one of the ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties, and some provide help within their ability, when Sun Wukong goes to ask for help, of course, they actively help, where is to see the face of Sun Wukong, which is optimistic about the Buddha and the Buddhist forces behind him.
Third, and very importantly, this time the Buddhist sect's plan to take the sutra was approved by the Jade Emperor, with the support of the Jade Emperor, which immortal dared to obstruct it, and Guanyin Bodhisattva personally consulted with the Jade Emperor, and the result brought an eight-word promise to the sutra collection team, that is, "call the heavens and the earth spirit."
Monkey king
Some friends may wonder, these eight words are not the promise of Guanyin Bodhisattva to Sun Wukong? In fact, as long as you understand the relationship chart of Journey to the West, you will find that it is impossible to achieve these eight words with the status of Guanyin Bodhisattva, although Guanyin Bodhisattva is one of the four great bodhisattvas in the Buddhist sect, the master of the seven Buddhas, but the three realms are not the Buddha's school to decide, the real master is still the Heavenly Court, is the Jade Emperor, we did not see the Jade Emperor's will, such as the Buddha, we have to quickly reinstate, and the existence of the ceiling of the western journey of the Three Qings must also follow the will of the Jade Emperor. And Guanyin Bodhisattva is only one of the five five elders in the heavenly court. She didn't have the authority to promise those eight words. And the only one who can do it is the Jade Emperor, so these eight words are actually the jade emperor's promise to the Buddha, which means that within the Three Realms, we must give help to the sutra takers.
Therefore, when Sun Wukong asked for help, there was no immortal shirking, they could give as much help as they could, but there were exceptions, and some Daoist elites were still very disgusted with taking the scriptures, but they could not disobey the will of the Jade Emperor, so they symbolically sent out a few people to fill the scene, these people did not really help Sun Wukong, but Sun Wukong also had to appreciate it. Can you guess who they are? In fact, the previous article mentioned a little bit.