In "Journey to the West", the sand monk was driven out of the boundary just by breaking a glass cup, is it not a bit unreasonable? Some people even asked whether it was because the sand monk spied on some secret of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother.
Was sha monk demoted because he broke the glass cup or because he saw the secret between the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother? In fact, the original "Journey to the West" is very clear. Let's start with the original text:
The monster heard the words, even heard the nono, collected the treasure staff, and let Muzha go to see Guanyin. Na Bowed down and said, "Bodhisattva, forgive me for my sins, and wait for me to tell." I am not a demon, I am the rolling curtain general of His Highness Ling Xiao's attendant Luan You. Only because at the peach meeting, I broke the glass cup with my hand, and the Jade Emperor beat me eight hundred, degraded me to the netherworld, and became like this; and taught once every seven days, and the flying sword was worn more than a hundred times under my chest, so I was so distressed. Helpless, hungry and cold, three or two days, out of the waves to find a pedestrian to eat. Unexpectedly, today's ignorance collided with the Great Bodhisattva of Mercy. The bodhisattva said, "You are guilty in heaven, and you have been degraded, and now you are so wounded, and you are adding sin to your sins." Now I have received the Buddha's will, and I have gone up to the eastern land to find the scriptures. Why don't you come into my door, take refuge in the good results, make a disciple with the person who took the sutra, and go up to the Western Heavens to worship the Buddha and ask for the sutra? I teach flying swords not to come through you. At that time, when the festival is done and the sin is forgiven, and you are reinstated in your own office, what is in your heart? (Journey to the West 8th time)
Judging from this passage, it should be said that the causes and consequences of sha monk's debasement have been clearly stated, and he was degraded because he broke the glass cup.
In our view today, a glass cup (some say glass cup) is just that, as for it! First of all, it must be said that whether it is a glass cup or a glass cup, it is a very precious object. In ancient times, "glass" generally refers to products such as crystal, and this type of decoration will not be too cheap today, not to mention that this is used by the "royal family", which must be a fine product in the boutique, and the value is naturally not cheap.
Sand monk stills
Secondly, are we a bit overestimated about the "Roller Shutter General"? Our focus is easy to focus on the word "great general", and then use our modern general title to get the feeling that the sand monk is incomparably noble in the heavenly court! But let's not ignore the definite phrase "rolling curtain" before "General" and the prefix of "His Highness Ling Xiao's Attendant Luan You". Combining these two definite words, it can be seen that the sand monk in the Heavenly Garden is the "Great General" who serves the special curtain rolling in the Ling Xiao Hall. This general is probably also a guard level, or with a "long", that is, a guard chief level.
Although the Guardian Commander has a unique advantage in approaching the Jade Emperor, he will get the moon first! But there is also a sentence that "accompanies the king like a companion tiger", this is not, the missing hand hit the glass glass and directly drove down the heavenly court, and you have to "hit eight hundred" first. This is not the end, after driving the netherworld, I still wear my chest a hundred times every seven days!
It can be corroborated that the canopy marshal in charge of the 80,000 water army, Pig Eight Commandments, because he made a little sex after drinking, was immediately beaten with two thousand hammers and then demoted to the netherworld - it is estimated that the Eight Precepts of the Pig have even been broken in the anus, otherwise why is he called Pig Gang Hyena (Pig Fissure)!
The marshals of the canopy are treated like this, and the roller blind general hits the valuables and is driven to the netherworld, is it not normal?! Not only is it normal, but it also shows that the Jade Emperor "enforces the law impartially" and "law enforcement must be strict"!
Stills of the Jade Emperor
As for whether it is possible for the sha monk to see or discover the secrets of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother? Theoretically, it is possible, after all, the sand monk is close to the Jade Emperor, and it is not unusual to find some secrets. The problem is, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother are probably not husband and wife! In the original "Journey to the West", it is never mentioned whether the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother are husband and wife. And look at the original description, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother are more like two sets of administrative systems in parallel, the Jade Emperor Lord "Yang" and the Queen Mother Lord "Yin", the two people together to control the yin and yang of heaven and earth, that is, to control everything. If the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother were not husband and wife, what secrets could there be between the two of them? Could it be that the two of them secretly communicate with each other? If you look at "Journey to the West" in this way, it is easy to fall into the path of conspiracy theory!
Stills of the Queen Mother
Besides, even if Sha Monk broke some secret of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother, wouldn't it be better to kill him directly? After all, only the dead keep secrets! You beat the sand monk eight hundred times to drive him out of the realm, did the Jade Emperor still want everyone to know his secret?
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