What exactly is Monkey King? Is it a demon, a fairy, or a demon?
Not really!
For this problem, "Journey to the West" has been declassified step by step.
In the "Journey to the West", it is said that Sun Wukong: "Since gai opened up, every time he has been innocently showing the sun and the moon, he has felt it for a long time, so he has a spiritual understanding." ”
It can be seen that Sun Wukong was conceived and born from the immortal stones produced in the world, and on the Huaguo Mountain, he was revered as the "Monkey King" for leading the monkeys into the water curtain cave.
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The Monkey King and the monkeys lived happily on the mountain, until one day, a monkey died of old age. This led the Monkey King to a particularly terrible question: "I will die at some point in the future." ”
The Monkey King was lamenting the shortness of life, when an ape said, "Now within the five worms, there are only third-class names, which are not under the control of Lao Tzu, the King of Yan." ...... It is the Buddha, the immortal and the divine, who have escaped reincarnation, who have not been born and do not perish, and who live in harmony with the mountains and rivers of heaven and earth. ”
This is the first time that the concept of "five worms" is mentioned in the "Journey to the West", and the commentary in the book says: man is a "naked (naked) worm", the beast is a "caterpillar", the bird is a "feather worm", the fish is a "scale worm", and the worm is a "meso worm", which is for the "five worms".
According to the Tong-Gibbon, the Monkey King is also within the "Five Worms" and cannot be born and immortal like gods, immortals, and Buddhas, and evade reincarnation. Therefore, the Monkey King traveled across the ocean to find the Immortal Cave House and learn the art of immortality.
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So, is the Monkey King within the "Five Worms"?
Sun Wukong returned from his studies with Bodhidharma and became brothers with six other people, including the Bull Demon King, and often gathered to drink. One day, when he was drunk and asleep, he was taken to the "NetherWorld" by two ghost messengers.
In a fit of rage, Sun Wukong marked the Senluo Temple and drew the names of himself and many apes from the "Book of Life and Death", that is, the so-called "Nine Shadows and Ten Categories Are Removed".
However, Sun Wukong found that the names of other apes were not among the "Five Worms".
It turns out that this monkey looks like a human being, and does not enter the human name; Like a naked worm, it does not live on the borders of the country; Like a walking beast, not a unicorn tube; Like a bird, it is not under the jurisdiction of the phoenix. There is also a book.
In this book, Sun Wukong finally found his name, which read: "Nai Tiansheng Stone Monkey, who should live three hundred and forty-two years old, and die well." ”
Sun Wukong was furious when he saw this, and drew his name from the "Book of Life and Death" with a brush.
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If you see this, you still don't know which category the Monkey King belongs to, then, rulai's explanation, will definitely make you suddenly enlightened.
In order to find someone to distinguish between true and false, the monkey king finally made trouble with the Buddha. The Buddha looked at the two monkeys in front of him and was not in a hurry to say whether it was true or false.
Instead, he gave a biology lesson to the bodhisattvas and arhats present, and the Buddha said without hesitation:
"There are five immortals in the heavens: heaven, earth, gods, men, and ghosts.
There are five insects: nymphs (i.e., 'naked worms'), scales, hairs, feathers, and insects (i.e., 'mesozoans'). ”
The "five immortals" plus the "five worms" are put together into "ten categories", and in addition to the "ten categories", "there are four monkeys mixed with the world, and they do not enter the ten categories." ”
These four special kinds of monkeys are: "The first is the Lingming Stone Monkey, which is through change, knowing the sky, knowing the land, and moving the stars for the bucket."
The second is the Akajiri horse monkey, Xiao Yin and Yang, who will do people, be good at going in and out, and avoid death and prolong life.
The third is the ape, taking the sun and the moon, shrinking a thousand mountains, distinguishing between the blame and the dry.
The fourth is the six-eared macaque, good at listening, able to detect, knowing before and after, and all things are clear. ”
The real Goku is the first type of "Lingming Stone Monkey", while the fake Goku is the "six-eared macaque".
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