Click "Follow" to get daily exciting content, thank you friends for your support!
Written by Ink Ziyi
Edited by Mo Zizhai
"There are four states in a person's life, young like Sun Wukong, early middle-aged like Zhu Bajie, late middle-aged like a sand monk, and old like a Tang monk!"
The TV series "Journey to the West" should not be seen by Chinese, it is a real national TV series, it has been 37 years since it was broadcast, with the growth of countless people, and also accompanied a generation into middle age.
The four protagonists have their own characteristics, and when he was young, his favorite was Sun Wukong, because he was brave and smart, and he always felt that he was very powerful, omnipotent in heaven and earth, and dreamed of becoming a hero like him.
However, as I grew older, I experienced more and more things, and I had already consumed my original nature in my growth, and I knew what is an unshirkable responsibility and what must be moved forward.
When people reach middle age, looking back, many things are a foregone conclusion, and they can't be easily changed, and they also wake up to the fact that at this age, among the four protagonists, the most similar person is actually a sand monk with no sense of existence!
The fundamental reason why the sand monk has no sense of existence
Saying that he has no sense of existence is actually not to blame Sha Seng, because among the four masters and apprentices, only the usual taciturn, loyal and honest, when the senior brother fights monsters and subdues demons, and the second senior brother is flamboyant, he will always be silently carrying his burden behind.
There are not even a few lines in the whole TV series, let alone its own characteristics that can attract the audience, in comparison with him, the two senior brothers are even more outstanding, which is why Bai Longma sometimes looks down on him.
In fact, Tang Seng's indifference also accounts for a large aspect, among the three apprentices and the four people with a white dragon horse, the senior brother is the most skilled, the most knowledgeable, and the most connected.
As the most powerless person in the team, coupled with the extremely dangerous journey to the west to learn scriptures, he doesn't even have the ability to protect himself, so he naturally has the most ability to rely on Sun Wukong.
Many people don't like Zhu Bajie, because he is lazy and lazy, and he especially likes to be smart, but it is undeniable that Tang Seng is lonely on the way to learn scriptures, and it is his existence that becomes vivid and interesting.
And the white dragon horse, that is Tang Seng's mount, he spends nearly half of his time on the back of the white dragon horse, he is the most indispensable, compared to these, the sand monk really has no shining point.
Anyone in the team can take his place, and it is normal for Tang Seng to have nothing to care about him, after all, he is really dispensable.
Sun Wukong's attitude towards him is also different from that of Zhu Bajie, he is more like a brother to Zhu Bajie, he can teach Zhu Bajie a lesson, or bully Zhu Bajie, and he also likes to play with Zhu Bajie on weekdays.
And he is more polite to Sha Seng, he will not take the initiative to pull Sha Seng to do anything, it is impossible to take Sha Seng to do anything bad, and the ginseng fruit is a good proof of this.
may be because of his previous work in the heavenly court, his personality has become very taciturn, so Sha Seng rarely speaks on weekdays, let alone struggling to please Tang Seng.
Many people are curious, what kind of ability does this sand monk have to be able to blend into the protagonist group?
Why was I able to join the team to learn from the scriptures?
Sha Seng was not an immortal from the beginning, his skills were not high, and he did not have any wisdom roots, the biggest difference between him and ordinary people was nothing more than a little more strength, but he wanted to become an immortal, and he made a lot of efforts for this.
In addition, he may be a little luckier than ordinary people, so he has the opportunity to become an immortal, but Heavenly Court is also the same as others, with three, six, nine, etc., and the best thing for Sha Seng is to persevere.
So, with his efforts, he became the general of the rolling shutter in the heavenly court, and many people think that the general of the rolling shutter is standing at the door and is responsible for the position of rolling blind, but in fact, it is not.
If it weren't for that accident, I think with the personality of the sand monk, he would probably be in that position for the rest of his life.
But even if he was an immortal, he couldn't have predicted the accident, a broken glass cup, made him lose the job he originally relied on, and then he was demoted.
The quicksand river is his new place of work, and it was Guanyin who told him that he could join the team of studying scriptures in the west, what should he say, and why did the sand monk have a relationship with Guanyin?
It is also meaningful to say, it was the sand monk who took the initiative to provoke Guanyin, but how could the sand monk not see the Guanyin Bodhisattva in heaven for so long, and then think of the sand monk who has put so much effort into becoming an immortal.
How could he be willing to leave Heaven like this, I think during the days of the quicksand river, the most important thing in Sha Seng was how to find an opportunity to get out of here.
When Guanyin passed by, a flash of inspiration occurred in his mind, and he knew that the appearance of Guanyin Bodhisattva was his best opportunity, and he always knew that the importance of the nobleman's help had been known since he was still a mortal.
Do you suddenly feel that this Senior Brother Sha is not as honest and honest as everyone sees, but it is true, on the road to the West to learn scriptures, there are many times hidden the truth of how he behaves in the world.
The most scheming and clever is actually him
The phrase "scheming" is the most appropriate way to describe Sha Seng, and many viewers may argue with me, saying how can Sha Seng be such a person, and the most aggrieved person in the entire team is him.
Don't worry, listen to me first, in fact, there are traces to follow, Tang Seng is an unlucky physique, every day is either captured by the goblins, or on the way back by the senior brother, of course, this is just an exaggeration.
But it's really like this, everyone subconsciously thinks that the senior brother is a hero, because every time he fights away from the monster, the main role of the sand monk is to be responsible for shouting: "Senior brother, the master has been captured by the monster again~"
can look back on the previous plots, you will find that Sha Seng's strength is actually not bad, but he rarely makes a move, why is this? Because in this way, he will not be in the limelight, and he will not have to help Sun Wukong share these tasks in the future.
The most important thing is that Sun Wukong has the capital not to take monsters in his eyes, but he doesn't, if the monsters hate him, it's not a big trouble, and he won't be annoyed to death in the future.
Many times there are quarrels in the team, I don't know if you have noticed, only Sha Seng is alone, and he does not participate in this kind of thing, he will only remain neutral and play the ball on both sides.
Because he knows that if you help that, you will have a grudge against yourself, and when you reach middle age, you will find that many things are like this, you must learn to be tactful, learn to play Tai Chi, and not be able to stand in line directly.
After middle age, the most important thing is to handle your interpersonal relationships like Sha Monk, because you may need the help of others at any time.
Speaking out is likely to break the superficial harmony, Sha Seng knows this well, so many times even if he sees some things clearly, he will choose not to say it in his heart.