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Preface
Covering the masses of beings to look up to benevolence, inventing all things to be good.
These are the three kindest monsters in Journey to the West, the other monsters are all the party that occupies the mountain as the king and the disaster, but they are keeping one side safe and protecting the people of a country, these three monsters are really doing good deeds.
However, these three monsters who do not kill and are not interested in Tang monk's meat ushered in the most cruel blow of the scripture-learning team, or were beheaded, or disemboweled, or boiled in the oil pot.
What is it that caused the three monsters to end up like this? What did they do wrong?
Goku's confession
The master said that people will change, Wukong sometimes thinks, some monkeys, will also change, all say that it is better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles, the team has gone all the way, how many miles have been walked, what kind of breed of monsters have been encountered, slowly, more experience and knowledge, more perception and understanding, and slowly enlightenment.
For example, at the beginning of slaying demons and demons, he encountered a big tiger that wanted to kill the master, and Wukong killed the tiger with a stick in order to save the master's life, the master was very happy, and Wukong was also very happy.
It's not because Wukong has an extra good-looking tiger skin clothes, but the five hundred years under the Five Finger Mountain, which makes Wukong start to reflect, it wants to be a good monkey, and this time it did a good thing, and Wukong is very happy.
Later, he met six robbers, they did a lot of evil, sought money and killed people, so Wukong acted for the heavens, and with a little force, the six robbers lost their breath and could no longer harm people.
But this time, Wukong didn't get praise from the master, the master was very angry, thinking that Wukong was just a monkey, Wukong didn't understand, the Buddha said that all beings are equal, how can the tiger deserve to die if he does evil, and the robber doesn't deserve to die if he does evil?
The master said that people will change, Wukong doesn't understand, it desperately wants to understand, but the master is very angry, doesn't want to pay attention to Wukong, and is annoyed by Wukong's quarrel, and even recites the golden hoop mantra, and puts the handle in the hands of people, Wukong has to be aggrieved and let go of the incomprehension in his heart.
But with more experience, Wukong understands, those monsters with backgrounds, no matter what evil consequences they commit, can have a chance to mend their ways, a little bit of wind and grass, and there will be immortals who will come down to pick them up immediately, those actions of eating people and stealing people's money, as if they never happened, smile and pass.
As for those monsters who don't have a strong background, no matter how big or small they are, no matter how powerful Wukong is, they won't be punished too much.
This experience made Wukong understand that it turned out that the master said that people will change, that they should be flexible, that they should talk about human accidents, and that there is no need to distinguish between good and evil, as long as they can distinguish what is good for the master and what is not good for the master, and keep in mind that the master has the final say, it will be good.
After figuring out this truth, it seems that everything makes sense, the tiger that wants to harm the master's life can be killed, and the robber who has not endangered the master's life cannot be killed, and the master must be given the opportunity to influence the other party, and the other party must be given the opportunity to put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha.
Slowly, I felt that these strong skills I learned were not important, and I asked for the name of the other party before the fight, asked the origin of the other party, and then found the gods in the heavenly palace to collect them.
But when he arrived in Chechi Country, the three monsters he encountered made Wukong difficult, and these three monsters were like Wukong, who was a Taoist and practiced Taoist immortal arts.
The difference is that after they learned the immortal arts, they did not make trouble in the heavenly palace, did not act recklessly, but as Wukong's former master Bodhi Patriarch said, they cared about the common people in the world and kept one side safe.
This makes Wukong confused, is such a monster still a monster?
Wukong asked the master, but the master didn't answer, but the master, who had always been timid, decided to fight these three monsters to the end as if he had suddenly changed into a person.
Goku's transformation
One day, the four masters and apprentices braved the heavy snow and hurried against the wind, and suddenly, they heard a scolding, Tang Seng was taken aback by this reprimand, and did not dare to move forward, so he asked Wukong to come forward to inquire about the situation.
Wukong was happy to see this, there was a group of Taoist priests with leather whips in their hands, working in prison with a group of monks, and they came forward to inquire before they understood that it was the perennial drought in Chi Guo that made the people miserable.
The king of Che Chi was anxious, so he tried to find a way to ask for rain everywhere, so there were three Taoist priests who tried to ask for rain with the monk, and the Taoist priest won and successfully asked for rain, and the monk as a former competitor, the Taoist priest naturally wanted to suppress it.
After Wukong learned about the situation, he told Tang Seng in detail, it stands to reason that everything is calm here, and no one wants to arrest Tang Seng, what Tang Seng meat to eat, there is no need to delay here for too long.
But Tang Seng wanted to stay and go back to these three Taoist priests, and not only that, but also acquiesced to Wukong killing the little Taoist priest and letting go of the imprisoned monks.
Wukong also understands very well, the master is unhappy, as smart as it, after a little thought, he understands, these three Taoist priests rode on the head of the monk, and the master is going to fight for the monk.
So he immediately took the two junior disciples to show their skills, went to other people's Taoist temples to make a big fuss, and afterwards, he was confident to compete with this Taoist priest for magic skills.
Putting aside this competition, if you throw away the mythological color and look at this paragraph in the normal human world, it can't help but make people feel that the four Tang monks and apprentices are a little too helpful and selfish.
If the monk wins the rain and begins to suppress the Taoist, presumably the Tang monk and apprentice will also ignore it and promote Buddhism and Ma, which is all right, so after being entertained as a holy monk with good food and drink, he will continue to learn scriptures in the west happily.
Now I see that the monk is very poor, and the Dharma is not popularized, so I start to help my relatives and not help me, obviously the monk's skills are not as good as others, and he can't ask for rain, but he doesn't care about it, and insists on mentioning the monk to seek justice.
At this time, it doesn't matter whether these three Taoist priests are just monsters or not, it doesn't matter if they have made any mistakes, in order to promote Buddhism, these three Taoist monsters who suppressed monks must die.
I don't know if Wukong will remember the six robbers he once killed, at that time, he shot to protect the safety of the people around him and do the right thing for heaven.
Now Wukong is making a move, just to please the master, it doesn't care what is right and wrong, Wukong knows that its task is to learn scriptures from the west, as long as it pleases the master, it is to meet all the expectations of the immortals for it, Wukong will not only not be criticized, but will also get a performance, and will be strongly supported.
So in the back fight, Wukong never felt that it was so smooth, and the immortals in various positions obeyed the dispatch, calling for wind and rain, and could do anything.
And this can be bitter for the people of Che Chi country, before the monk and the three monster Taoist priests competed fairly, the monk did not ask for rain, and the three demon Taoist priests asked for rain, so these three demons won respect.
Now that these three monster Taoist priests are gone, the king of Che Chi Kingdom has also seen the means of the four masters and apprentices with his own eyes, and he is very afraid, so even if he knows that the monk cannot ask for rain to solve the drought in the country, he will be respectful to the monk and continue to trust the monk.
Because I was afraid that one day the four masters and apprentices would return and see Che Chi Guo using Taoist priests again, I was afraid that the king of Che Chi would also be affected by the tragedy.
conclusion
At this time, Wukong is estimated to shake his head, starting from this day, Wukong has completely figured out that this Western Heaven is not what it originally thought, Pudu the world.
The scriptures in the west are just to promote Buddhism and make Buddhism popular in the Tang Dynasty, so that more people can worship Buddhism and let Buddhism develop and grow, this is their original purpose.
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Source: Journey to the West