1. Mysterious Soy Sauce Heavenly Group: What is their deep meaning?
In the classic masterpiece "Journey to the West", the four Tang monks and apprentices went through nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties and finally achieved a positive result. However, in this journey full of fantasy and adventure, in addition to the well-known Tang Seng, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Seng, Jade Emperor, Guanyin, Rulai Buddha, etc., there is also a group of noble fairy soy sauce characters, although these soy sauce characters are not the protagonists on the road to learn scriptures, but they also accompanied the four masters and apprentices to complete the road of learning scriptures in the west!
These immortal-like soy sauce characters are: - Six Ding Liujia, Five Directions Jiedi, Four Values Gong Cao, and Eighteen Guardian Garans.
They have always silently guarded the Tang monks and apprentices, and the number of appearances is only a handful. So, what is the significance of the existence of these characters, and are they simply supporting characters, or are they hiding deeper secrets?
Second, the debut of the soy sauce group was low-key and sloppy
In "Journey to the West", the four values of Gong Cao, the five directions of the truth, the six Ding Liujia, the eighteen guardians of the gods and other immortals appear in the fifteenth chapter of "The Gods of Snake Pan Mountain Secretly Bless the Eagle and the Sorrowful Stream". This time mainly tells the story of Tang Seng subduing the little white dragon. When Tang Seng only had one apprentice, Sun Wukong, and the white horse was eaten by the little white dragon, Sun Wukong could not protect Tang Seng and find the little white dragon at the same time, these immortals secretly appeared and protected Tang Seng for Sun Wukong.
"Sun Dasheng is not annoyed, and Tang Yudi is crying. We are the gods sent by Guanyin Bodhisattva, and we are the ones who have come to secretly protect the scriptures. When the elder heard this, he hurriedly prayed. The walker said: "Which ones are you waiting for? The gods said: "We are the Six Ding Liujia, the Five Directions Jiedi, the Four Values Gong Cao, and the Eighteen Guardian Garans, each of whom takes turns to be on duty. ”
It can be seen from the original book that the appearance of these soy sauce celestial groups appeared so suddenly without any foreshadowing, without gorgeous backgrounds and scenes, and without the introduction of leaders.
The task of these immortals is to accompany Tang Seng to the end of the journey of learning scriptures, such an important task, but what appears is so low-key and so sloppy. This makes people wonder if there is a conspiracy behind this?
3. How many times did the soy sauce group shoot in Journey to the West?
1. In "Journey to the West", in Huangfengling, the apologetic Jialan in the soy sauce heavenly group made his first move, turning into a mountain village wild man to help Sun Wukong treat his eyes that were blinded by the Yellow Wind Monster. and left a poem, so that Sun Wukong worked hard to subdue demons and eliminate demons, and escorted the scripture learning team: "Zhuang Ju is not a secular residence, and the apologetic Jialan dots the house." The magic medicine and the gentleman's eye pain, don't hesitate to blame"
2. In the 33rd episode, when he was fighting with the Golden Horn King and the Silver Horn King, Sun Wukong called the Sun Wandering God, the Night Wandering God, the Five Directions Jiedi God and the Four Values Gong Cao to go to the Heavenly Palace, and asked the Jade Emperor to help, so that it would be dark and the sky would be dawn, so as to deceive the fairy baby.
The great sage, bowed his head and twisted the trick, recited a mantra, and called the day wandering god, the night wandering god, and the five directions revealing the truth: "Go and play the Jade Emperor with me, say that the old sun is converted to the right fruit, and the monk of the Tang Dynasty will go to the west to learn the scriptures, the road will block the high mountains, and the teacher will encounter misfortune." The demon is a treasure, I want to tempt him to change it, worship thousands of people, and borrow the sky and the old grandson for half an hour to help succeed. If the Dao refuses to do so, then go to the Lingxiao Palace, and mobilize the sword soldiers!" "That day, you Shenjing went to His Royal Highness Lingxiao in the South Heavenly Gate, started the Jade Emperor, and prepared for the past, the Jade Emperor said: "This splashed monkey's head, and there was no way to say anything, the former Guanyin said, let him protect Tang Seng, and I sent five directions here to reveal the truth, four values of Gong Cao, take turns to support, and now I borrow the heavens, the sky can pretend?" ”
3, the 39th time, when the true and false Tang Seng was true, Sun Wukong asked the four Gong Cao, the five parties to reveal the truth, the six Ding Liujia, and the eighteen apologetic Jialan to secretly protect Tang Seng, but fortunately Sun Wukong arranged it in advance, otherwise Tang Seng would have died.
When the walker heard the words, he twisted the trick and recited the mantra, calling the Dharma Protector Heavens, the Six Ding Liujia, the Five Directions Jiedi, the Four Values Gong Cao, the Eighteen Guardian Garans, the Land of the Dangfang, and the Mountain of the Realm: "The old grandson has descended to the demon here, and the demon has changed into my master, and the gas is the same, which is really difficult to identify." Thou and the other who have secretly informed you, please come to the temple and let me capture the demons. It turned out that the monster was good at soaring clouds and mist, and he could hear the words of the walkers, so he hurriedly jumped up to the Jinluan Treasure Palace. This walker raised his stick and looked at Tang Seng and beat it. If it weren't for calling those gods, this time, it would be 2,000 Tang monks, and they would also be beaten into meat sauce!
It can be seen that the soy sauce heavenly groups such as Liuding Liujia, Wufang Jiedi, Siwei Gongcao, and 18 Apologetic Jialan did play a role in protecting Tang Seng, and when there was a shortage of masters and apprentices, they could provide additional help, so that Sun Wukong could do other things.
Four, six ding, six jia, five directions, four values of gongcao, and the status of the eighteen apologetic garans?
Liuding Liujia, the name of the Taoist martial god. It is the god who presides over the heavenly and earthly branches, and its gods are twelve. He is a heavenly immortal, obeying the orders of the Jade Emperor.
The five truths are the golden head, the silver head, the Polo, the monks, and the Maha, which are the five guardians of Buddhism. He is a person in Buddhism, and he obeys the orders of the Buddha.
The four values of Gong Cao are the four gods of the year, month, day and time in the heavenly court worshiped by folk beliefs and Taoism. He is a heavenly immortal, obeying the orders of the Jade Emperor.
The eighteen Garan gods were originally gods in Buddhist myths and legends, and later served as the protector of Buddhism to maintain the normal development of monastic activities. He is a person in Buddhism, and he obeys the orders of the Buddha.
And it can be seen that the status of these immortals and people in Buddhism is not high, they belong to a relatively low sequence of immortals, and their mana and combat effectiveness are naturally not high.
5. 4 teams of soy sauce heavenly group, two teams each from the heavenly realm and the Buddhist gate, what is the mystery behind it?
According to the above analysis, these soy sauce heavenly groups originally belonged to the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Realm and the Buddha of Buddhism, and they were two teams.
In the original book, it was not explained how this soy sauce team was formed, but it was only mentioned that he secretly protected Tang Seng, which was the reason for the establishment of the soy sauce group. But why do the Heavenly Realm and the Buddha Sect send people to participate, why can't one team be divided into 4 teams? And are there two teams each in the Heavenly Realm and the Buddha Gate?
Is there any competition and conspiracy between the heavenly realm and Buddhism in the dark?
6. Conspiracy theories: Boldly guess that the soy sauce character is just a watcher?
With the in-depth interpretation of "Journey to the West", a bold conjecture gradually emerged: these soy sauce characters may not be simple guardians, and there may be a huge conspiracy hidden behind them. Are they really sent by Heaven or the Buddha to monitor the Tang monks and apprentices? Every time they appear, are they secretly observing and recording the every move of the Tang monks and apprentices? and which leader do they report the information they have observed?
First of all, the first contradiction, these immortals have relatively low mana and combat power
If these soy sauce heavenly groups are to protect Tang monks and apprentices from learning scriptures, then why are these immortals sent out at a relatively low level and relatively low in the sequence? The mana and combat effectiveness of these immortals are naturally relatively low. Sending immortals with relatively low mana and combat power can perform the protection task well?
The second contradiction, if it is to protect Tang Seng and his apprentices, why don't they take the initiative?
In the only few shots of the soy sauce group, it was Sun Wukong who took the initiative to call, and these soy sauces came out, ran errands, delivered pills, or became an NPC-like bodyguard. There is no initiative to protect at all. Tang Seng suffered several times from flesh and skin, and he didn't see these immortals to take care of it.
The third contradiction, these immortal soy sauce heavenly groups, seeing the brutal goblin monsters, have no compassion
Tang monks and apprentices on the West Heaven Road, encountered countless brutal goblins and monsters, these enlightened immortals and Buddhist disciples, and did not see any of them take the initiative to subdue demons and eliminate demons, protect the peace of the world, just watched the people suffer, this is completely different from the image of the gods and Buddhas, who are tall and compassionate.
Therefore, according to these 3 contradictions, we can boldly guess that it is not that these immortals do not take the initiative, but that these immortals have higher-level tasks to perform. They must prioritize and thoroughly perform the first priority task before they can do anything else.
So what is the first priority? It can only be the way to monitor and monitor the master's and apprentice's experience.
And it is truthful, subtle, meticulous, and does not miss the slightest bit of monitoring and monitoring, so these immortals must focus on this task, and it also causes these immortals to have no energy to do other things.
7. The man behind the scenes: Who is the leader of the soy sauce character?
In this story full of intrigue and secrets, the leadership behind the soy sauce character becomes the biggest mystery. Is he the Jade Emperor of Heaven, or is he the Buddha?
In fact, if you look at the "Six Ding Liujia, the Five Directions Jiedi, the Four Values Gong Cao, and the Eighteen Guardian Garans", they belong to the sphere of influence, and you can understand who their leaders are.
Team 2 is the Heavenly Realm Bureau, and Team 2 is a Buddhist disciple. Naturally, they belong to the Jade Emperor and the Buddha.
It's just that it's still not clear why the two bosses want to monitor the process of learning scriptures from masters and apprentices at such a high level? And the task of learning scriptures from the West Heaven was initiated by the Buddha, so why did the Jade Emperor be deeply involved?
This requires us to continue to make bold conjectures later.