#图文创作打卡挑战活动#要问 the most powerful magic weapon in "Journey to the West", the first thing that comes to everyone's mind must be Taishang Laojun's diamond bracelet. After all, this magic weapon is out of the limelight in the book, not only taking away Sun Wukong's golden hoop stick, but also stuning Nezha, Qingniu Jing and many other monsters, even the Buddha is afraid of it.
However, in fact, in "Journey to the West", there is also an inconspicuous magic weapon, not only Sun Wukong is afraid, but even the Nine Spirits Yuansheng, the first demon of Journey to the West, is afraid. This magic weapon is the hoop on Sun Wukong's head.
Speaking of hoops, we have to mention its origin. Back then, in order to let Sun Wukong protect Tang Seng and go to the west to learn scriptures, the Buddha specially passed on three hoops and a set of mantras to Guanyin Bodhisattva. Guanyin gave one of the hoops to Sun Wukong, told him to put them on, and told him that if he was disobedient, he would chant a mantra to give him an unbearable headache.
Sun Wukong didn't know the power of the hoop at first, and thought that Guanyin Bodhisattva was lying to him, until he was deceived by Tang Seng and put on the hoop, and he realized that he had been fooled. Since then, he has been bound by the shackles and can no longer do what he wants.
The great thing about the hoop is that once it is put on, it takes root, and only those who can recite the mantra can take it off. After Sun Wukong put on the hoop, even if he wanted to jump ship and go to Lao Jun, Lao Jun didn't dare to ask for it, because this hoop was like a time bomb, who knows when he will turn back. Therefore, this is destined that Sun Wukong can only be co-opted by Buddhism, and he can only be loyal to Buddhism.
So, what does this hoop look like? It's not as big or obvious as a film or television drama. In the original book, the hoop is a gold coil, which is very small and cannot be seen without looking carefully. In the fourteenth episode of Journey to the West, after Sun Wukong was deceived by Tang Seng into taking a tight hoop, he realized that something was wrong, reached out to touch his head, and touched a gold thread, which looked tightly strangled on it, couldn't take it off, kept pulling, and it had taken root. Zhu Bajie has joined the scripture-learning team for so long, and he doesn't know that Sun Wukong has a hoop on his head, which shows how small and small this pot is.
So, the most powerful things are often inconspicuous. Although the hoop is only a small and inconspicuous gold coil, its lethality is amazing. For example, when it was passed on to Guanyin Bodhisattva, it was said that there were only three of these hoops, and they were put on by the demons who learned the scriptures, and each one relied on the mantra used. If the demon in the hoop is disobedient, as long as he recites the mantra, his eyes will swell, he will have a headache, and his brain will be cracked, and he will be disciplined to obey and be subordinated to my door. Ever since Tang Seng tricked Sun Wukong into putting on a hoop, the monkey has been tortured by this thing for fourteen years. Whenever Tang Seng recited the mantra, Sun Wukong would roll on the ground in pain and beg for mercy. Similarly, when Taiyi Salvation Tianzun recited a spell to the Nine Spirits Yuan Sage, the Nine Spirits Yuan Sage did not dare to resist in the slightest.
So, why do the immortals in the Journey to the West world make such a torturous magic weapon? Take the hoop mantra as an example, its essence is a kind of violent suppression. Isn't it ironic that even the copper-headed and iron-brained Monkey King can't stand it, and if you read it, who can make up his mind? The mantra will only make the tormented person fearful and lose himself. The existence of this magic weapon is undoubtedly a great violation of individual freedom and dignity. It enslaves not only the human body, but also the spirit.
This is just like the unique secret weapon life and death talisman of Tianshan Tong's grandmother in "Tianlong Babu", the person who is recruited cannot survive and cannot die, and can only obediently obey the orders of others. This is also a big reason why Sun Wukong wants to take off the hoop, after all, the hoop is on his head for a day, and he has to surrender for a day. Besides, the process of Sun Wukong putting on the hoop is also quite magical.
Guanyin can obviously forcibly put it on Sun Wukong, just like it is for the black bear spirit and the red child, but he chose to let Tang Seng's hand put it on Sun Wukong. After Sun Wukong killed the six-eared macaque, he lost his temper with Tang Seng, and he left Tang Seng in a fit of anger. Guanyin took the opportunity to incarnate as an old lady to send a hoop to Tang Seng, and also made up a touching story to deceive Tang Seng. Tang Seng knew that it was Guanyin Bodhisattva, and after Guanyin left, he made up a story and asked Sun Wukong to take it. Therefore, the hoop is not only a trap, but even the process of bringing the hoop to Sun Wukong is also a trap.
After Tang Seng successfully used a trick to make Sun Wukong put on a tight hoop, Sun Wukong was really much more honest from then on, and wholeheartedly protected Tang Seng to go to the West to learn scriptures. Sun Wukong also struggled, but to no avail, because only when he obtained the true scriptures could he be qualified to negotiate conditions and take off the hoops. Therefore, in order to release the shackles of the tight hoop, even if Tang Seng drove him away, he was reluctant to leave.
So, after Sun Wukong takes off the hoop, is everything all right? No, after getting the true scriptures, Sun Wukong's hoop is indeed gone, but his blood is also gone, and he is completely enslaved. And the hoop is not a one-time prop, but a continuous magic weapon. It can be used on the head of Sun Wukong today, and it can also be used on the head of the Bull Demon King tomorrow.
Many friends always understand the hoop as the existence of justice, saying that it regulates the demonic nature of Sun Wukong. But after wearing the hoop, Sun Wukong still killed people and set fires, and did no less bad things. Therefore, the purpose of wearing a tight hoop has never been to contain the demonic nature, but to use the demon for my own use. The fundamental purpose of the hoop is to enslave and classify the wearer. The so-called good and evil all lie in the interests of the owner of the hoop.
And we also have a lot of tight hoops in reality, which are packaged very attractively, such as those omnipotent clothes in Journey to the West, the elixir that cures all diseases, and the high-end and atmospheric buildings, which just correspond to the mansions, luxury cars, and luxury goods in reality. Can you resist these temptations? This is not a coincidence, but a deliberate arrangement by the author. As long as you are still pursuing materialistic desires, you will inevitably be shackled by loans and become slaves without ego. And when you think you are satisfied, the diamond bracelet will fall from the sky and take everything you have again and again.
So, how can we break through the shackles of the shackles? The two paths are either to have no desires or to become the one who holds the shackles. #说说你喜欢的一个神话人物是谁?#