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Sun Wukong and the Bull Demon King are our favorite characters, one is known as the Monkey King, the other is known as the Pingtian Great Sage, the two were once righteous brothers, and later they had some unhappiness because of their positions, and they became enemies.
The two then fought, judging from the final result, it was Sun Wukong who successfully borrowed the banana fan, but did he really win the battle with the Bull Demon King at that time? Through the dialogue between the two, let's analyze it.
Sun Wukong's origin and achievements
First of all, let's take a look at the description of the origin of Sun Wukong in the book, according to the record of "Journey to the West": "Since Pangu opened the world, he has suffered the aura of heaven and earth, absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon, and over time, he has produced a spiritual will, pregnant with a fairy fetus, and one day the stone explodes, and a stone egg comes out, and when the wind blows, he turns into a monkey, and his facial features and limbs are sound." "From here, it can be seen that this spirit stone has existed since Pangu opened the world.
There are also several different opinions on the origin of the Monkey King.
One of them is that after the creation of the ancient god Pangu opened the world, he incarnated all things, and the chaos was divided, and since then there have been heaven, earth, light, darkness, five elements, four elephants, etc., and the spirit stone that gave birth to Sun Wukong is one of them, which is the thing that conquers the heaven and the earth.
The second is one of the colorful divine stones used to mend the sky for Nuwa Niangniang, one of which was left behind at that time, and everyone said that this mending stone is the one that gave birth to Sun Wukong, and this is also the most recognized by everyone among many sayings.
The third is the son of the ancient sage Dayu, the legend of Dayu to control the water three times through the door and not enter, the wife and so on became the Wangfu stone, pregnant with a stone fetus, after many years, absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, and finally broke out of the stone, some people think that Sun Wukong can take the Dayu to control the water left by the Dinghai Shen Needle is because of this reason.
Either way, it proves that Sun Wukong's origin is extraordinary.
Next, let's take a look at Sun Wukong's achievements, under the tutelage of the mysterious Bodhi Patriarch, he has developed a good skill, and after the refining of the Laojun furnace, he has created a pair of fiery eyes and holds the ancient artifact Dinghai God Needle. Let's not talk about some ordinary heavenly soldiers and ghosts and ordinary monsters, let's talk about those who can be on the stage.
The first is the scene of havoc in the Heavenly Palace, facing the heavenly soldiers and generals led by Li Jing, the king of Tota, and Nezha, the little demon king, with his own strength. In the first round, he played against the giant spirit god and won easily, and then fought against the little demon king Nezha, and the two sides fought for dozens of rounds, and finally Nezha was injured and fled.
In the first encounter, Sun Wukong won completely.
The second time, Heavenly Court sent a more luxurious lineup, the four heavenly kings, the twenty-eight stars, etc., all dispatched, but they couldn't win Sun Wukong, but they were pinched by Sun Wukong, and Sun Wukong won again in the second round.
The third time was led by Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun, followed by the six saints of Meishan, and the lineup of Taishang Laojun pressed the formation, and finally Sun Wukong was defeated, was captured to heaven, and sent to Laojun's alchemy furnace, but not only failed to refine it, but was also refined into a fiery eye. Sun Wukong won again.
Then he fought with the generals of the heavenly court, and no one could stop him for a while, and in the end, it was the big boss who appeared on the Buddha and took the Monkey King and suppressed it under the Five Fingers Mountain.
The next thing is the way to learn from the scriptures, and I have met a lot of monsters, but it's still the same, the little demon doesn't say, just talk about the big demon with strength and background.
The first is to face Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, easily handle it, and successfully subdue them. The Golden Horn and Silver Horn Brothers had the upper hand in the Great War, defeated the Lion Lynx King, the mount of Manjushri Bodhisattva, and fought the Qingniu, the mount of the Taishang Laojun, and designed to capture him. Win the battle with the Iron Fan Princess. The Great War White Elephant wins.
The battle against the six-eared macaque was tied, and he was defeated by the Samadhi True Fire of the Red Child, and the joint efforts of the White Elephant, the Green Lion and the Golden-winged Dapeng. Subsequently, in Wuzhuangguan, he was defeated by Zhen Yuanzi, who was known as the "ancestor of the earth immortals".
Overall, except for the top people, Sun Wukong has the power to fight, and only a few people can fight to a draw.
Next, let's take a look at the Bull Demon King.
The origin and achievements of the Bull Demon King
The Bull Demon King is Sun Wukong's eldest brother, and he is also the first monster to respond after Sun Wukong became a saint in Huaguo Mountain, calling himself "Pingtian Great Sage".
Then let's take a look at the circle of the Bull Demon King, he is a demon king, the mount is a blue water golden-eyed beast with the blood of a unicorn, his wife is the princess of the iron fan, and he has a relationship with the dragon family's Wansheng Dragon King, his son is the person of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the Ruyi Golden Immortal is his brother.
The rest of the people don't say anything yet. Just saying that this iron fan princess is not an ordinary person, some people say that she is the princess of the Rakshasa country, the Rakshasa girl; It is also said that she was originally the great god in charge of the wind department of the heavenly court; It is also said that she is the princess of the Rakshasa Department under the ancestral seat of the Styx. Either way, her identity is not ordinary.
So who is the Bull Demon King with such a circle? There are also many theories about the origin of the Bull Demon King, but each one is not an ordinary cow.
First, it is the apprentice of Hongjun Ancestor, one of the three Qings, Lingbao Tianzun, and the mount of Tongtian, the master of the sect. Legend has it that this cow is the first batch of creatures in heaven and earth, and it is the ancestor of the cow, with infinite strength, feeding on fairy grass, and later received a call from the master of Tongtian, and since then he has followed the master of Tongtian to learn art, and its seventy-two changes have been learned from the sect.
Second, the Bull Demon King is the descendant of the mythical beast Kui Niu in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", the legend is that its light is like the sun, its sound is like thunder, the war drum of the ancient emperor is made of its skin, the sound resounded for thousands of miles, and it is simply unbearable for ordinary soldiers. It shows its strength.
Third, it is said that he is the embodiment of the evil thoughts of the ancient soldier master Chiyou, and the totem of the Chiyou tribe at that time was the ox, and according to the record of "Shu Wei Ji": "Chiyou has cow feet, ears and temples like a sword halberd, and a head with horns." "It just happens to be in line with it, when Chi You was defeated and killed, the Yuan Shen was immortal, and the Yellow Emperor had to seal his Yuan Shen on a cow, which was the Bull Demon King.
The specific location of the Bull Demon King is unknown, but from the book, it can be known that he will be seventy-two changes and Danshu, which shows that he is learning Taoist martial arts.
And Yuan Shi Tianzun has always looked down on people who wear hair and armor, and it can't be a person from the Jade Void Palace, so only Lingbao Tianzun, who is known as a classless teacher, is left, only his disciples are mostly birds and beasts, and secondly, his mount is a cow, so the Bull Demon King is very likely to be a disciple of the sect.
His mount is a blue water golden-eyed beast with the blood of a unicorn, and his weapon is a hybrid stick. As for the record of the Bull Demon King, there are few records, after all, it is just a small role, with few appearances, and the only few battles recorded are fought with Sun Wukong. So who is better against the two?
The two of them fighting
The first time the two fought was in a battle in the Flame Mountain, when Sun Wukong beat the little girlfriend of the Bull Demon King, Princess Jade, and proposed to borrow a banana fan, the Bull Demon King felt that he had just bullied his little girlfriend and was very unhappy, so the two sides had a fight.
In the end, the Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong fought for hundreds of rounds, regardless of victory or defeat.
According to the record of "Journey to the West": "Later, the Bull Demon King used his mixed yuan stick to block Sun Wukong's golden hoop stick, and then said: Splash monkey, don't fight first, Lao Niu, I will go to a friend's banquet in a while, so I will leave first." After that, he left, and Sun Wukong didn't stop him. ”
Please note that the Bull Demon King said that he would not fight, and Sun Wukong would stop, you must know what our monkey brother is, unruly, except for Tang Seng when he recited the hoop mantra, who has he heard, you say that if you don't fight, you will fight, you eat is a thing, and it is not a matter for me to borrow a fan, right?
It can be seen that Brother Monkey at that time fought hundreds of rounds and failed to distinguish the winner or loser, and he was obviously not sure to leave the Bull Demon King.
The second time was that after Sun Wukong became an old cow and deceived the banana fan, the Bull Demon King turned into Zhu Bajie and deceived the banana fan back, after which the two fought again, this time the two fought longer, and they didn't tell the winner for a day, and then Bajie came, and the two against one still couldn't tell the winner.
Let's take a look at the conversation between the two. According to the sixtieth chapter of "Journey to the West", it is recorded: "After a while of greetings between the two, Sun Wukong said his intention and wanted to borrow a banana fan, but his sister-in-law did not agree, so he came to you. ”
"The Bull Demon King said that if you can beat me in three rounds, I will agree to borrow you, and if you can't beat me, I will take revenge if you are killed. Sun Wukong replied when he heard this, the eldest brother is right, I haven't seen him for so many years, I don't know how the eldest brother's martial arts are, so our brothers will talk about kung fu with sticks. Then the two fought, and after hundreds of rounds of fighting, they didn't decide the winner, and then the Bull Demon King changed his original form and shouted: "Splash monkey, what can you do to me now?" ”
The point is, the Bull Demon King said: "If you can beat me in three rounds, I will agree to borrow you, if you can't beat me, I will take revenge if you are killed." "The implication is that you won't be able to take me in three rounds, but I'll be embarrassed if I accidentally kill you.
Sun Wukong replied: "Big brother is right, I haven't seen him for so many years, I don't know how big brother's martial arts are, so our brothers will talk about kung fu with sticks." "What does this mean, I know you're great, but I'm confident that I can defeat you and get the banana fan.
Obviously, in the end, it has exceeded three rounds, and it has been hundreds of rounds, and no one can help anyone between the Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong, it should still be Sun Wukong who has the upper hand, and the Bull Demon King finally has no choice but to change his original form to fight with him.
Overall, the strength of the two is equal, even if they fight for a few days, it is difficult to distinguish the winner or loser, at that time, the two should be considered equal, but the Monkey King after that is not comparable to the Bull Demon King, after all, Sun Wukong has been evolving behind him, and he was finally crowned a Buddha. On the other hand, the Bull Demon King is estimated to have been intoxicated in Gentle Township, and his martial arts will not make much progress, so the Monkey King in the later stage won.
epilogue
The role of Sun Wukong is still very pleasing, on the other hand, the Bull Demon King is only used as a supporting role, especially when he broke up with Sun Wukong later, so that everyone also had a bad impression of it, the two were originally righteous brothers, and finally broke up unhappily, which is really embarrassing.
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