Idle, opened the "Catch the Demon" and brushed it again, and was once again amused by the "Huba" little monster inside.
Judging from the two movies, the monsters do not seem to be the most terrible, and those demon catchers who use the pretext of justice to catch demons in the name of catching demons and satisfying selfish desires are the really terrible.
Yes, when a person is dominated by his own desires, it is a more terrible existence than a monster.
Our ancestors were well aware of this truth, and in the legends of the gods and monsters, they all told us that desire is the real horror.
Pu Songling's "Liaozhai Zhiyi" was written in this way, and Xiao Sheng's "Record of Chinese Monsters" was also written in this way.
As a simple example, in the "Chinese Youkai Record", a story related to the cat demon is told, called "Cat Demon: The Crime and Punishment of the Demon and the Demon Catcher".
In Lin'an City, there is a beautiful woman who is in the prime of the cardamom years, named Zhou Niang.
Zhou Niang's family has a certain reputation, so in terms of family affairs, there is a great right to choose, there is no problem of high climbing, and Zhou Niang's parents are also a pair of enlightened parents, looking for a son-in-law, looking at character at the end, and do not put wealth and power in the first place.
However, even so, Zhou Niang still can't look at any of them, Zhou Niang's parents are very anxious, so they come to explore their daughter's tone, and Zhou Niang said that she wants to find a man with a poor family, self-motivation and kindness.
Zhou Niang's mother said, "Why do you have to be poor?" Sooner or later, self-motivated people will be rich. (Personally, I very much agree with the words of Zhou Niang's mother)
But Zhou Niang was very stubborn and wanted to find a poor man.
Zhou's father was puzzled, but at this time he had no intention of knowing that his daughter's behavior at night was very strange: she did not sleep at night, dressed up in the mirror, and talked to herself.
Father Zhou did not believe it, and secretly went to see it at night, only to find that his daughter really had such behavior, so he felt that his daughter was evil, so he invited a mage.
Yes, at this time, Zhou Niang was no longer Zhou Niang, but a cat demon, but unfortunately, the invited mage Yu San's Dao was not deep, and no abnormality was found.
However, after Zhou Niang heard that Yu San's family was poor, she wanted to test whether this person was the person she was looking for.
What did Zhou Niang want to do with such a person?
In fact, Zhou Niang wanted to find someone to help her cultivate into an immortal. This person needs to be a non-greedy person to help himself.
Unfortunately, yusan also became greedy when Zhou Niang said that she could fulfill her wishes, first asking for a house, marrying a wife, then asking for money to raise children, and then arousing slaves.
Zhou Niang looked at Yu San, who was greedy day by day, and confessed her origins. He also asks Yuzo if he is willing to help him become an immortal.
Yu San decided to take down Zhou Niang and make himself famous and rich under the influence of his wife, and he completely disregarded Zhou Niang's help to him over the years, you know, every time Zhou Niang helped him, he would lose three years of cultivation.
Of course, Zhou Niang probably already knew yu San's decision and left the flesh one step ahead of schedule and left this place.
In such a story, there are no fierce monsters, but people feel sighing after reading it.
In the reality of desire again and again, the human heart will slowly become greedy, and finally completely disregard friendship.
This is probably the so-called "human nature can not stand the test"!
Because cats are cute little animals, in ancient legends, cat demons are generally harmless, and even very cute. The animals that are "vicious" are actually using human greed to "do evil."
For example, another story in the "Chinese Youkai Record" is "Fox Demon: There are beasts in Qingqiu called white foxes".
In this story, there are both foxes who repay favors because of past life grievances and foxes who complain.
The fox who comes to repay the favor is constantly ringing the alarm bell for you, so that you will not give up your dreams and realize the ambitions of the readers.
The fox who comes to complain is to seduce you with beauty, trap you with wealth, make you lose your fighting spirit, and spend a life of inaction.
Lo and behold, this is still a matter of desire, as the fox in the book says:
"As long as you are not tempted, you can have escaped this disaster, but under the money and beauty, you forget yourself, and if you miss the examination period because of this, you can also be considered to be self-inflicted." 」
Yes, whether it is from the deception of the monster or the trap from the bad guys, it is based on the word "greed".
Only by letting go of excessive greed can we face up to our own lives and let ourselves walk on the right path.
Such a life is a life of righteousness and indifference, which is envied by everyone.
Such a life can be spent all your life without complaint or regret.