Did Liu Er's macaque really die in the end? Why do some people say that the Monkey King is dead?

The Monkey King and Liu Er Macaque are both characters in the novel The Journey to the West. If it is not clearly stated in the novel, then everything is speculation, at least The Journey to the West has never hinted at such a situation. Moreover, from the logic of the whole story, this statement is meaningless.

First of all, even according to this statement, the Monkey King didn't die young. At least he lived to be the true and false Monkey King in the novel, and the Liu Er Macaque who appeared in the novel for the 57th and 58th times. At this point, the content is already in the middle. Only at this time did Liu Caner's macaque fish in troubled waters. With the help of the Tathagata, they will exchange identities. The Monkey King died, and Liu Er's macaque survived.

It is also said here that to do this, you must have the help of Tathagata. Only the Tathagata can have the ability to kill the Monkey King silently. At the same time, it can be said that Liu Er's macaque is the Monkey King. This can be done by the Tathagata, but the question is why does the Tathagata do it? If the Tathagata wants to kill the Monkey King, he will have a chance when there is a riot in the Heavenly Palace, and the Monkey King has been suppressed for 500 years, so there are many opportunities for the Tathagata.

And even if you don't want to kill the Monkey King, you can directly arrange for Liu Er's macaque to replace the Monkey King's. Tathagata has many opportunities to kill the Monkey King. Tathagata also wants to arrange Liu Er's macaque. Why did he arrange the Monkey King first, and then hit a civet cat for a prince on the way?

You know, changing the Monkey King halfway is the most prone to problems.

Although Liu Er's macaque can transform into the Monkey King, it is not without flaws, which does not mean that no one can tell apart from Tathagata. This is one of the risks.

Moreover, the question of the true and false Monkey King caused an uproar. In order to identify their true identities, the Monkey King and Liu Er macaques can be said to be in the sky and underground, and everyone they can find has been found, although most people can't tell who they are.

who is it? But as we all know, this incident has aroused great concern from all sides, which is undoubtedly unfavorable to the column stealing plan.

If the Tathagata sings a duet with Liu Er's macaque and kills the Monkey King, then the Tathagata will have plenty of opportunities. For example, once the Monkey King went to the Western Heaven for help, he wanted to kill the Monkey King unnoticed, and then replaced him with Liu Er's macaque. Naturally, there would not be a town full of troubles, such as the true and false Monkey King.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Tathagata should ensure that no one can find Liu Er's macaque after it is replaced, or that some people dare not say if they find it. If you can't do this, it would be a joke to switch to the Monkey King, but if you can do this, why not switch secretly? It doesn't make sense logically.

So it was Liu Er's macaque who died in The Monkey King, not the Monkey King, at least in The Journey to the West. Now that the novel has said so, what is there to argue about?