What are some interesting trivia in "Journey to the West"?

The "Journey to the West" we are reading now is a thorough Taoist elixir scripture. It talks about the cultivation method of the golden elixir avenue, and all the absurdities and unreasonable things in it are precisely The key to understanding "Journey to the West". So few people pay attention to the interesting "cold facts" in "Journey to the West". Next, let me talk about 24 trivia facts about "Journey to the West":

1. Sun Wukong is the ancestor of express delivery.

In the second episode, after Wukong learned the Somersault Cloud, all the brothers made fun of him, saying that he had found an iron rice bowl and would never have to worry about food.

When the public heard about it, they all laughed and said: "Wukong's destiny! If you know this method, you can work with other people's pawnshops, deliver documents, submit declarations, and find food no matter where they are!"

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Later at the Peach Banquet, Wukong lied to the Barefoot Immortal and said that the Jade Emperor knew that he ran fast and specially asked him to inform everyone.

2. Sun Wukong should be called Sun Xiaosi.

Although Sun Wukong is powerful in combat, he is only about four feet tall. When Wukong returned to Huaguo Mountain to teach the Demon King a lesson, the Demon King once said that Wukong was less than four feet tall, and the market ruler in the Ming Dynasty was about 32cm, which means that Wukong was about 1.3m tall, like a child

When the Demon King saw it, he smiled and said: "You are less than four feet tall, no more than thirty years old, and you have no weapons in your hands. How can you be so bold and arrogant? What do you want to see me do?"

Later, Tang Monk tricked him into wearing the When he put on the golden hoop, he said that the matching clothes were those he wore when he was a child, and when Wukong put them on, he said that the clothes fit him as if they were tailor-made.

There is a reason why after the master and disciples were complete, Bajie carried the burden, Sha Seng led the horse (occasionally also carried the burden), and Wukong did nothing and just walked in front. , because Wukong is too short.

3. The flaming eye is a red eye disease caused by smoke. It comes with the ability to recognize monsters, but the ability to recognize monsters is relatively low.

The original work describes Wukong hiding in Xun's position in the Eight Diagrams, so his eyes were damaged by the smoke, which is called Fiery Eyes and Golden Eyes. However, although he can recognize monsters, he cannot see their true form, so every time he encounters a monster, he has to run around to find out where the monster comes from. And the way Wukong identifies is to look at the clouds. If there are auspicious clouds above his head, he is a fairy, and if there is evil spirit above his head, he is a monster. But he also often makes mistakes. For example, when the Bull Demon King turned into Bajie and deceived him into taking away his banana fan, he didn't see it through; Taishang Laojun's Green Bull Wukong couldn't see it either.

4. The status of the Jade Emperor is higher than that of Tathagata.

When Sun Wukong came out of the Bagua furnace and made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, the Jade Emperor sent people to the west to invite Tathagata to come over. After the Tathagata subdued the monkeys and was about to return to the west, the Jade Emperor came:

The Buddha heard this and looked back to pay homage. After a moment, I saw eight scenes of Luan Yu and a nine-light treasure cover. Mysterious songs and wonderful music were played, and countless divine chapters were chanted. Treasure flowers were scattered, and true fragrance was sprayed. They came to the Buddha and thanked him, saying: "Thank you for the great Dharma, I have destroyed the evil spirits. I hope the Tathagata will be less." Stop for a day and invite the immortals to have a feast to express their gratitude." The Tathagata did not dare to disobey, so he clasped his hands and said in thanks, "What power does the old monk have to come here on the orders of the great deity? ?”

It can be seen from the description of “paying homage”, “dare not disobey”, “old monk”, “declaration of destiny”, and “Great Heavenly Lord” that Tathagata’s status was lower than that of the Jade Emperor at that time. It was the emperor's order. If the Tathagata's status was higher or equal to that of the Jade Emperor, how could he come after hearing the order? If you want to think about it, Erlangshen "listens to the tune but not the announcement."

5. Sha Monk ate nine Buddhist monks before, who may have been Xuanzang's ninth incarnation.

Sha Monk was banished to the Liusha River and suffered from flying swords. He was so hungry that he caught and ate passers-by. When Guanyin enlightened him, he said that he had eaten nine Buddhist monks, and the bones of the others sank when thrown into the river. Only the bones of these nine Buddhist monks did not sink. And Xuanzang happened to be the tenth generation of Jin Chanzi, and after crossing the Liusha River, Sha Monk's necklace made of nine skeletons turned into black smoke and disappeared.

6. After all, Bajie is Marshal Tianpeng and a master tactician.

When fighting Sha Monk in Liusha River, Bajie pretended to be defeated and retreated, luring Sha Monk out of the water. At this time, he was scared away by Wukong with a stick, and Bajie cursed damn Bima Wen.

7. The dragon has a lower status in Journey to the West.

According to the classification of the five insects of the "Crystalis", the dragon is the leader of the water tribe, but the Dragon King is just Si Yu's minor god in Journey to the West, and the Jinghe Dragon King only slightly violates Tiantiao died at the Dragon-Slaying Platform; Guanyin's mount Jinmaohou and Tathagata's uncle, the Golden-winged Dapeng, even ate the dragon. It can be seen that the status of dragon in the Journey to the West system is relatively low.

8. Bajie’s rake is the magic weapon.

Wukong’s golden cudgel is the sacred iron smelted by Laojun. It was borrowed by Dayu as a measuring tool before it was even made; Sha Monk’s Zen staff is a laurel branch chopped by Wu Gang of the Solo sect in the moon. Then it was made by Lu Ban, which was pure carpentry work; and Bajie’s nine-tooth nail rake, whose full name is Shangbaoqin Golden Rake, was forged by Taishang Laojun himself using divine ice iron and with the help of Five Directions Yedi and Six Ding Liujia. It is actually a Taoist treasure. Therefore, after Huang Shijing stole the weapons of three people, he held a "rake banquet".

9. Wukong is not good at underwater skills, so he must use the secret to avoid water.

Wukong mentioned many times that his underwater skills are not as good as Bajie. When he goes into the water, he cannot fight with the golden cudgel. Just because he enters the water differently from others, he either has it in his hands. Make a trick to avoid water, so you can't use sticks; or if you become a fish or shrimp, you can't use sticks either.

10. Goku’s first kiss was forced.

In Chapter 81, Wukong transformed into a young monk of twelve or thirteen years old. At night, the golden-nosed white rat spirit transformed into a beauty and came to seduce him. She hugged him and kissed him. It was a pity that Wukong had kept his integrity for more than a thousand years, but his first kiss was unexpectedly taken away from him without any psychological preparation.

The woman said: "Others are sleeping peacefully, why are you still reciting sutras?" The traveler said: "How can you not recite the promise?" The woman hugged him, kissed him and said, "You and I Go play in the back." The traveler turned his head deliberately and said, "You don't know anything!" The woman said, "You know how to read?" The traveler said, "You know something."

Regarding how to prove that this is the first kiss, in the twenty-third chapter of the Four Saints Trial Meditation, Xuanzang wanted to realize that he was empty and enter his wife here. The traveler said: "I didn't know how to do such a thing since I was a child. Let me teach Bajie here." It can be seen that. Although Wukong is not the Monkey King, he has never done anything between a man and a woman before.

11. Wukong likes to show off, and he can never change this habit.

On that day, Wukong sought enlightenment at Fangcun Mountain in Lingtai and learned the seventy-two transformation techniques. His brothers wanted to see his transformation, so he showed off in front of others and turned into a pine tree. When Patriarch Bodhi saw it, he taught him not to show off in front of others and drove him home because of this.

If you see someone else has it, don’t ask him? When others see that you have it, they will definitely ask you for it. If you are afraid of disaster, you will tell him; if you don't tell him, you will definitely suffer harm: your life is not guaranteed.

Later, when he arrived at the Guanyin Temple, Wukong used Xuanzang’s brocade cassock to show off his wealth with the old monk. As a result, the old monk killed himself and burned down the Guanyin Temple for money.

12. The seventy-two transformations passed down to Wukong by Patriarch Bodhi are used to avoid three disasters.

After three years of studying Taoism, Wukong achieved some success. The Patriarch said that this Tao is an extraordinary Tao. It can seize the fortune of heaven and earth and invade the mysteries of the sun and moon. It is not tolerated by ghosts and gods. You have to suffer three disasters. Only by surviving can you live forever. For immortality, the three calamities are thunder, yin fire and wind, which occur every five hundred years. Because Wukong was looking for a way to avoid the three disasters, the Patriarch had thirty-six changes in the Tiangang number and seventy-two changes in the Earthly Evil number. Wukong was greedy for more, so he chose the seventy-two changes.

13. The Golden Horn King is a pawn of hype and marketing, and it is he who spreads the medicinal value of Tang Monk meat.

Among the previous monsters, only the Corpse Demon White Bone Lady had heard of the medicinal value of Tang Monk's meat; but Kui Mulang and others from Wave Moon Cave in Wanzi Mountain did not. It can be seen that the rumor that Tang Monk's meat can lead to immortality has not been widely spread in the demon world. It was the Lotus Cave Studio in Pingdingshan that really made Tang Monk's meat famous. King Jinjiao said, "When I left heaven, I heard people say: Tang Monk is the elder Jin Chan who has come to earth. He is a good person who has practiced cultivation for ten generations. He has not released any vitality." , someone will eat his flesh and live longer." Then according to what he knew about Tang Seng and others, he made a wanted order for his master and his disciples, and sent the young men to patrol the mountain. Logically speaking, you only need to interrogate the passing monks and arrest them together. There is no need to issue a wanted order. Such a high-profile approach is probably because the drunkard is not interested in drinking. The purpose is to spread the big news of "Tang Monk Meat" and hype up Tang Monk Meat.

14. Zen Master Wuchao likes spoilers and foresees the entire journey to the West.

In Chapter 19, after Xuanzang conquered Bajie, his master and his disciples passed by Uzang Buddha Mountain. Bajie said that there was an old friend of his, Zen Master Wuchao, who had some spiritual practices and once advised Bajie. Practice with him. Then the group visited Zen Master Wuchao. The Zen Master immediately recognized Xuanzang, but did not recognize Wukong. Later, Xuanzang passed on a piece of the "Maha Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra", and then left a poem, predicting the various demons that his master and disciples would encounter during their journey to the West, as well as the Sha Monk not far away. Later, Wukong wanted to hit Zen Master Wuchao because he scolded him, but the result was that there were thousands of lotus flowers and thousands of layers of auspicious mist, but Wukong couldn't.

15.? Bajie is a sex master.

In the twenty-third chapter, the Four Saints are trying to meditate, and Bajie wants to enter the family of his wife Mo Jia. The Mojia family has three daughters, and when they were worried about who would be betrothed to Bajie, Bajie said it would be better to marry all three of them to him. He also said, "When I was young, I learned the art of Ao Zhan. I served him one by one and made him happy." It can be seen that Bajie is not only good at this method, but also has outstanding abilities.

16. Dongfang Shuo became an immortal, and Wukong teased him about stealing peaches.

In the twenty-sixth chapter, when Wukong was looking for ways to heal the ginseng fruit tree, he ran to Emperor Donghua and met Dongfang Shuo. The monkey mocked Dongfang Shuo for stealing the Queen Mother's peach, and Dongfang Shuo ridiculed the monkey for stealing Laojun's golden elixir. There is an allusion about Dongfang Shuo stealing peaches: On the birthday of Emperor Wu, a black bird fell from the sky in front of the palace, and Emperor Wu did not know its name. Dongfang Shuo replied: "This is the 'Qingluan' mounted by the Queen Mother of the West. The Queen Mother is coming to celebrate the emperor's birthday." Sure enough, in an instant, the Queen Mother of the West floated over with seven fairy peaches. In addition to keeping two fairy peaches for herself, the Queen Mother of the West gave the remaining five to Emperor Wu. After the emperor ate it, he wanted to leave the seeds for planting. The Queen Mother of the West said: "This peach takes three thousand years to bear fruit. The land in the Central Plains is thin and cannot be planted." She also pointed to Dongfang Shuo and said: "He stole my fairy peach three times." Since then, there have been allusions to Dongfang stealing peach.

17. There are five people in the Westward Journey group, but there are sixty-three people guarding them secretly.

In the thirty-seventh chapter, when King Wuji visited Xuanzang at night, he said, "How dare I, an innocent soul like me, come to your door? In front of the mountain gate are the heavenly guardians, Liudingliujia and others. , Five Directions Yedi, Four Levels of Merit, and eighteen Protector Jialan, following the pommel horse. "These protectors are twenty-four gods, plus Six Dingliujia, Five Directions, and Four Levels of Merit. , eighteen protective Jialan, the total number is sixty-three. So

18. Bajie's rake can plow but cannot dig. The digging function relies entirely on his mouth.

Bajie is a pig, so he will dig with his mouth unconsciously when digging things. In the Wuji Imperial Garden, after Bajie used a rake to knock down the plantains on the manhole cover, he put down the rake and used his mouth to excavate the soil. After digging three or four feet deep, he found a stone slab (manhole cover), and then continued to dig with his mouth. The stone slab (manhole cover) is arched open. It can be seen that although Bajie's rake has the function of plowing, it does not have the function of digging.

19. The green lion, the mount of Manjushri Bodhisattva, governs the country well, and the Wuji country is extremely wealthy.

In Journey to the West, the green lion of Manjushri appears twice. Once in the Wuji Kingdom, it pretends to be a Quanzhen Taoist priest from Zhongnan Mountain and drowns the king to replace him; The white elephant and the golden-winged roc sworn to form a meat-eating gang. The green lion in the Wuji Kingdom was ordered by the Tathagata to avenge Manjushri Bodhisattva. The water flooded the old king for three years and governed the country on his behalf. During these three years, the weather was good and the country was peaceful and the people were peaceful, making the Wuji Kingdom extremely wealthy. When the prince of the Wuji Kingdom heard that Xuanzang was from the Eastern Tang Dynasty and went to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures, he even said that the Tang Dynasty was a poor place. Although the prince was suspected of being ignorant, blind and arrogant, it could still be seen that the Wuji Kingdom was indeed powerful. . There is also a satirical element here that Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, killed his brother.

20. Red Boy’s actual age is over three hundred years old.

The Red Boy in movies and TV dramas are all played by children. He himself is also a child, named the Holy Infant King. Many people mistakenly think that he is very young. In fact, the Red Boy is over 300 years old. On that day, the gods said that Red Boy was the child of the Bull Demon King and the Rakshasa Girl. He had practiced in the Flame Mountain for three hundred years and developed the True Fire of Samadhi. Therefore, Red Boy's actual age should be over three hundred years, but not older than Five hundred years. Because Wukong had sworn sworn vows with the Bull Demon King and others five hundred years ago, and Princess Iron Fan did not recognize Sun Wukong when she saw him. It can be seen that Princess Iron Fan was not married to the Bull Demon King at that time, so the upper limit of Red Boy's age is 500 years old, and the lower limit is 300 years old. age.

21. Princess Iron Fan is a Taoist fairy, and the Bull Demon King is the wife of Princess Jade Face.

When Wukong went to find the Bull Demon King, he met the Jade Faced Princess (Jade Faced Fox), who was annoyed by saying that she was sent by Basho Cave to find the Bull Demon King. Princess Jade Face falsely accused Princess Iron Fan of having an affair with a man. The Bull Demon King didn't believe it, so he said that Princess Iron Fan had been practicing since childhood and was a Taoist female immortal (earth immortal) who would not do such a thing. Princess Jade Face said that her parents had both died and she had heard rumors in the world that the Bull Demon King was a good man, so she recruited him into her marriage to protect her and support her. Every year, she sent pearls, jade, gold, silver, silk and satin to Princess Iron Fan's family in return.

22. The Bull Demon King is the only demon with a mount.

There are all kinds of demons in Journey to the West, many of them are mounts, but there is only one that is not a mount but has a mount, and that is the powerful Bull Demon King. The mount of the Bull Demon King is a water-avoiding golden-eyed beast. As the name suggests, this mount can avoid water. After riding it, you can enter the water without using the water-avoiding technique. Although this beast has no other magical powers, it has the ability to make people, so Wukong needs to transform into the Bull Demon King if he wants to ride it.

23. There is a loophole in Sun Wukong’s transformation. When he becomes a human being, he can only change his head and face, but not his body.

Although Sun Wukong has seventy-two transformations, if he transforms into birds, beasts, vases, insects, etc., he can roll his body in, but if he transforms into a character, he can only change his head and face, but not his body. . The yellow hair, two red strands and a tail cannot be hidden. Therefore, when Wukong transforms into the golden-horned silver-horned king's godmother and nine-tailed fox in the Lotus Cave, the red part will be seen through by Bajie at a glance; when he transforms into the little diamond wind at Shituoling, he will be recognized by the three kings.

24. The place with the most monsters on the journey to the west is Shituoling.

The place with the most goblins on the journey to the west is Shituoling. There are 5,000 in the south ridge, 5,000 in the north ridge, 10,000 at the east intersection, 10,000 at the west intersection, 4,000 at the patrol, 10,000 at the gate. There are countless people making fires, countless people collecting firewood, and the number of soldiers is forty-seven thousand. And they all have names, labels, and organizations. The various departments are not connected in series, each performs its own duties, and the family laws are very strict.