Why is the sand monk called Gong Jin and Pig called Mu Mu in Journey to the West?

In The Journey to the West, the name of sand monk is Huang Po, and that of the Monkey King is Gong Jin. In the novel, he is named after the five elements, so he has related names.

Gong Jin; Jiang Mumu; Huang Po is a special language for Taoist practice of Inner alchemy. The novel uses them to refer to Wukong, Bajie and Friar Sand, not simply based on the five elements, but based on the "trinity" thought of Taoist inner alchemy-quite professional. The so-called "trinity" means that among the five elements, Xijin and Beishui are one.

Represented by "gold" or "",it refers to the essence of human body; He Dongmu is a family, represented by "Mu" or "Mu Mu", which refers to the human yuan god; The "earth" in the center is a family, also called "Huang Po", which refers to the human mind. In this way, Jin Mu's five elements of fire, water and earth are simplified into three schools: gold, wood and earth.

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In The Journey to the West, there are five Tang Priest apprentices. The five elements of Tang Priest, the Monkey King, Pig Bajie, Friar Sand and Bai are water, gold, wood, earth and fire respectively. Gong Jin refers to the Monkey King, and Mu Mu refers to Zhu Bajie. Mother and male correspond to yin and yang. Because fire can gram gold, it is called the male of gold, so the male of gold also refers to fire; Because water can produce wood and is the mother of wood, the mother of wood also includes water.

1, Tang priest is water (Liu Jiang, Xuanzang, is the reincarnation of the golden cicada. Learning from the scriptures is a merit. )

2, the Monkey King for gold (Gong Jin, ape, master, gentleman, walker. The escort is active).

3, Pig Bajie is wood (Jiang Mumu, Wuneng, Long Mu, Tianhe Water God Marco Lin are pig demons. Take responsibility).

5. Friar Sand is the soil (Five Classics, Weak Water River God, fesr, Huang Po. Leading a horse is meritorious).

6. White is a fire. Negative people make contributions. In Longchi, I will return to my true self.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Tang Priest (Journey to the West)

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Nankai University News Network-Chen Hong: Talking about Gong Jin, Mu Mu and Huang Po in the Journey to the West.