? The Monkey King's sorrow: Although there are many brothers, there are few close friends.

After reading this sentence at the beginning of Journey to the West for so many years, I don't know if I really understand it.

Four classic novels, a classic literature, are indeed handed down from ancient times, and different readers have different views. Many people always worship the Three Kingdoms and the Water Margin in their youth. These two books are chivalrous, brave and affectionate, and they are both great works under the historical background. Nature is widely circulated and impressive.

Older readers may prefer reading the Red Chamber. After reading everything, it is inevitable to sigh that "everything is learned, and people's understanding is an article." Nothing is as lofty as the unpredictable, and life is impermanent.

However, The Journey to the West, the favorite of many children, is always looked down upon unintentionally. The story of monsters entering the earth seems too empty. The Monkey King, a child's favorite, is inevitably naive in the eyes of adults.

In fact, Wu Cheng'en himself once said: "Although my title is intellectual monster, I don't know ghosts, but I actually remember human variation, and I have a lesson." Therefore, the stories in The Journey to the West are not simple, and always reflect various situations in the world.

You can't tell the whole story. Let's learn some nutrition from the story of making trouble in Heaven.

Let's start with the rebels:

In comics and TV dramas, it is always the Monkey King's 1 VS everyone, which not only shows its hero, but also makes the Monkey King write three words on his forehead:

"What a tragedy"

In fact, the Great Sage also has friends. In Wukong, Huaguoshan, he was invited to travel around the world and visit Qian Shan, where he met six demon kings, including Niu. Seven of them just married Jin Lan, the Monkey King came last, and Niu Wangmo was the eldest brother. The Monkey King claimed to be the Great Sage of Qi Tian after the havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and the other six Lich Kings also claimed to be the Great Sage.

They are: Niu (the Great Sage of Pingtian), Jiao Mo (the Great Sage of Fuhai), Peng Mo (the Great Sage of Huntian), Lion Camel King (the Great Sage of Yishan), the Monkey King (the Great Sage of Ventilation), Wang (the Great Sage of Exorcism) and the Monkey King (the Great Sage of Qitian).

It stands to reason that the opposite sex should become sworn, and at that time Wukong was also a demon in the lower world. Find a few brothers to become sworn friends, and you won't pick a few weak chickens. In the final analysis, it is nothing more than asking for mutual concern. It can be seen that the magic of the "Seven Saints" should not be simple.

Although The Journey to the West didn't introduce the five saints except Niu Wangmo and Wukong in detail, the original work did mention the magical power of Niu Wangmo. On the way to the Flame Mountain, the land god introduced the cow and said, "That cow king has great magical powers and boundless magic, and he is Sun's opponent."

From this point of view, these seven saints are not vegetarians, but why didn't anyone accompany Wukong to risk his life and fulfill his pledge of allegiance?

To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than the indifference of the world.

When the Seven Saints became sworn, Wukong returned from his studies and enjoyed his youth. Everyone drinks in a big bowl and eats meat in large chunks. The other six saints looked at this rising star in the underworld and wanted to make some friends, thinking that they might be able to help in the future.

I didn't expect the monkey to be so bold that he rebelled. After Wukong's Heaven War, it is inevitable that others will have some resistance to this stupidity, fearing that they will get burned.

ROUND 1 who made trouble in heaven won. At this time, the six sages all came to pay their respects, but then the headwind broke out and they never appeared again. Therefore, Wukong's sworn brothers are typical "fair-weather friends". In addition, the most chilling thing is that Wukong was later crushed at the foot of Wuxing Mountain, and the sworn brothers all hid far away for fear of getting involved with him.

Perhaps, it was this experience that made the Monkey King really realize that any nonsense friendship is a lie. It is better to honestly mix the right path, spare no effort to protect Tang Priest's Buddhist scriptures, and strive to bid farewell to the self-employed and become a civil servant as soon as possible.

Look at Wukong's opponent:

In fact, many small partners have always had a question:

Why did Sun turn to the Heavenly Palace for help many times while the Monkey King was making a scene in the Heavenly Palace?

In short, civil servants are well known.

The Monkey King, an outsider, suddenly came to the company to make a scene and wanted to be the boss. In fact, it is really a big joke in the eyes of all immortals, but the company that was originally calm suddenly faced a public relations crisis. Who wants to show off?

What everyone thinks more is: protecting themselves.

By the way, influenced by the 86th TV series The Journey to the West, many people think that the Monkey King's fighting capacity has exploded, and there is nothing they can do about it, which is quite different from the original.

In fact, in this defense of Heaven, Heaven has been underestimating its enemies. They have never sent the main force with the strongest fighting capacity, and even the substitutes on the field may not be able to play.

But one person should work hard and catch the monkey for the first time. He is a member of the semi-system: Erlang God.

The story of Erlang God has been widely circulated among the people. Although there are many versions, it is generally said that Erlang God's mother is the jade emperor's sister, and Fansi married an earthly man and gave birth to him. The Jade Emperor was furious because his sister married a mortal, so he put his sister at the foot of Taoshan Mountain. Later, Erlang God "cut down Taoshan with an axe" and saved his mother.

It is for this reason that the relationship between Erlang God and his uncle is not harmonious. He has never been an official in heaven, but he is in a state of "listening to the tune but not listening to the announcement". He runs his own small army, with six Meishan brothers and 1,200 toothed burclover gods.

The reason why Erlang God opposed the Monkey King was nothing more than to reverse his mother and his position in the spirit of heaven and make my uncle sit up and take notice.

Erlang God only appeared twice in Journey to the West, but the contrast between them is very big. The first time he captured the Monkey King alive, the second time he helped Wukong capture nine head worm alive. And the atmosphere of these two times is also very strange. The first time I was the enemy, the second time I was like a brother. And look at the original:

It's a little strange that these two people met for the first time 500 years after a big fight in heaven.

I pushed things forward. When Erlang God and the Monkey King gambled, they caught the Monkey King with the help of the old gentleman, but before they died in heaven, their opponents said something meaningful:

So what is the result of this mountain search?

In fact, at the time of victory, Erlang God refused to let Tota Li Tianwang help him, but asked the Six Meishan brothers to search the mountains. They just do superficial work and set fire to Guo Huashan, but the monkeys can live in their own destiny. The burnt Guo Huashan looks ruined, but in fact, most of the monkeys survived, and there is no reason for King Tota Li Tian to kill them all.

It can be said that Erlang God indirectly saved Huaguoshan, and Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon returned to Huaguoshan in a rage, and soon recovered the grand occasion of Huaguoshan. Therefore, Erlang God really left the foundation of Huaguoshan. I'm afraid the Monkey King knows this best.

However, why did Jiro help a wild monkey he had never met before? Presumably they are heroes, cherish heroes. Considering that both of them are frustrated in heaven, making friends is better than making enemies, so I still go easy on them.

There are so many interesting facts in Journey to the West that I always want to be as concise as possible. This question has been said so much.

At this point, Wukong probably saw through the so-called indifference. At that time, the seven sages were like brothers, which made him really fearless in times of crisis, but Jiro, who admired each other with him, secretly left him a way out. What is a friend and what is friendship, by contrast, is clear enough. Wukong is no longer a novice sage. He is still heroic, but he has become a more rational and calm fighting Buddha.