Which is more powerful, thirty-six changes or seventy-two changes?

It was once rumored on the Internet that thirty-six changes and seventy-two changes were thirty-six spells and seventy-two changes. In fact, the source of those spells is a book that has nothing to do with The Journey to the West, The Fairy Mirror of Past Dynasties, which was written later than The Journey to the West. The original text describing The Journey to the West's thirty-six changes and seventy-two changes:

There are a general number of plough, 36 changes, and a general number of goblins, 72 changes. It can be seen that the highest day and the lowest night only refer to numbers.

The specific performance is as follows:

1. Monkey said, "My little monk has seventy-two faces."

2. The original walker changed seventy-two. If they become birds, animals, flowers, trees, utensils and insects, they will even roll away; But you just changed your head and face, but you can't change your figure. Sure enough, you have yellow hair, two red stocks and a tail.

3. Friar Sand said, "He has seventy-two changes, so he has seventy-two heads."

4. My apprentice the Monkey King, he can change seventy-two. It becomes a flame bug and flies in to save me.

5. Good devil, he has seventy-two changes, and his martial arts are the same as those of the Great Sage, only a little weaker, but he will not live up to his illness. Hide the sword, say a spell and transform yourself into a face like a pig.

6. Monkey said, "You've changed 36 years. Why not? " The pig's head said, "... I can only turn mountains into trees, stones into elephants and buffaloes into fat people, but it's a little difficult to be a little daughter." "

7. Bajie said with a smile, "Master, all the donors are joking here. My old pig has changed thirty-six, but it is really impossible to say that it has become light and gorgeous. " If mountains, trees, stones, mounds, elephants, pigs, buffaloes and camels are all changed, it will be a plenary session. It's just that your body is getting bigger and your stomach is getting bigger. You must be full to do things. "

8. What an idiot! He has thirty-six changes too. He walked into the ravine, twiddled his fingers and recited a spell, turning himself into a short and fat monk, knocking on wooden fish in his hand and humming in his mouth, but he couldn't recite the scriptures, only humming "Master".

It can be seen that seventy-two becomes seventy-two faces, seventy-two lives and seventy-two heads. Thirty-six changes didn't say that, but it makes sense for thirty-six to become thirty-six lives and thirty-six heads.

As for how to avoid the three disasters in the seventy-two Revolution, Gong said, "Wukong, are you from that generation?" The day before yesterday, Master whispered, Can you learn all the ways to avoid the three disasters? Wukong said with a smile, "To tell you the truth, first, Master taught me, and second, I am diligent day and night, and I can do anything." They said, "Take this opportunity to audition, let me wait and see. "Wukong listened, perked up and showed off his tricks." Brothers, please give me a topic. What should I change? " The crowd said, "Just become a pine tree. Wukong twisted the tactic, recited the spell and turned into a pine tree.

It can be seen that simple changes can avoid the three evils, and there is no need to explore why, because the author said so.