Translation of Journey to the West Chapter 1

It is said that a long time ago, the world was divided into Dongshengshenzhou, Xiniuhezhou, Nanfangbuzhou and Beijuluzhou.

In the Aolai Kingdom of Dongsheng Shenzhou, there is a mountain of flowers and fruits. There is a fairy stone on the mountain. One day, the fairy stone cracks and an egg rolls out from the stone. When the egg sees the wind, it turns into a stone monkey. , the monkey's eyes shot out streaks of golden light, worshiping in all directions.

The monkey can walk and run. When it is thirsty, it drinks some spring water from the mountain stream, and when it is hungry, it eats some fruits from the mountain.

I had a great time playing with the animals in the mountains all day long.

One day, the weather was extremely hot. In order to escape the hot weather, the monkeys ran to the mountain stream to take a bath.

When they saw the spring water flowing, they walked along the stream to find its source.

The monkeys climbed and climbed, and when they reached the end, they saw a waterfall, as if falling from the sky.

The monkeys were surprised and discussed: "Whoever dares to get into the waterfall and find the source of the spring water without harming his body will be worshiped as king."

They shouted repeatedly. After three times, the stone monkey jumped out and shouted: "I'm going in, I'm going in!" The stone monkey closed its eyes and jumped into the waterfall. It didn't feel like it was in the water. Then it opened its eyes and looked around. Looking around, I found that I was standing on an iron bridge. The water under the bridge rushed through the stone holes, hung upside down and flowed out, covering the bridge door so that no one outside could see inside.

The stone monkey walked across the bridge and found that this was a really good place. There were stone chairs, stone beds, stone basins, and stone bowls.

It looks like someone lived here not long ago. It is a natural house, quiet and tidy, with pots, bowls, ladles and basins neatly placed on the stove.

There is a stone tablet in the middle, which is engraved on it: the blessed land of Huaguo Mountain, the water curtain cave and the sky.

The stone monkey was so happy that he turned around and walked out, then jumped out of the hole with a whoosh.

The monkeys were surprised and happy when they saw that the stone monkey had come out without any injuries. They surrounded him and asked him what was going on inside.

The stone monkey scratched his cheeks, scratched his itch, and said to everyone with a smile: "There is no water inside, so it is a good place to stay. When the wind blows, we have a place to hide, and when it rains heavily, we are not afraid of getting wet."

When the monkeys heard this, they jumped up and down with joy.

The monkeys followed the stone monkey through the waterfall and entered the water curtain cave. They saw so many good things. They were fighting for each one. Those holding basins took basins, and those holding bowls took bowls. , those who occupy the stove occupy the stove, those who compete for the bed compete for the bed, move here and there, until they are exhausted.

The monkeys all kept their promise and worshiped the stone monkey as their king. The stone monkey then ascended the throne, omitted the word "stone" and called himself the "Monkey King".

The Monkey King took the monkeys to travel around the mountains and rivers every day, and soon three to five hundred years passed.

While playing one day, the Monkey King thought that he would inevitably die in the future, and he couldn't help but shed tears of sadness. At this time, a thong-backed ape jumped out of the monkey group and said: "The king wants to live forever. The only way to do this is to learn Buddhism, immortality, and the art of gods."

The Monkey King decided to travel all over the world to find immortals and learn the art of immortality.

The next day, the monkeys made a raft for him and prepared some wild fruits. So the Monkey King said goodbye to the monkeys, supported the raft alone, and ran towards the vast sea.

Probably due to the Monkey King's good luck, the southeast wind for days brought him to the northwest coast.

He got off the raft and boarded the shore. He saw many people working on the shore, some catching fish, some hunting geese in the sky, some digging clams, and some washing salt. He walked over quietly, but unexpectedly, he was so frightened that the people threw their things away and ran for their lives.

On this day, he came to a high mountain, and suddenly a beautiful song came from the woods halfway up the mountain, singing some words about becoming an immortal.

The Monkey King thought: The person singing must be a god, so he followed the song to find him.

The singer was a young man who was cutting firewood in the woods. The Monkey King learned from the young man that this mountain is called Lingtai Fangcun Mountain. Seven or eight miles away from here, there is a slanting moon. Sanxing Cave, there lives an immortal named Bodhi Patriarch.

The Monkey King said goodbye to the young man collecting firewood, walked out of the woods, and walked up the hillside. Sure enough, he saw a cave in the distance. The door of the cave was tightly closed, and on the hill opposite the cave door. There is a stone tablet standing on it, about three feet high and eight feet wide, with ten big characters written on it: "Lingtai Fangcun Mountain Xie Yue Sanxing Cave".

While I was watching, the door suddenly opened and a fairy boy came out.

The Monkey King quickly stepped forward, bowed deeply and explained his purpose. The fairy boy said: "My master was about to preach just now, and suddenly asked me to come out and open the door, saying that someone was coming outside. It turns out you are the one who is learning from me! Come with me!" The Monkey King quickly adjusted his clothes and followed the fairy boy respectfully into the cave to the Dharma platform where the Patriarch was giving his sermon.

When the Monkey King saw Patriarch Bodhi sitting upright on the stage with more than thirty fairy boys standing on both sides of the stage, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

The Patriarch asked about his purpose and was very happy. Seeing that he had no name, he said, "Just call me Wukong!"

The original text of Chapter 1 of the original masterpiece Journey to the West:

The poem says: Chaos is undivided, the sky and the earth are chaotic, vast and indistinct, no one can see it. Since Pangu broke through the Hongmeng, he has opened up the distinction between purity and turbidity.

He supports all sentient beings to look up to the benevolence and discovers that all things will be good. If you want to know about the Yuan Gong of Good Fortune, you must read the Journey to the West: The Legend of Shie.

According to the number of heaven and earth, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred years is one dollar. One yuan is divided into twelve groups, which are the twelve branches of Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai. Each will be 18,000 years old.

Let’s talk about one day: there is yang energy at Zi hour, and Chou is the rooster’s crow; Yin is not bright, and Mao is the sunrise; after the eclipse at Chen hour, Si is in row; at noon on the day , but not in the west; at Shen Shi, the sun sets at You, and at dusk at Xu, people settle in Hai. For example, in Dashu, if it comes to the end of Xuhui, the heaven and earth will be dim and all things will cease.

Fifty-four hundred years later, at the beginning of the meeting, it will be dark, and both characters will be gone, so it is called chaos. Another five thousand and four hundred years later, the Hai Conference will end, Zhenxia will rise to the Yuan Dynasty, and the Jinzi Conference will gradually become enlightened again. Shao Kangjie said: "Halfway through the winter solstice, the heart of heaven has not changed. The place where the sun first moves is when all things are not born." At this point, heaven begins to have roots.

Fifty-four hundred years later, at the time of Zihui, the sky is light and clear, and there are sun, moon, stars and stars. The sun, moon and stars are called the four phenomena. Therefore, it is said that the sky is open to the child. After another five thousand and four hundred years, the Zihui will end, close to the ugly meeting, and gradually become solid. "Book of Changes" said: "Great is Qian Yuan! How great is Kun Yuan! All material beings are in harmony with heaven." At this point, the earth began to condense.

Fifty-four hundred years later, at the time of the ugly meeting, under the heavy turbidity, there are water, fire, mountains, rocks and earth. Water, volcano, stone and soil are called the five shapes. Therefore, it is said that the earth is created by ugliness. After another five thousand and four hundred years, the Chou Hui ended and the Yin Hui began, and all things happened. The calendar says: "The weather falls, the earth's energy rises; the heaven and the earth merge, and everything comes into being." At this point, the sky is clear and the earth is refreshing, and the yin and yang merge.

At the age of five thousand and four hundred years, it will be the Yin Hui, the birth of human beings, beasts and birds, it is called heaven, earth and man, and the three talents are positioned. Therefore, it is said that people are born in Yin.

Since Pangu opened up the world, three emperors ruled the world, and five emperors established their relationships, the world was divided into four major continents: Dongshengshenzhou, Xiniuhezhou, Nanfanbuzhou, and Beijuzhou Luzhou. This book list represents Dongsheng Shenzhou. There is a country overseas called Aolai Country.

The country is close to the sea, and there is a famous mountain in the sea called Huaguo Mountain. This mountain is the ancestral line of the ten continents. The dragon from the three islands has been established since the clear and turbid. It was formed after the Hongmeng judged. What a beautiful mountain! There is a poem to prove it. The poem says:

It has the power to control the vast ocean and Wei Ning Yaohai. The vast ocean is under control, and the tide surges into the caves of silver mountain fish; in Weining Yaohai, the waves turn over the snow and the mirages leave the abyss. The water and fire are high in the corner, and the earth is high in the east sea. There are strange rocks on the red cliffs and strange peaks cut off the walls. On the cliff, colorful phoenixes sing; before the wall is cut, a unicorn lies alone.

Listen to the crow of the golden pheasant at the peak, and watch the dragons coming and going in the grotto. There are longevity deer and fairy foxes in the forest, and there are spiritual birds and black cranes in the trees. The wonderful flowers of Yao Cao never fade, and the green pines and cypresses last forever. Fairy peaches always bear fruit, and bamboos always leave clouds. There is a ravine covered with vines and green grass on all sides. It is the Optimus Prime where hundreds of rivers meet, and the root of the earth will never be moved by all calamities.

On the top of that mountain, there is a fairy stone. The stone is three feet, six feet and five inches high and has a circumference of two feet and four feet. Three feet, six feet and five inches high, according to the 365 degrees of the circumference; two feet and four feet around the circle, according to the political calendar, twenty-four qi.

There are nine orifices and eight holes on it, according to the Nine Palaces and Bagua. There are no trees on all sides to provide shade, but there are orchids on the left and right.

Since Gai's creation, he has been exposed to the innocent beauty of the earth and the beauty of the sun and the moon for a long time, and he has gained a spiritual understanding. Immortal cells are cultivated within. One day it bursts open and lays a stone egg, as big as a ball. Seeing the wind, he turned into a stone monkey. All five senses are present and all four limbs are complete.

I just learned to crawl and walk, and paid homage to all directions. Two rays of golden light shot into Dou Mansion. Alarmed by the great sage and benevolent person in the high heaven, the Jade Emperor, the Great Heavenly Lord, the High God of Xuan Qiong, was seated in the Lingxiao Palace of Jinyinyungong Palace and gathered the immortals. When they saw the golden flames, they ordered their clairvoyants and ears to open the Nantian Gate to watch. The second general went out according to the order. He could see the truth and listen clearly.

After a while, he reported back: "The place where I was ordered to watch and listen to the golden light is the border of Dongsheng Shenzhou and Haidong Aolai small country. There is a flower and fruit mountain. There is an immortal stone on the mountain. The stone lays an egg. I saw A stone monkey was transformed into a stone, and it worshiped in all directions. Its eyes were filled with golden light, which shot into Doufu. Now that it is fed with food and water, the golden light will disappear. "The Jade Emperor showed his kindness and said: "The things below are born from the essence of heaven and earth. "It's strange."

The monkey can walk and jump in the mountains, eat grass and trees, drink from streams, collect mountain flowers, and forage for tree fruits; it keeps company with wolves and worms, groups of tigers and leopards, and makes friends with deer. , macaques became relatives; they stayed under the stone cliffs at night and visited the peak caves in the morning. It's true that "there are no Jiazi in the mountains, and it's so cold that I don't know the year." When the weather is hot, I escape from the summer heat with a group of monkeys and play under the shade of pine trees.

Look at him jumping from tree to branch, picking flowers and fruits; tossing marbles, running around in sand nests, building pagodas; chasing dragonflies, fluttering at eight candles; visiting God and worshiping Bodhisattva; The kudzu vines are not yet braided; catching lice and biting fleas; arranging sweaters and picking nails; pushing and pressing in pursuit of profit; pulling and pulling; let him be stubborn under the green pine forest, green Wash along the water stream.

A group of monkeys played for a while and then went to take a bath in the mountain stream. Seeing the rushing water in the stream, it really looked like rolling melons splashing. An ancient saying goes: Birds have their own language, and animals have their own language. All the monkeys said: "I don't know where this water comes from. We have nothing to do today, so we walked up the stream to look for the source and play!"

Shout and everyone will be dragged away. The men grabbed the women, called their brothers and brothers, and ran together, climbing up the mountain along the stream, until they reached the source of the stream, where there was a waterfall and a spring. But I saw that group of white rainbows rising, and thousands of snowflakes flying in the waves. The sea breeze blows constantly, and the moon shines on the river. The air-conditioning divides the green hills, and the remaining flow moistens the green hills. The gurgling waterfall looks like a hanging curtain.

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The creative background of "Journey to the West"

Wu Chengen lived in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and experienced the reigns of Xiaozong Hongzhi, Wuzong Zhengde, Shizong Jiajing, Mu Zonglongqing, Shenzong Wanli five dynasties. The social situation in the middle and late Ming Dynasty was very different from that at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Politically, class conflicts, ethnic conflicts, and conflicts within the ruling class group continued to intensify and became increasingly acute;

Ideologically and culturally, the rise of Enlightenment thought , the trend of liberating human nature was rising, citizen literature was developing increasingly vigorously, and the creation of novels and dramas entered a period of comprehensive prosperity. Economically, the seeds of capitalism emerged. In the first year of Zhenguan (627) of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the 25-year-old monk Xuanzang went on a study tour in Tianzhu (India) on foot. After setting off from Chang'an, he passed through Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, going through many hardships and obstacles, and finally arrived in India.

Study there for more than two years, and served as the keynote speaker at a large-scale debate on Buddhist scriptures, and received praise. In the 19th year of Zhenguan (645), Xuanzang returned to Chang'an and brought back 657 Buddhist scriptures, which caused a sensation. Later, Xuanzang's oral account of his journey to the West was compiled into twelve volumes of "The Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" by his disciple Bianji.

But this book mainly tells the history, geography and transportation of the countries seen on the road, without any stories. When his disciples Huili and Yan Cong wrote the "Biography of Master Tripitaka of the Great Ci'en Temple of the Tang Dynasty", it added a lot of mythological color to Xuanzang's experience. From then on, the story of Tang Monk's Buddhist scriptures began to be widely circulated among the people.

The Southern Song Dynasty has "The Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty's Searching for Buddhist Scriptures", the Jin Dynasty version has "The Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty", "Peach Club", etc., and the Yuan Dynasty dramas include Wu Changling's "The Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty's Searching for Buddhist Scriptures from the West", and the unknown person's "Erlang Shensuo" "The Great Sage Qi" and so on, all of which laid the foundation for the creation of "Journey to the West". Wu Cheng'en also completed this great literary masterpiece after painstaking re-creation on the basis of folk legends, scripts and operas.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Wu Chengen