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Bi homophonic to avoid horse plague is a small official who raises horses, but there are also many officials, such as Jian Fu, Dian Ben and Lux. Bi, which means assistance, is a homonym of avoidance; Wen means illness, and it is also a homonym of Wen. In The Journey to the West, Bi was in charge of the Imperial Horse Hall.

There are two versions of Bi Marvin. There is a saying: the so-called Bimawen means that in the Eastern Han Dynasty, people kept monkeys in stables, which was more effective in avoiding horse plague, so they called monkeys Bimawen. Another way of saying it: avoiding horse plague comes from an ancient folklore, that is, mixing the urine of the female monkey with the urine of the horse can prevent the horse from getting sick. God let the Monkey King hold the post of Bi, which seemed to acknowledge his ability and appointed him. Its essence is God's great mockery of the Monkey King.

Basic introduction Chinese name: Bi mbth: alias of horse protector: avoiding horse bug, the Monkey King, Sun Walker, fighting Buddha, the Monkey King, Monkey King, brother nationality: Austrian nationality: monkey birthplace: Huaguoshan date of birth: unknown date of death: unknown occupation: groom (in charge of royal horse supervision) Main achievements: Tianhe horse release origin: Journey to the West nature: related content of stone monkeys, origin of allusions and correlation. Although The Journey to the West is a fairy tale, the official positions of the characters are based on the official system of the Ming Dynasty, not fiction. However, in September of the first year of Wu (1366), the Ming Dynasty set up an organization in charge of royal horses, called Royal Horse Company, which was in charge of royal stables and horses. Why is it called "Bi Marvin"? Not to mention the Ming dynasty, there was no such position as "Bi" in the official system of any other dynasty. Scholars who have been studying and commenting on The Journey to the West have not explained this problem clearly. After reading the article "Bi Interpretation" by Mr. Su, a Taiwanese historian and anecdote, I suddenly realized. The article said: "There is a passage in the collection of articles written by Amin Zhao Nanxing:' The Horse Classic says that the female monkey in the stable has horse plague, and the grass will flow every month, and the horse will never get sick. The Journey to the West's foundation "It turns out that the monthly menstruation of the female monkey flows into the horse's forage, and the horse eats it, so it can cure horse plague! Obviously, "Bi" is just a homonym of Pimarvin. Wu Cheng'en, the author of The Journey to the West, gave his son such a strange name, which is undoubtedly humorous. The "Bi" written by him is actually from the jade seal of the Jade Emperor. This is a wonderful irony for the emperor in heaven and the emperor on earth. Their ruling skills are either hidden or deceptive. The Jade Emperor's letting the Monkey King "finish" is an example of cheating. Ma Jing can be found in the General Catalogue of Sikuquanshu, Comprehensive Record of Series and Shuoqi, but its authenticity is unknown. Zhao's Collection of Official Documents in the Ming Dynasty and Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty both quoted a sentence in the book: Ma Jing said that the female monkey in the stable suffered from horse plague, and the grass would flow every month, so Ma Liang would never get sick. The allusion comes from Wu Cheng'en's clever play "the Monkey King-A Textual Research on Bi Guan's Name". Wu Cheng'en, a famous novelist in the Ming Dynasty [about 15 10 (Geng Wunian)-158 1] wrote the classic novel The Journey to the West for the fourth time, "The official seal takes the horse's heart and its name is not peaceful." What exactly does the official name "Bi Marvin" mean? There are no records in Modern Chinese Dictionary, Ci Yuan and Ci Hai. However, according to Wu Cheng'en, a novelist, Wu Qu Xingjun (the official in charge) thinks that Bi is the steward of the royal horse supervisor purlin, and there are many officials, such as Cheng Jian, Deputy Supervisor, Dian and Lux, who are in charge of thousands of horses. The author's original intention is that the Jade Emperor is teasing the Monkey King. According to The Journey to the West's annotator Huang Suqiu's note: "Bi, according to folklore, monkeys can avoid horse plague. The official name here is that the author adopted this legend and changed two homophones, Bi and Wen. " According to the author's textual research, the above legend was first seen in the biography of Jin Shu and Guo Pu written by Emperor Taizong. Guo Pu (276-324), an exegetist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was born in Wenxi, Hedong (now Wenxi, Shanxi). Since childhood, he has been intelligent and knowledgeable, and is good at ancient Chinese and strange characters, especially the art of yin and yang divination. One day, Guo Pu went out to visit the general Zhao Gu, who happened to love riding and died suddenly. He was very sad and in a bad mood, so he closed the door to see the guests off. Guo Pu asked the doorman to take him to the stable to see the horse that died suddenly, and told the doorman, "Go and tell him that Guo Pu can save the dead horse." . Hearing this, Zhao Gu was overjoyed and rushed out to meet him and asked Shanhaijing summarized if there was any good way to save the horse. Guo Pu put forward a good plan and said, "You can send twenty or thirty health workers, with bamboo poles in their hands, and walk 30 miles east. Where there are mountains and trees, you can hit them with bamboo poles. When you see something coming out, you can catch it and bring it back. If you get this, the horse will live. " So he did as he said, and sure enough, he caught something that looked like an ape, so he quickly took it back to Zhao's home. As soon as the ape entered the stable, he jumped over the beam and walked over the dead horse's head. "Shh, suck its nose" (similar to "artificial respiration"). In a short time, the horse can stand up, "training and screaming, eating as usual." There is also this anecdote in the third volume of the famous writer and historian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Gan Bao's Search for the Gods. Zhu Yi, a famous writer in Song Dynasty, quoted the above story when he studied the idiom "Death of a horse doctor" in Miscellanies of Feeling. "Those who are helpless but still want to save the world are called' dead horse doctors'. "Zhu Yi pointed out in Miscellaneous Notes:" Equus raise many animals and monkeys, not horse diseases. " According to the book Qi Yao Min Shu written by Jia Sixie, a satrap of Levin in the Northern Wei Dynasty and a famous agronomist in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, "Macaques often stay in the stable, which makes the horse hide and turn evil into disease. "Li Shizhen, a famous doctor in Ming Dynasty, also wrote in Compendium of Materia Medica:" The mare plague in the stable. "This shows the habit of folk monkeys to avoid horse plague in the stables. Modern medical experts believe that the urine odor excreted by female monkeys has preventive and inhibitory effects on horse plague. It seems that novelist Wu Cheng'en skillfully used humorous style to change the homonym of "Ma Wen" to "Bi" according to the prototype that macaques described in ancient books can control Ma Wen, which is obviously quite scientific. How did the Monkey King become the the Monkey King described by Bi? He learned superb magical powers and seventy-two skills from Bodhi, seized the "golden hoop" of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, made a scene in the Rosen Hall, changed the book of life and death without permission, and greatly shocked the Jade Emperor. According to the words of Taibai Venus, the Jade Emperor made a letter to harness, named the Monkey King "Bi" and invited him to the Heavenly Palace, hoping to restrain the Monkey King. Many immortal lineages in ancient China, including immortal official positions, are the products of imagination-there is no such official position on earth. However, although The Journey to the West is a fairy tale, the official positions of the characters are not all fictional, and many of them follow the official system of the Ming Dynasty. The post of "Bi" is not a lost wood, but a fish without water. So, is there an official position of "Bi Marvin" in history? The establishment of the Imperial Horse Prison in Ming Dynasty began in the Hongwu period of Zhu Yuanzhang, and all the officials were eunuchs. These eunuchs in charge of the royal horse prison have good official positions, four or five. However, if their poor breeding leads to the death of horses, they will be punished and punished, and the slightest flaw will be investigated for responsibility, just as the prison officer of Zhongyuma Prison in The Journey to the West said. It is also very hurt, and it is necessary to punish the guilty people. "The same scene. In the Ming Dynasty, the organization in charge of the imperial horse was called Taibu Temple, which was established in March of the fourth year of Hongwu (AD 137 1). Its leader is called Taipusi Qing, and its deputy is called. The Monkey King should be called "Sun Taifu". Why is it called "Bi Marvin"? Not to mention the Ming dynasty, there was no such position as "Bi" in the official system of any other dynasty. According to some mysterious notes, the horse of Zhao, a general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, died suddenly, and someone saved it with an ape-like animal, so later generations often put a monkey in the stable, thinking that this could prevent the horse from catching plague. And Chinese medicine also has this view. For example, in the Book of Qi Yaomin written by Jia Sixie in the Northern Wei Dynasty, he said: "Macaques are often tied to the horse, so that the horse is not afraid of evil and can cure all diseases. "Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty also said that' female monkeys in stables raise horses to cure epidemics'." "Bi" and "Bi" are homophonic, so the Jade Emperor in The Journey to the West invented a fairy named "Bi" to wait for the Monkey King Sun to fill the vacancy. Later, the Monkey King was angry when he learned from others that Bi was the lowest and smallest official who was "unworthy". He gritted his teeth and said, "How did you coax me into raising a horse for him? "Horse owners are the younger generation. Is it for me in the battle of * *? Don't be him! Don't be him! " So, with a shout, the box was pushed down, all the way to Tianmen and back to Huaguoshan. When the monkeys saw him, they were also very upset: "Your Majesty is the king of this blessed land. How much does he respect happiness? " ? How can you be the groom with him? "To be fair, with the Monkey King's skill, although not as good as Marshal Zhu Bajie's cheongwan status, it is not as good as General Friar Sand's cheongwan status. No wonder he was wronged. Therefore, in this story, the Monkey King showed strong self-esteem. Until he learned the scriptures, he was most annoyed that others called him "Bi". If any goblin accidentally touches his old wound, he will destroy it with double hatred. This story of The Journey to the West has obvious social significance. Wu Cheng'en here clearly laughed at the rulers of the dynasty without people. As a famous scholar, Wu Cheng'en was admitted to the "Year-old Gong Sheng" in his forties and became a Changxing County official in his sixties. Wu Cheng'en borrowed the story of the Monkey King's rebellion, not only for himself, but also for all talented people in the world.