What kind of monster is the king of the daughter country in Journey to the West?

The king of the daughter country is not a goblin.

A character in the classic novel "Journey to the West", the king of the Western Liang Kingdom (the daughter's kingdom). All the people in the Western Liang Kingdom are women, but there are no men. Therefore, when Tang Seng's master and apprentice passed by, the king's female official told him that Tang Seng was the imperial disciple of the Eastern Tang Dynasty. She felt that it was God's gift to the Tang Dynasty that the emperor's imperial disciple had descended, so he made Tang Seng his husband and stayed in his daughter's country to be the king. He called him his imperial disciple. elder brother.

He is well-known to the audience for the 1986 CCTV version of the TV series "Journey to the West". In the TV series "Journey to the West", the king of the daughter country, played by Zhu Lin, is gentle, beautiful and infatuated, but it is very different from the description in the original work.

Extended information

Xuan Zang said in "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" that in the Eastern Women's Kingdom, "women are kings in the world, because women are the kings. The husband is also the king and does not know about political affairs. "The husband only conquers the fields, and borders the Kingdom of Turchu to the east, the Kingdom of Khotan to the north, and the Kingdom of Sanboha to the west." This means that in this country, women are the kings, the queen holds the power of the country, and her husband is also the king.

But it is only in name and does not interfere with political affairs. The men of this country only farm and fight. This country is bordered by Tufan to the east, Khotan to the north, and Sanboha to the west. "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" also described the Daughter Kingdom like this: "On the southwest island of the Fujing Kingdom (i.e. the Eastern Roman Empire), there is the Xinu Kingdom, all of which are women.

There are few men, many All the treasures are attached to the country, so King Fulin sent her husband to marry her, and her husband was not married. "This is similar to the "daughter country" in "Journey to the West".

In the history book "New Tang Book: Biography of the Western Regions", it is recorded that the people in this country are Qiang people, and there is also a country in the west of this country where women are kings. From this, it seems that the Dongnu Kingdom is indeed It existed before. It was a small country in the mountains of northwest Tibet near India in ancient times.

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