"There's a backstage?"

It's a very ingenious idea, and it's very innovative.

Sun Wukong is a natural stone monkey, what is the backstage.

However, soon, in Zhang Ning's analysis, they suddenly realized again.

Yes, Monkey King has a backstage.

This backstage is the Bodhi Patriarch.

"Sun Wukong's master has a total of two people, unlike Tang Seng, Tang Seng has no mana, even after becoming a Buddha, it is estimated that the combat power is not particularly large. If you insist on saying that Tang Seng has some mana, you can only trace it back to Tang Seng's previous life, the golden cicada. Jin Chanzi is a disciple of Rulai, and Rulai has great magical powers, as his disciple, his mana should be okay. However, the mana of the golden cicada is unlikely to be high, after all, he is a disciple of Rulai, and it is estimated that he can have a tie with Sun Wukong, or be slightly higher than Sun Wukong. But when there was a lot of trouble in the Heavenly Palace, Jin Chanzi and Sun Wukong didn't know each other. Therefore, it is impossible for Jin Chanzi to become the backstage of Sun Wukong. Then, in addition to the golden cicada, there is only one more powerful figure, Bodhi Patriarch. ”

"In Journey to the West, Patriarch Bodhi is a mysterious person. No one can say exactly how powerful his mana is. However, we absolutely believe that the ability of the Bodhi Patriarch is to be a level of existence as it comes. Think about it, Bodhi Patriarch casually taught Sun Wukong a little fur kung fu, and Sun Wukong can run rampant in the sky and the earth, which can not be said to be a low skill. ”

"However, at this point, the problem arises. So who is this Bodhi Patriarch? ”

"It is not said in the original book that the description of the Bodhi Patriarch is mysterious and mysterious, only that he has great powers. But for his true identity, Journey to the West has not been introduced. So, who is Patriarch Bodhi? ”

The question of who the Bodhi Patriarch is has always been a mystery of Journey to the West.

Not only Zhang Ning raised this question, but many scholars who studied Journey to the West also raised this question.

Because they believe that it is impossible for Wu Chengen to create an immortal with no origin.

Because all the immortals and characters in Journey to the West can be found in real mythology and Taoism.

Well, the same is true about Patriarch Bodhi.

"In fact, it is difficult to say who the Bodhi Patriarch is, and it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult."

"The difficulty is that Wu Chengen has constructed such a mysterious and supernatural person, and he has not introduced it specifically, and I have no reference object, so it is difficult to guess who he is. Moreover, the Bodhi Patriarch only appeared once, when Sun Wukong was learning the arts, and after that, he never appeared again, which further increased the mystery of the Bodhi Patriarch and made it even more impossible for us to speculate. However, on the issue of the identity of the Bodhi Patriarch, we are not without clues. ”

"First of all, let's start with the name. Bodhi Patriarch, it seems, is an ordinary immortal name. But in fact, there is an ancestor in the name of Bodhi Patriarch, and the meaning is very different. What does ancestor mean, is unsurpassed, that is, he is the first, he is the greatest, he is the ancestor of the immortals, no one is his master, or rather, his master is not on earth.

Not everyone can be called an ancestor, and not an immortal can be called an ancestor. In the Buddhist language system and religious system, there are only a few people who can be called ancestors. One of them is the Sanqing that we are more familiar with, also known as the Sanqing Daozu. In the Taoist system, the Sanqing Dao Ancestor is the supreme god, and no one is above him. Then, in Buddhism, the only one who can be called an ancestor is Shakyamuni, which is what we call the Buddha. ”

"Of course, in Journey to the West, there is another one who is known as an ancestor, that is, Zhen Yuanzi, the ancestor of the earth immortals. In Journey to the West, it is also introduced that Zhen Yuanzi's status is very high, and he does not worship gods or immortals, because they are not qualified to let Zhen Yuanzi worship, and if they worship, I am afraid that their life will be lost. In the end, I had to worship heaven and earth. This is also why Zhen Yuanzi can be friends with Sanqing, obviously, the identity is the same, everyone is an ancestor, and when chatting, there are also topics. ”

"Therefore, from this, we can see that the one who can be called an ancestor must be the one with the same identity as Sanqing and Rulai."

Everyone nodded secretly.

I didn't expect that the name of a mythological character in Journey to the West could explain so many things.

Zhang Ning is really knowledgeable.

"After explaining what an ancestor is, our range of choices is much smaller. So, let's take a look at a couplet in front of the Bodhi Patriarch. Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, oblique moon three-star cave. Everyone, everyone must remember this couplet, this is a couplet that Sun Wukong saw when he was apprenticed. So, what does this couplet have to do with the identity of the Bodhi Patriarch? ”

"As I said before, literati sometimes like to be secretive. Wu Chengen used this trick at the beginning. Let's guess what Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, if the first word is combined with the last word, what does he mean. ”

"The first word and the last word?"

Everyone looked at the big screen, the first word was spirit, and the last word was mountain.

"Lingshan."

When the word Lingshan was spoken, everyone was startled.

Oh my God, it's Lingshan.

How I didn't think of it, how I didn't think of it.

Lingshan is not an ordinary mountain, it is a holy place of Buddhism, and it is also a dojo of Nyorai.

An answer is about to come out, Sun Wukong's master, is it Rulai.

This, this, this......

Impossible.

Sun Wukong's master, how can it be Rulai?

That's surprising.

At that moment, someone stood up directly, and it was not a refutation, but this answer was too unacceptable for them.

"Zhang Ningda, as you said, we absolutely believe that Patriarch Bodhi is also a figure of the same level as the three Qings. It's just that the statement that the Bodhi Patriarch is Nyolai seems unlikely. ”

"Don't get excited, everyone, wait for me to analyze it to you slowly."

"We are academic discussions, and academic discussions are not about writing novels, writing novels can be imagined, and you can write whatever you want. Academic discussions must have a certain basis, and what I just said is just one of the speculations. After all, just based on a sentence of Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, it is far-fetched to say that the Bodhi Patriarch is such a come. It is possible that this Lingtai Fangcun Mountain means something else, so let's look at the next piece of evidence. The next evidence is still looking for it in Journey to the West. ”

"The eighth chapter of Journey to the West, such as saying, I am in Hezhou, I am not greedy or killed, I nourish the spirit of qi, although there is no supreme truth, everyone lives long. Although there is no supreme truth, everyone lives long, this sentence is very interesting. Translated into modern words. That is, although no one in Xiniu Hezhou is better than me, everyone lives a long life. However, Patriarch Bodhi is in Xiniuhezhou. Obviously, this aspect proves that Patriarch Bodhi has high skills, even if he lives in Xiniu Hezhou, he can hide from the eyes of Rulai. On the other hand, in fact, it is also very clear, I am Bodhi. If not, how can I say that there are no other real people in Xiniu Hezhou? ”