11 Briefly about the background
Speaking of Journey to the West, I have to mention the Romance of the Gods, it can be said that these two books are very related, and it can even be said that they are used as each other's background.
It is said that the authors of the two books are classmates.
In history, the battle of Shang and Zhou was a matter of the change of the dynasty, but in an immortal era, the big dynasty can even be said to have changed the immortal dynasty, after all, it has a far-reaching impact, involving the three worlds of heaven, earth and man, and the three religions and nine streams.
At that time, the king was the emperor, and the entire human realm was also a cultivator, and he could stand side by side in the two worlds of heaven and earth. If the king does not take Nuwa in his eyes, it can be seen that he offended Nuwa.
The three religions refer to exposition, interception, and Western teaching. The three disciples of Hongjun Daoist are divided into two teachings: Explanation: Lao Tzu (big disciple), Yuan Shi Tianzun (second disciple) Interception of teaching: Tongtian Sect Master (three disciples) Western teaching: Receiving Daoist (Rulai), Quasi-Ti Taoist (Bodhi)
Hongjun once said: Red flowers, white lotus roots, and green lotus leaves, the three religions were originally one family. Red lotus, green leaves, lotus refers to Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.
Lao Tzu, Yuan Shi Tianzun, and Tongtian Sect Master jointly discussed the list of gods, and explained that the people of the sect had not been eliminated because the three corpses had not been removed, and they had to enter the world to suffer from the calamity, and they had to complete this calamity before they could practice and return to the original. (It can also be killed, so it's dangerous.) It can be regarded as refining the mind and breaking through the requirements of the realm. )
In the exposition of teachings and interception of teachings, all the people who practice deeply become immortals, the second highest way to become gods, and the lower ones to become reincarnation adults.
Yuan Shi Tianzun sent Jiang Ziya, Xingzhou and Shang presided over the god list, Shun Chengtian's accident was not so much that it was in accordance with the people's will, but just in time to catch up with the king of Su to offend Nuwa, the nine-tailed demon fox was ordered to go to confuse the king of Zhou and ruin the last luck of the Shang Dynasty.
So a war involving the three worlds of heaven, earth and man, the three religions and nine streams began. In fact, it is mainly a dispute of interpretation.
First of all, it is necessary to understand that for cultivators, no one wants to be on the list of gods, whether it is expounding the religion or intercepting the teaching, because the level of immortals and gods is different, and the gods have to return to their own duties and have their own official duties (it is not easy to ask for leave if you want to go down to earth). And the immortals are also immortal and at ease.
Priesthood can be seen from Journey to the West, the Jade Emperor can only mobilize people with gods in the sky at will, and for immortals, they have to be invited, and many of them are not moved. (Yuan Shi, Emperor Donghua, Zhenyuan Daxian didn't buy his account at all) That's why Sun Wukong would be so arrogant for a while.
The sect was accused of being a villain and was called not authentic enough. However, because of the low threshold of disciples, there are a large number of sectarians and many powerful people, so Yuan Shi Tianzun and Lao Tzu have to unite with Western religions to compete with sectarians. But in fact, I think that it is more in line with the modern concept to advocate the interception of education without class. (Good and evil are written by the victors.) )
The Twelve Golden Immortals must kill people if they want to finish the killing ring, and of course they may also be killed, this is a catastrophe for them. But who can be killed? It is useless to kill ordinary people, so those who intercept the religion are unlucky. Most of the sects are cultivated by beasts, and they are despised by Yuan Shi Tianzun.
This god list is signed by Lao Tzu, Yuan Shi, and Tongtian, and the names of the people on it are vivid, and most of them are the people who intercept the sect, is it not as good as the root of the sect? And the twelve golden immortals of the Sect lived to the end, why, Yuan Shi Tianzun was short!
Lao Tzu is also expounding, and the Tongtian Sect Master naturally can't say that he can't beat two eloquent senior brothers with one enemy and two enemies, and his strength is even worse, and he can't beat him.
The Tongtian Sect Master naturally knew who was on the list and who might die, but he still told the disciples not to go to Xiqi to cause trouble, and wanted them to avoid the disaster.
This kind of is like a pure and void morality, the true monarch knows that Huang Tianhua will die, and he is afraid of leaving his grandson and knows that Tuxing Sun will die, and he also has to remind a few words. I can't bear it and hope for a miracle. "It's almost fine. ”
The Twelve Golden Immortals didn't want to kill anyone, but they were helpless. But I really didn't show any mercy.
Manjushri's Light Breaking Heaven Formation once said to the Lord Qin Wan: "Poor Dao can't let you go today, you have to finish my killing ring." (Let you go, what will he do himself?)"
This is the later Manjushri Bodhisattva, like the other eleven people, who saw the interception of the sect and called Brother Dao, and he was ruthless behind his back. Later, the people in the sect were killed, and the people in the sect also went to take revenge one after another, and vented their anger for the fellow brothers of the sect, and they were actually invincible mentally.
The three sisters of Yunxiao, their mana is definitely above the twelve golden immortals, and even Yang Jian has suffered a loss and is invincible. The twelve immortals were all captured by the Mixed Yuan Jin Dou, and the top three flowers were cut off in the Yellow River array, but they were only seriously injured, and they were not killed.
She obeyed her master's words and didn't want to cause this idle matter, but her brother Zhao Gongming went to borrow Jin Jiao scissors, and she also persuaded her to refuse to borrow it. Later, her brother died, and she couldn't resist the two sisters and finally went down the mountain and didn't escape the war. Fighting with the twelve golden immortals, he instinctively killed but never killed him. Later, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable came and killed them directly.
The people who intercepted the sect never understood, and they just wanted to fight for their breath, but as soon as the primordial Tianzun came out, they immediately stopped eating, and it was a disaster of death. Yuan Shi Tianzun has always believed that the interception of religion is mostly "human words and beasts." It refers to the interception of many beasts to attain Taoism and cultivation.
From the beginning of the war, Yuan Shi deliberately exterminated the sect.
His disciples also knew his master's character, such as Taiyi Zhenren, Shi Ji asked him to hand over Nezha, he directly brought out Yuan Shi Tianzun, and asked Shi Ji to find Yuan Shi dignitaries.
Immortals used to be high in my heart, sacrosanct, to look up to and worship. After the self-proclaimed Romance of the Gods, the immortals were invited down one by one, secularized, and more humane, and they were all flesh and blood people.
I saw their tears and laughter, selfishness and treachery. Although there are inappropriateness in it, I think it is normal, just some people who have cultivated to a high level, and they are unattainable immortals in the mundane. Immortals without emotion are always just puppets.
After the battle of the Ten Thousand Immortal Array, the sect was defeated miserably, and he no longer had the strength to fight with the sect.
If I were the Yuan Shi Tianzun, I would also be towards my own disciple, and I would never selflessly write my own disciple on the list of gods. If I were a Taiyi Zhenren, no matter what Nezha did, all kinds of wrong things and evil deeds, I would protect him.
Li Jing's lack of even maintaining his own flesh and blood is disgusting. If I were Li Jing's father, no matter whether I had the strength or not, I would definitely do my best, even if I died, I would protect all my relatives.
If I were the Twelve Golden Immortals, if I had to kill, I would not sacrifice my life for righteousness and die by myself.
Since then, in Journey to the West, all those who have cultivated into the Tao of non-human beings have been called goblins. After the king was destroyed, the Taoism of the world was incomplete, and there was no longer a human emperor, only a human king.
Later, Tang Seng in Journey to the West would rather die than kill, which made me feel bored and a little hypocritical, and it may also be that he was in contact with the rules of Buddhism, so he dared not only follow the instructions of Buddhism, he was just a small mortal at that time.
What is the contempt of the immortals who have feelings and private feelings. Therefore, the protagonist of my pen crosses the Tang monk, and he will inevitably not be affected by secular concepts, eating fasting and reciting Buddha.
My book affirms my point of view, fantasy fairy, there must be more fantasy components, and if you don't agree with my point of view, you should listen to a colorful story.
What was the previous life of the black bear spirit in Journey to the West? The same reincarnation opened Su Hui, and he could have attained the Tao Demon Immortal, why did he work hard and joined Buddhism instead. Collect, just look at this book.
By the way, a little bit about Western religion, that is, Buddhism. Receiving Taoists to preach the Dharma and receiving people, many of them expounded the teachings, and some of the disciples joined in.
For example, in the teaching, the Cihang Taoist (later the Guanyin Bodhisattva), Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun (later the Manjushri Bodhisattva), the Qishou Immortal (later the Manjushri Bodhisattva mounted the green lion), the Lingfang Immortal (later the Puxian Bodhisattva mounted the white elephant), the long-eared Dingguang Immortal (later the Long-eared Dingguang Buddha), and the Duobao Taoist (later the Duobao Buddha).