First, start with the word "enlightenment".

Reading "Journey to the West" at night, I found that Tang Seng's three apprentices, Wukong, Wuneng, and Wujing, are all Wuzi, which is very interesting. Why did the Bodhi Ancestor name the stone monkey Wukong? And Tang Seng was very happy when he heard that Wukong had this name, saying that it was in line with our sect. ”

Since then, Guanyin Bodhisattva has also continued the naming method of the word "enlightenment", respectively to the two apprentices who joined the gang later, Bajie, Sha Seng named Wu Neng, Wu Jing, if the back can also accept apprentices, I believe that Tang Seng will also use this "Wu" word, it is really the same as the master. Let's try to figure out the meaning of the names of the three brothers:

Wukong: That is, it will return to emptiness, and life will be cleared. Sun Monkey, you have to forget the glory of the past, forget everything, travel west with peace of mind, concentrate on eliminating demons, and let go of the past (referring to letting go of the Havoc in the Heavenly Palace, the Monkey King, the Monkey King of Huaguo Mountain, etc.). Let go, let go, and figure it out for yourself, monkey!

The name of Zhu Wuneng is also very interesting, because this name will be pronounced "pig incompetent" if you are not careful, does this mean that Bajie you have to improve your professional ability, Hugh should be lazy, don't think about making small reports all day long?

Look at Wujing again: Since joining the Journey to the West team, Senior Brother Sha is not greedy for money, not lustful, and not lazy, and is very strict with himself.

It can be seen from this that this "enlightenment" is an idea or action, and the next word (emptiness, energy, and purity) is the expectation and requirement of the master and leader. I have to say: The level of this leader (Bodhi, Guanyin, Tang Seng) is Gaowa.

As for what enlightenment is, who will enlighten it, what it will understand, and how it will be enlightened? It will all depend on the officials.

2. Journey to the West

Going a little bigger, the four classical masterpieces "Dream of Red Mansions", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", and "Journey to the West" are masterpieces of Chinese classical novels.

However, many of the stories of these four classical novels do not end well, and most of them end in tragedy, which makes people sigh.

There is one exception here, and it is "Journey to the West". Among the four famous works, only "Journey to the West" ends in a successful, festive, and reunion way, and is the ending of a happy reunion (the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival of the Chinese are full of reunion, festivity, and happy meanings). The four famous novels are all wonderful, but you must admit that there is only one comedy like "Journey to the West" among the four famous novels (although the process is also tragic).

3. What is the true scripture?

How can the Journey to the West team obtain the true scriptures and obtain a satisfactory result? This is really not something that can be explained clearly in a few words, but the author believes that the Westward Journey team led by Tang Seng at least has the key elements of time, place, and people.

Tianshi: Buddhism headed by the Buddha, Taoism headed by the Jade Emperor, and the Tang Dynasty headed by Tang Taizong are all fully supported, which means that Tang Seng has three representative rights in his hands, that is, going out to represent the Tang King, preaching on behalf of the Jade Emperor, and removing the demon and moving out of the Jade Emperor. These major forces not only give nominal support, but also people, powerful contributions, and rich contributions, so the Journey to the West team led by Tang Seng is famous, and the spread of Buddhism and the purification of sentient beings occupy the moral commanding heights;

Geographical advantage: On the way to learn the scriptures, the Journey to the West team tried their best to gain the trust and support of the passing countries, and relieved a lot of difficulties and helped these small countries a lot, but the geographical advantage factor is worse, so Tang monks and apprentices often experience hardships and deaths on the territory of various demons and monsters;

Renhe: Needless to say, Tang monks and apprentices worked together to overcome difficulties, unswervingly, and never forgot their original intentions, so the Journey to the West team finally achieved the true scriptures.

Fourth, a treasure

The author thinks that the real connotation of "Journey to the West" is rich and profound and difficult to guess, in short, it is a mirror, from the Buddha Rulai, you can see the power of education, comprehend some such as management, Psychology; from the Jade Emperor, you can understand the things of social relations; from Tang Seng, you can see what is persistence and support; from Guanyin, you can see what is called execution; from Wukong, you can see how to use the power of the gods and Buddhas, and see that the power of human connections is actually greater than your own ability. There's quite a lot of stuff like that, and it's a treasure that can be dug deeper. I hope that everyone can understand, think, and gain as the storyline unfolds.

5. Characters

In this book, the author defines Tang Seng as the first protagonist, Sun Wukong is the second protagonist, and Rulai, Guanyin, Zhu Bajie, Sha Monk, Jade Emperor, Tang Taizong, etc. are also important characters who connect the whole story. Learning from the scriptures is cultivating the mind!

The whole article is basically divided into four parts: Volume 1, The Holy Monk of the Tang Dynasty, Volume 2, Monkey King, Volume 3, Demon Subjugation, and Volume 4, Lingshan Fruit.

In the content of the story, the author will take Tang Seng and Sun Wukong as the main line, with the changes of the Six Realms as the background, interspersed with the entanglement of spirit and flesh, the trade-off between love and Tao, and follow the context of the whole story and the character of the characters to make reasonable plot deduction, some storylines may be very novel and unique, so stay tuned!

Well, let's get started!