As the saying goes, books have their own golden rooms, and of course Yan Ruyu also has them. But no matter what, if you want to know the wonderful content of a story, you still have to read it carefully by yourself, and just rely on other people’s words. It is difficult to appreciate the brilliance of a story through word of mouth or distorted understanding. Sun Wukong? Who gave this name? Is it the Tathagata Buddha with great supernatural powers, or the Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves all living beings? Or is it actually determined by the Jade Emperor's decree? After all, Sun Wukong's name is on the book of life and death in the underworld? In fact, none of them. The person who really gave the Monkey Brothers their name was the mysterious figure Patriarch Bodhi who appeared in the first chapter of the original work! ?
Let’s talk about Sun Wukong’s surname first. When Sun Wukong left Huaguo Mountain for the first time, he always regarded himself as the king in Huaguo Mountain. When he arrived at Huaguo Mountain, the territory of Patriarch Bodhi, he would definitely If you have a decent name, you can't always call it "Pork Monkey" or "Monkey Monkey", so Patriarch Bodhi took the surname "Sun" based on Sun Wukong's race.
According to Patriarch Bodhi, Sun Wukong himself is like a hozen. He was originally going to be named Hu, but Hu is the ancient moon. What does the ancient moon mean? Ancient means old, and the moon is It symbolizes yin in the yin-yang theory. Old and yin both represent a sense of decline, dilapidation, and depression, which naturally does not match the youthful masculinity of practitioners. Therefore, the surname "Hu" was eliminated, and only "Sun" was left.
The Patriarch smiled and said: "The word "狲" is next to the beast, but it is a sub-lineage. The son means a boy, and the tie means a baby. This is in line with the basic theory of babies. Let me teach you the surname: Sun. ?Here is the traditional Chinese character ?Sun? of ?Sun?. The one on the left symbolizes youth and vitality, and is in line with the theory of the innate energy of infants. They are all beneficial to the path of spiritual practice, so the surname of Sun Wukong was determined. Just one surname, Patriarch Bodhi is full of Zen ideas, which makes people admire and full of expectations for Sun Wukong to learn the art of immortality. Of course, we all know the final result, Patriarch Bodhi did not disappoint us. , then Sun Wukong has a surname, but what about his first name?
When the name of Sun Wukong is mentioned, Tathagata Buddha will laugh. The reason for this is that if anyone has read the story in Fengshen Yanyi, they will have many associations, which is most recognized by most people. Yes, Patriarch Bodhi is the Chunti Taoist in Fengshenyan, and Tathagata Buddha is the guiding Taoist among them. For the Tathagata Buddha, the disciples of Patriarch Bodhi are of course his nephews, and they are also from the same sect or sect. How can they be unhappy? No wonder the Tathagata Buddha would shout out when Sun Wukong was causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace? I pity you for your true colors? Such a very obvious code word, but it was a pity that Sun Wukong at that time could not understand it.
According to the words of Patriarch Bodhi, there are twelve sects in his sect. These twelve sects are distinguished based on twelve characters. The Monkey King said:? Then Twelve words? ?The Patriarch said: ?These are the twelve words of vast wisdom, true nature, ocean, enlightenment and perfect enlightenment. It’s time for you to realize the word. Let me give you a Dharma name: Sun Wukong, okay? ?This?Wu?is confirmed because the sect of Patriarch Bodhi is from the Wuzi sect. It is obviously not the same sect as Tathagata Buddha, because Tathagata Buddha is obviously from the ?Wukong sect. Tathagata Buddha knows Sun Wukong The origin of his life experience, and the reason why he laughed was obviously because of his plan to learn from the West and finally found the key person.
Hongmeng first established the original Wu surname, and it took Wukong to break the stubbornness. Sun Wukong is a stubborn stone. It is very difficult for a stubborn stone to achieve enlightenment. Then what he needs to realize is not that life is not a world of mortals, but that it is nothingness. He comes from nothingness and realizes that he is nothingness. Perhaps This is also the meaning of his existence in the secondary world.