There is a Huaguo Mountain in the Aolai Kingdom of Dongsheng Shenzhou. A stone on the top of the mountain gave birth to a monkey. The stone monkey sought instruction from a teacher and was named Sun Wukong. He learned seventy-two transformations and could travel hundreds of thousands of miles in one somersault, calling himself the "Monkey King". He stole the Dinghai Divine Needle and turned it into a Ruyi Golden Cudgel, which could be large or small and weighed thirteen thousand five hundred kilograms. Then he went to the underworld to cancel the name of the monkey genus from the book of life and death.
The Jade Emperor wanted to send troops to arrest him, but Taibai Jinxing suggested that he summon Sun Wukong into the upper realm to be Bi Mawen. When the Monkey King learned that Bi Mawen was just a petty official in charge of horses, he broke out of Tianmen, returned to Huaguo Mountain, and called himself the "Monkey King". The Jade Emperor sent heavenly soldiers and generals to capture Sun Wukong. The Monkey King defeated the giant spirit god and Nezha in a row.
Sun Wukong was asked to manage the Peach Garden again. He secretly ate the peaches, disturbed the Queen Mother's peach feast, stole the golden elixir of the Supreme Lord, and escaped from the heavenly palace. The Jade Emperor sent heavenly soldiers to capture him again.
Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen had a gambling battle, with no winner or loser. Taishang Laojun hit Sun Wukong with a hidden weapon, and the Monkey King was captured. After being chopped with knives and axes, struck by fire and lightning, and trained in an alchemy furnace, Sun Wukong remained unscathed. The Jade Emperor invited Buddha Tathagata to suppress Sun Wukong under the Five Elements Mountain.
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"Journey to the West" begins with seven chapters about the birth of the Monkey King Sun Wukong and his havoc in the Heavenly Palace.
After all the hardships, the four masters and disciples finally came to the Holy Land of Lingshan and paid homage to the Buddha. However, because they did not send any personal information to Ananda and Kayapa, they only obtained the Wordless Sutra.
Venerable Bai Xiong of the Randen Ancient Buddhist Sect reminded Monk Tang and his disciples to return to Leiyin Temple and perform human affairs with the purple gold bowl presented by the King of Tang Dynasty. Only then did he obtain the thirty-five true scriptures, five thousand and four Volume 18, Return to the East. Unexpectedly, one of the ninety-nine and eighty-one tribulations was still missing. In the Tongtian River, the old turtle threw four people into the river and wetted the scriptures.
Tang Sanzang sent the Buddhist scriptures back to Chang'an, and his true body returned to Lingshan. Tripitaka was named the Sandalwood Buddha of Merit, Sun Wukong was named the Fighting Victory Buddha, Zhu Bajie was named the Messenger of the Pure Altar, Sha Monk was named the Golden Arhat, and White Dragon Horse was named the Eight Heavenly Dragons. Sun Wukong became a Zhengguo, and the golden hoop naturally fell off. From then on, the Five Saints came true and they enjoyed the ultimate happiness.
The curiosity of "Journey to the West" reflects the thoughts and personalities of the characters. Sun Wukong has a bold and optimistic comic character; the comical but honest and simple Zhu Bajie image. Their humorous and witty dialogues add a lot of color to the article. The characters' personalities are often vividly expressed through interesting dialogues, which is another interesting feature of "Journey to the West".
The perfect combination of divinity, humanity and nature in character description is also an important reason for the uniqueness of "Journey to the West". The so-called divinity refers to the fantasy of the image; the so-called human nature refers to the social nature of the image; the so-called naturalness refers to the animal attributes it possesses. "Journey to the West" shows a deified animal world, while also incorporating content into social life.
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