Becoming a Saint by Leisure Reading: 23 things to say about Journey to the West
Well, yes, "Journey to the West" is about to be written.
Actually, I'm looking forward to writing it, but I really want to write it, and I think it is necessary to open a separate chapter to talk about it.
Because "Journey to the West" is really popular, and there are many literary and film works derived from it, and in recent years, various marketing accounts have been making various interpretations of "Journey to the West", Some of them are justified, and some of them are completely diabolical, so it will inevitably lead to the situation of "a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people".
Therefore, 80,000 feels it is necessary to share his thoughts with the judges, so as not to disagree on where the opinions are written at that time, which will make you incomprehensible. Some points of view have caused disputes between you.
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I hope everyone is happy, except for being out of context by me.
Okay, let's get down to business.
First of all, 80,000 would like to declare that the "Journey to the West" template in this book is the original version of "Journey to the West", not a TV series version, nor a storytelling version mixed with private goods. The worldview is based on the original book. Many readers mentioned that the worldview of "Journey to the West" written by Mr. Qian Yanqiu, a famous screenwriter, will not be adopted. As for those who told me about "Wukong Biography" and "Westward Journey", please Stop being cute.
Of course, the original book is only a template of 80,000 materials, and 80,000 will rewrite the content according to the content of the novel, but the length and extent will not be very large, so as not to affect the audience's opinion of "Journey to the West" Your own perception is the premise. For example, in the section of "Daughter's Country", 80,000 will adopt the idea of CCTV's drama version, and write the emotional Tang Seng of "Mandarin Duck and Double Perched Butterfly Flying", instead of the iron and steel scumbag idea in the original book.
Then, it is about the legitimacy of the book "Journey to the West" in the world of idle books.
I saw that in the backstage, including the book group, many masters mentioned that "Journey to the West" is a banned book, especially when Sun Wukong shouted the phrase "The emperor takes turns doing it, and he will come to my house next year", that in this world Is existence unreasonable?
Well, 80,000 checked some materials. The most widely circulated statement should be from "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", but there is no historical data to support this statement. On the contrary, Professor Li Shiren of Shanghai Normal University's "Encyclopedia of Prohibited Novels in Ancient China" contains historical records of books banned by official orders. As of 1911, there were a total of 92 books, of which "Journey to the West" was not included. .
Since this is said, 80,000 can choose some banned book names at will for you to see.
"Meat Pu Tuan", "Dengcao, Monk", "The History of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty", "National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance", "The Foreign History of Female Immortals"...
"Golden Pingmei", "Said Yue Quanzhuan", "A Dream of Red Mansions", "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties"... Yes, you read it right, these books have also been banned, especially mentioning "Golden Pingmei", saying that he It's not that the banned book is from the same source as saying that "Journey to the West" is a banned book. This is a misrepresentation, not cold knowledge.
After clarifying this question, we can answer the question raised by some officials, the legitimacy of "Journey to the West" in the world of idle books.
Eighty thousand thought, not so.
Whether it is the rebelliousness of Sun Wukong in the early stage, or the insinuation of the content of the articles in the later period, in the world of idle books where Confucian culture is highly developed, and the imperial power is lower than the sacred power, it will only be more than the era in which "Journey to the West" appeared in reality. Tolerance, greater tolerance, coupled with Chen Luo's identity, and the existence of power in such a book as Yaozu, are actually easier to accept, and the impact is far less intense than reality.
Of course, there is another key reason, which is detailed in the next question.
Okay, the next point is the biggest point of contention. Eighty thousand has been chasing after the moment he started writing his introduction.
Does "Journey to the West" respect the Buddha and degrade the Tao, or does it respect the Tao and degrade the Buddha?
This is an interesting question, because no matter where you stand, you seem to be able to find many examples to prove your point of view, and the marketing account is also thinking about this debate.
Then, 80,000 found a different voice in some corners of the debate, that is, "Journey to the West" is actually about Confucianism, or the integration of the three religions.
Similarly, there are many examples from books.
However, from my personal point of view, I don't agree with the above statement very much. Instead, I saw a relatively "niche" statement that won my heart. (Minority is because they have seen less, maybe this is an authoritative view, this 80,000 did not go to verify)
That is: "Journey to the West" is not written about Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, or the integration of the three religions, but the public opinion.
Because in the eyes of the common people, the emperor is the greatest, so in the heavenly court, the person who speaks is the Jade Emperor, and even the Taishang Laojun and the Tathagata Buddha must obey and dispatch.
Because in the eyes of the common people, Avalokitesvara is the most famous, so the matter of fetching scriptures from the west has always been the Bodhisattva of Avalokitesvara running back and forth.
Because in the eyes of the common people, King Yama also belongs to Heaven, so the book of life and death was torn by monkeys, and King Yama wanted to go to heaven to sue.
From this point of view, are some of the seemingly contradictory settings in Journey to the West suddenly reasonable?
Mister watchers, to evaluate a literary work, we must look at the history of its birth. Let's read "Journey to the West" now, and read all kinds of metaphors, allusions, and various understandings. Let's not discuss whether these understandings are right or not. Put "Journey to the West" in the era when it was born, it is a book best seller!
It is to show that he is a bestseller, so 80,000 starts by demonstrating that he is not a banned book. On the contrary, Journey to the West is still the Fire Book of that time. How hot is it? Follow the trend.
That is Journey to the East, Journey to the South, Journey to the North, and even "Fengshen Romance" has many shadows of Journey to the West.
Then let's go back to the question of honoring the Buddha and degrading the Tao or honoring the Tao and degrading the Buddha.
In my understanding, when Wu Chengen (some people say that Wu Chengen is not the author, this is determined by the public), when he wrote this book, he never thought of provoking Buddha and Taoism in the past.
For example, is the Tao in the book really Taoism?
The highest **** of Taoism is the Three Qings and Four Imperials. Among the three Qings, only the Taishang Laojun appears; in the Four Imperials, there is only one supreme Jade Emperor, and the others are not written at all.
Let's talk about Buddha, Journey to the West seems to be the same thing. It tells about the great prosperity of Buddhism, but there are also more demons and monsters as you get closer to the West, Ananda Kasyapa asking for bribes, and a boy with yellow eyebrows pretending to be a Buddha. It is not light to blacken the Buddha.
But if you look at the content carefully, when the original Zhongtaishang Laojun used the diamond to attack Sun Wukong, he once said, "It was a great loss to him to pass the letter and turn a hu into a Buddha." That is to say, in the worldview of Journey to the West In the middle, that Buddhist school was founded by Taishang Laojun.
The saying "turning a Hu into a Buddha" was actually made up by Buddhism during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, in order to find a big tree. But by the time of the Ming Dynasty, Buddhist disciples had long denied this statement.
As a result, in Journey to the West, it was written openly. Isn't this paganism?
You know, it was the Ming Dynasty. Especially when Journey to the West was written during the Jiajing period, Taoism was the state religion, and even Emperor Jiajing spent all day refining alchemy (there are many examples in Journey to the West that kings misunderstood the country by believing in Taoism), if you really feel offended, don’t say Killing the author and banning a book is easy and enjoyable.
There is also Buddhism, which was also prosperous in the Ming Dynasty. Interested students can go to check the engraving of Buddhist scriptures in the Ming Dynasty, which can be seen. In particular, Buddhism was widely believed by the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, so if you really feel offended, you will not take it lightly.
But it happens that Buddhism and Taoism are unreasonable. You must know that the earliest version of Journey to the West is the Shidetangfang engraved version of "Journey to the West", which was officially published and issued!
Why?
In the eyes of 80,000, Wu Chengen just borrowed the skin of Buddhism and Taoism to talk about things, and did not touch the core teachings of others at all.
I just rubbed the outside and didn't go in!
It's just a bestseller, whoever takes it seriously loses.
In addition, it was said earlier that the imperial court did not care about the contents of the book, so it can only be said that the imperial court did not take it seriously.
Anyway, it's for the common people to see, and the picture is a happy chanting.
It's like someone pretending to be an emperor on the stage, and if you don't really want to get them arrested.
To sum up, the position of "Journey to the West" is actually the point of view of the common people. It is a kind of Buddhist and Taoist view with a shallow taste and a universal meaning, so there is no need to insist on Buddhist and Taoist classics to get a reluctant one. 's answer.
Of course, if Journey to the West can become a classic novel, it must be successful in content, and there are many metaphors in it. But 80,000 does not advocate misrepresentation. For example, 80,000 has seen some people deduce that the red boy is the son of Taishang Laojun, and behind Journey to the West is the immortal Buddha's longevity conspiracy, etc. To be honest ~IndoMTL.com~ is very beautiful Yes, but the author doesn't necessarily know.
According to historical records, at the age of 30, Wu Chengen failed the imperial examinations and began to write Journey to the West; as a result, he suddenly failed, so he ran to become an official, and the highest became the county magistrate. , began to continue writing and revising Journey to the West. In terms of time, he has experienced the Ming Dynasty and even the most intriguing dynasty in the entire history of China. Teacher Liu Heping's "Da Ming Dynasty 1566" explains everything.
Walking down from such a court situation, it is impossible that Wu Chengen's content does not insinuate. If it was the first half of Wu Cheng'en's life to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace, then the way to learn from it was the second half of his life. The game between Buddhism and Taoism in the book may be about the history he experienced personally. Perhaps the Buddhism in the book is Zhang Juzheng, who wants to save all beings, but the new policy has made people's lives difficult, but he has brought the hope of the Tripitaka.
It's a bit far-fetched. Going back to Xianshu, there will be various interpretations of the characters in "Journey to the West", but they are all based on the worldview of the book, so some marketing accounts or big v views don't have to be rigid. To the target.
Well, let me say one more thing, the same is true for the later "Fengshen Romance", there is no need to use the worldview of Honghuangliu's novels.
Okay, that's all said and done. What impact will "Journey to the West" have on the world? In what form will Sun Wukong, the first great saint of the ages, appear? How to arrange Western Buddhism and ancient Buddhism? Is this book written first by Chen Luo or Bai Ze?
Everything is in "I Use My Books to Become a Saint".
Thank you for your support.
One more ps sentence: Someone mentioned those famous Journey to the West songs, and 80,000 will also arrange them well. Here I want to give my friends another push for Mr. Xu Jingqing. There can be no one who doesn't know him!
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