? "Journey to the West" is one of the four classic Chinese classics. It has been widely circulated among the people since its publication, and various versions have emerged in endlessly. After the Opium War, it was gradually introduced to Europe and the United States, and was deeply loved by everyone in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and other countries.
?Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Monk Sha and White Dragon Horse accompanied Tang Monk through the 9981 difficulties. After going through a lot of hardships, he finally obtained the true scripture and achieved the true fruition.
The most classic stories include Three Strikes of Bone Demons, Havoc in the Heavenly Palace, Zhu Bajie’s Marriage, True and False Monkey King, King of the Land of Women, etc.
Three Strikes of White Bone Demons tells the story of Tang Monk, his master and his disciples, who were passing by Baihu Ridge in order to collect scriptures. In Baihu Ridge, there lives a white-bone spirit. In order to eat Tang Monk's meat, he transformed into a village girl and a woman, but Sun Wukong saw through them all. The White Bone Demon was frightened and turned into a gust of wind to escape. Sun Wukong beat all the fake bodies of the village girl and woman to death. However, Tang Monk did not distinguish between human beings and monsters. Instead, he blamed Sun Wukong for committing crimes wantonly, injuring both his mother and daughter, and violating the precepts. The third time the white-bone demon turned into a white-haired old man again and was seen through by the dazzling Sun Wukong and beaten to death. Tang Monk was furious and drove Sun Wukong back to Huaguo Mountain.
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The King of the Daughter Kingdom tells the story of Tang Monk and his disciples passing through the Xiliang Kingdom, a country with only women. The four masters and apprentices entered the post and reported to the queen of Xiliang Kingdom through the postmaster, asking the queen to approve the customs clearance document and let the master and disciples go west. When the Queen heard that Tang Seng was the royal younger brother from the Tang Dynasty, she felt that it was a good match from heaven, so she wanted to recruit Tang Seng as her husband, marry him, and pass on the imperial legacy forever. Monk Tang was at a loss when he heard this "good news" from the Grand Master of the Western Liang Kingdom. Sun Wukong proposed a plan to Tang Monk, and he pretended to agree. After changing the official document, he performed a body-fixing method to immobilize the king and ministers of his daughter's country. He wanted to escape, but unexpectedly the scorpion took this opportunity to capture Tang Monk. Brother Sun Wukong showed off his magical powers and chased after him. Seeing this scene, the monarchs and ministers of the Daughter Kingdom turned pale with fright, and knelt in the dust, saying: "Tang Yudi is also a Taoist Zen monk. We are all blind, and mistakenly identified the Chinese man, and wasted our thoughts." The queen felt ashamed and acted rashly. Many officials returned home together. ?
Havoc in the Heavenly Palace, this is the story before following Tang Monk to learn Buddhist scriptures. Sun Wukong went to the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea to steal the golden cudgel, and then went to the underworld to forcefully sell the book of life and death. The Dragon King and the Lord of Hell went to heaven to complain. The Jade Emperor summoned Sun Wukong to heaven and appointed him as Bi Ma Wen. Sun Wukong thought the official was too young, so he sent him back to Huaguo Mountain and called himself the "Monkey King". The Jade Emperor sent heavenly soldiers and generals to capture Sun Wukong, but failed, so he asked Sun Wukong to manage the Peach Garden. Sun Wukong secretly ate flat peaches because the Queen Mother did not invite him to the peach banquet, so he ruined the Queen Mother's peach banquet. After escaping, he secretly ate the golden elixir of Taishang Laojun and returned to Huaguo Mountain. The Jade Emperor was furious and sent King Li Tian to lead the heavenly troops to capture him; Guanyin Bodhisattva recommended Erlang Zhenjun to help in the battle; Taishang Laojun used hidden weapons to help, and finally Wukong was captured. Wukong was chopped with knives and axes, struck by fire and lightning, and even set up an alchemy furnace to train for seventy-seven forty-nine days, but still nothing happened, and he still fought in the heavenly palace. In the end, the Jade Emperor ordered to invite Tathagata Buddha, who pressed Sun Wukong under the Five Elements Mountain.
When passing Pansi Ridge, the four masters and disciples met the spider spirit. Sun Wukong killed the spider spirit and invited Pilan Po to subdue the multi-eyed monster.
There are also three borrowed banana fans. When the master and the disciple passed through the Flame Mountain, the fire was too big and too dry to pass, and they had to extinguish the fire before they could pass. Knowing that only Princess Iron Fan's banana fan can extinguish mountain fires. The banana fan is Princess Iron Fan's treasure. Sun Wukong borrows the fan from Princess Iron Fan for the first time. Princess Iron Fan slaps Sun Wukong away. Sun Wukong turns into a bug and enters the iron fan. The princess's stomach was upset, so Princess Iron Fan gave her a fake fan. Sun Wukong transforms into the Bull Demon King and deceives the real fan, and the Bull Demon King transforms into Zhu Bajie to defraud the real fan; Sun Wukong fights against the Bull Demon King, and finally Sun Wukong defeats Princess Iron Fan and hands over the banana fan. Sun Wukong fan destroys the Flame Mountain, and Tang Monk and his disciples continue on their way west.