Author: Calm down.
There are many textual researches on The Journey to the West in modern times, and this article can be used as a reference.
Because some people's attachment to the significance of The Journey to the West's spiritual practice is terrible, I published two articles with the consent of experts.
The academic origin of The Journey to the West's Inner alchemy, notes on the first ten chapters of The Journey to the West.
This paper takes the thought of the recluse Neidan as the bone and the current popular academic research as the meat, and briefly talks about the academic origin of The Journey to the West.
Some years of textual research may not be perfect, for reference only.
First, The Journey to the West's creation
Since Emperor Jiajing, the immortal way has prevailed.
Influenced by the emperor, a prince was also called the King of Huainan.
The master who got all the truth and secret biography sent it to the palace after secularization, and later became the founder of Kaizong.
The master was completed with the support of the palace, and in turn preached in return.
The master returned to the secular world and started a school, fearing that Quanzhen would not allow it. The sovereign is also worried about being envied by the emperor.
So hide the power spectrum, ask people who read widely to write books and have power repair operations.
At that time, there were already many stories about learning from the scriptures. It is also mentioned in some "treasure volumes" of folk religion.
In order to avoid leakage and confusion with the treasure volume, write it as an existing story.
In order to avoid leakage and treatment, satirical Taoist sentences are added to the novel.
According to textual research and analysis, some stories may be added to enrich and polish the existing Buddhist stories, such as Three Hundred Tang Poems and The Journey to the West.
In other words, the earliest version of The Journey to the West is a synthesis of ghost novels and Taoist classics.
Then ninety-nine secret stories are put after ninety-nine stories.
Textual research on the author of the novel,
In the forty-five years of Jiajing, Li Chunfang served as the official department minister and Wu Cheng'en as the county magistrate.
In the first year of Qin Long, Wu Cheng'en was implicated in prison, and Li Chunfang became cabinet minister.
In his second year in Qin Long, Li Chunfang helped Wu Cheng'en get rid of evil and helped him to serve as Jingfu Jishan.
During his tenure in Beijing, Wu Cheng'en wrote The Journey to the West in cooperation with experts.
Qin Long four years, Wu Cheng'en returned home.
As for the person who participated in writing the novel, it is not known whether it is one person or many people.
Second, the popularity of The Journey to the West.
Because the novel story is wonderful, a novel story will soon flow from Jing's servant. (well documented, it was in the early years of Wanli. )
In the case of endless prohibition, in order to avoid the secrecy of the practice at that time, after deleting the specific practice content, the transcript of the whole story flowed out.
(Because it was a co-author, it was later abridged, leaving a name for fear of leaking secrets, so there was no author's signature. )
Bookstore owner Tang Guanglu bought the abridged manuscript, and then asked "Master Huayang Cave" to revise it to 100 volume, which was published in Shidetang, Jinling.
This book "Twenty Years of Wanli" is the earliest handed down book, but it was buried in Evolution and bought back from Japan in 1930s. )
Huayang Cave's owners are said to be Chen, Wu Cheng'en and.
(Some people say it's Wu Cheng'en, a novel written by Wu Cheng'en, and he revised it. I think there was a pure novel book before I left the government. )
After The Journey to the West was handed down from generation to generation, ghost novels became popular and popular because of its popularity and popularity. (Just like our popular YY novels now. )
Such as Travel Notes in the South, Travel Notes in the North, Travel Notes in the East, Curse Jujube, Romance of Gods, and Three Treasures of the eunuch's Journey to the West in the Ming Dynasty.
In short, there is the following process:
1. Ninety-nine voyages to the Western Ocean, including inner alchemy.
2. Hundreds of abridged and reordered The Journey to the West books.
3. Add or delete comments on Journey to the West according to your own wishes.
4. Adjust Journey to the West to make the structure of the article more reasonable.
5. When Travel Notes of Qing Dynasty were published together, they were also abridged to match the length of the other three travel notes.
This process is just a simple statement, and the difference between the specific versions is to let you check the academic materials yourself.
Third, The Journey to the West's interpretation
In the first edition, Chen pointed out in the preface that the novel had monastic significance, and implicitly indicated that there was another original edition.
In the Ming Dynasty, The Journey to the West was often regarded as a ghost novel.
Outside the novels, most people comment on The Journey to the West with Mr. Wang Yangming's mind, and a few admit the unity of the three religions.
Because Taoism was prevalent at that time, it was normal as the residual content in the abridged edition, so few people commented that it was a book of monasticism.
In the Qing dynasty, it was different. In addition to the novel art, the significance of the integration of the three religions has become the mainstream.
Due to the change of dynasties and the decline of culture, some of the remaining spiritual practices in the publications are more obvious.
The Journey to the West's significance to the practice of Qing Dynasty can be divided into three categories: preaching, talking about Zen and persuading learning.
Several famous editions in Qing dynasty;
The Journey to the West's comments are biased. (From then on, the author was said to be a real person in Changchun. )
The Journey to the West's comments are biased towards Buddhism and Taoism.
The commentary angle of New Theory of Journey to the West is Confucianism.
Among several sequels after The Journey to the West, there is a Zen version of After Journey to the West, which is not bad. (Personal recommendation)
In modern times, Mr. Li Angang was famous for learning about The Journey to the West through monasticism.
Compared with online parallel meetings and YY, Mr. Li is more academic and practical.
Unfortunately, perhaps because Miss Li didn't practice Dan Tao sufficiently, or because his attention was limited, he fell into a misunderstanding.
Limited to the eighty-one difficulty, I wanted to make an academic match, but I was looking for a comparison of the classics of Nanzong.
Fourth, the secret biography of Journey to the West
"The number of Da Dan was born in the East and developed in the West, so the West thought it was discipline." Its Sect is called "Xizong".
Ten, the four factions of Xizong:
1. It's made by pure Yang immortals, and the immortals and immortals regard it as spiritual work.
2. It is an achievement of spiritual practice to cultivate people in the world, do good deeds and accumulate virtue, and soar after death.
3. Practice in harmony with God, refine nature, and take the immortality of ghosts and gods as spiritual achievements.
4. Practice never gives up the world. Small family dismembered, big achievement.
The above four categories can be described as strict, sad, mysterious and warm, each with its own weight.
The above four categories are all hearsay, which is obtained from a layman and is not correct. Don't take them seriously.
I knew the initial key eight years ago, and I will briefly talk about it recently. Both times just got a hint.
As far as I know, I'm afraid all attempts to interpret The Journey to the West are somewhat unrealistic.
I don't think we can find out the details of the journey to the west without teaching. This was said in an old post a few years ago.
Give a few examples:
1. There is something wrong with the current The Journey to the West version.
-Myth 1: If the truth is not smooth, there is no way to deduce the order of practice.
2. If there is no inheritance, it is impossible to understand the meaning of each time.
-Myth 2: Far-fetched choice of words will only be biased towards the meaning of the text.
3. The most important thing is that the specific operation has been deleted in the popular version.
-Myth 3: Even if you are lucky, it is only the outline of a power spectrum, and there is no actual operation.
The first two misunderstandings are the fundamental faults for modern people to interpret The Journey to the West.
Relatively speaking, the ancients were much more cautious, only talking about academic theory, not specific operations.
The third misunderstanding is the most fundamental, and it is best not to dream and practice according to the secrets.
The secret is not the key, but the key is that the master explains and guides the secret of practice.
If you can make a good speech without a teacher, you might as well write your own cheats instead of a master.
There is no key, if there is not enough management and legal level, it is impossible to forcibly modify the performance.
If the standard is not enough, even if you get the second place, it is still difficult to start without inheritance and practice.
People who can deduce their own merits and demerits can also repair without this inheritance.
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Modern people's interpretation of the situation in The Journey to the West is too confusing, too far-fetched, too scary and lacks a reasonable structure.
A few years ago, I posted a post in "Monsters Talk about Common Sense" to spoof such questions.
According to the mode of attachment, even Jin Yong's novels can be attached as the secret of practice.
I am writing this article in the hope of reminding you.
I don't have a complete key, nor is it a problem of inheritance, and my management level is not enough. Please don't ask me about the details of the four factions.
In order to prove that this article is not a bluff, I will send another reading note.
Based on the preliminary key obtained before and the philosophy I know, this paper deduces the contents of the first ten chapters of The Journey to the West's practice.
The key solves the secondary significance. The content of the operation is done by yourself, which is also a test of your own level.
The content of the operation will certainly not be exactly the same as the original, just the general technology in the same direction. (How to say it is like writing fan fiction)
The key is just the beginning, I don't know the correct order behind it, and I don't have the energy to speculate.
Moreover, it is said that the choice of academic practice appeared after ten times, which also led to different academic differences among the four schools.
Moreover, my personal level is not enough, and now I only write the first ten readings.
After writing, I will send the part that has passed the examination, that is, the part that conforms to or communicates with that academic topic.
——————— calmly written on March, 2009 15, originated from seeking truth.