/34 FAE 6 CD 7 b 899 e 5 18ab 25 add 49 a7d 933 c 8950 d3e？ X-BCE-process = image/resize，m _ lfit，w _ 450，h _ 600，limit _ 1/quality，q _ 85。 As we all know, this is China's first novel adapted from the historical event of Xuanzang's westward journey in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. However, unlike romance novels based on real historical background, such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin, the fictional part in The Journey to the West is its main body, even accounting for 80% of it. All this needs the author's imagination to complete, but in imagination, the author still has some real historical background. Today, let's take a look at what stories in The Journey to the West can be found in history.
1: four continents in the wild world
The Journey to the West introduced the world view of the book at the beginning, leaving four place names: Dongsheng Shenzhou, Xiniuhezhou, Nanyingzhou and Beiju Luzhou, among which Guo Huashan is located in Dongsheng Shenzhou. Before I came into contact with Journey to the West, few people studied the history of Buddhism except some scholars and monks, so most people would think that this world view was completely invented by Wu Cheng'en, and the answer is of course not.
In Buddhist legends, including the earliest primitive Buddhism and sectarianism (a period of time in the history of Buddhist development (fiction)), there is a saying that there are four continents (one in the east, the west, the north and the south) in Buddhism, and the corresponding patron saints are the four kings we are very familiar with. Among them, Dongsheng Shenzhou is also called East Pitikoya, and "Long Agama" said, "All beings in this state are extremely victorious, so they win in their own name." What do you mean by "winner in life"? In fact, it is easy to be born holy, so the Monkey King was born in Dongsheng, winning China.
/c 995d 143 ad 4 BD 1 13fd 58d 6 FB 5 1 AFA 40 f 4 AFB 0565？ X-BCE-process = image/resize, m _ lfit, w _ 450, h _ 600, limit _ 1/quality, q _ 85, among which, we need to be clear that in the historical setting of Buddhism, the earth is located in the southern toad country.
2. Daughter country
The Journey to the West mentioned many countries, such as Baoxiangguo, Wuji, Zhu Ziguo and so on. Eighty percent of them are fictional, but some countries still use aliases. For example, in The Journey to the West, the monk country is also called Nipolo, which was the name of Nepal in the Tang Dynasty. Of course, this is only for the geographical positioning in the novel, and the content is completely fictional. Another example is Tianzhu country, which is what we call India in the Tang Dynasty. So is there a country that you don't think exists, but actually exists? Yes, it is the daughter country.
But don't be too happy. Not all girls are women, and you should not think that you can have endless happiness as long as you go to your daughter country. On the contrary, if you really go to the girl country, it is estimated that you will come back crying in two days. Because there, men's status is particularly low.
/d 50735 FAE 6 CD 7 b 89 1 a 545 a 4 a 042442 a 7d 9330 e 3a？ X-BCE-process = image/resize，m _ lfit，w _ 450，h _ 600，limit _ 1/quality，q _ 85。 The daughter country in Journey to the West is also called the daughter country. In fact, its prototype is the Oriental Daughter Country, which lived in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan in the 6th and 7th centuries. The Book of the New Tang Dynasty says that "vulgarity is lighter than men, and your daughter is salty and obedient to men". What does this mean? In other words, in this country, the policy of "women are superior to men" is pursued. Moreover, according to the records, the king of the oriental girl country is a woman, and the minister is a woman, so what is the man doing? Those who fight (serve in the military) outside are all men.
Now, do you still want to go to the girl country?
Step 3 fight Buddha
/3b 87e 950352 AC 65 c 1 107 ba f0f 2 b 2 1 192 138 a 26？ X-BCE-process = image/resize，m _ lfit，w _ 450，h _ 600，limit _ 1/quality，q _ 85。 As we all know, at the end of the Journey to the West, Tang Priest was named the Buddha of Tan Gongde, and the Monkey King was named the Buddha of Fighting to Win. After all, neither Pig Bajie nor Friar Sand has been named as a Bodhisattva, and it is even more impossible to be white.
So what's wrong with these five awards?
In fact, in Buddhism, there are no net altar messengers, eight-treasure gold arhats, eight-legged dragons and horses, but only two Buddhas, that is, Wu Cheng'en used a combination of two truths and three falsehoods. According to the Dabaoji Sutra, the fire slave Lu Lu Buddha is one of the thirty-five Buddhas. It can eliminate the sin of fasting monks in the past. To put it bluntly, it is to persuade people to repent, which is really suitable for Tang Priest.
/a08b 87d 6277 f 9 e 2 fbfa 07 cc 1 1430 e 924 b 999 f 366？ X-BCE-process = image/resize, m _ lfit, w _ 450, h _ 600, limit _ 1/quality, and q _ 85. Fighting against defeat is also one of the 35 Buddhas, and the number is "Don't compete with the world, purify your heart, purify your heart", which is also appropriate. Of course, we know that the prototype of the Monkey King was pieced together by Che Fengchao, a famous monk in the Tang Dynasty, and Hanuman, an Indian epic monkey, and we have to admire the author Wu Cheng'en.
4. The Journey to the West author
What, Journey to the West was not written by Wu Cheng'en? Isn't this something that all people in China know? In fact, these statements have only been confirmed in modern times.
From the earliest version of The Journey to the West to 1920, during the 300 years, all versions were written by Zhu or Huayang Cave, even Qiu Chuji, and Hu Shi bluntly said that "it was written by an unknown novelist after the middle of Ming Dynasty". But what about Wu Yu, a scholar in Qing Dynasty? In his Legacy of Yang Shan, it was first proposed that Wu Cheng'en was the author of The Journey to the West, but it was inconclusive. It was not until Lu Xun later confirmed that Wu Cheng'en was the author of The Journey to the West that he was officially unified as the author of The Journey to the West, but there is still controversy in academic circles.
So what exactly does Wu Cheng'en do? According to records, he is famous for his poems, calligraphy and painting, and is considered to be an all-rounder. Unfortunately, the imperial examination was unfavorable. At the age of 60, he joined a deputy magistrate (Cheng, from Changxing County, Zhejiang Province). Poets in Jiajing period called it "the legacy of Xin You 'an in Li Taibai", which is a very high evaluation.
/aa 64034 f 78 f 0 f 73638 ca 2 cc 80 155 b 3 19 EAC 4 13c 6？ X-BCE-process = image/resize，m _ lfit，w _ 450，h _ 600，limit _ 1/quality，q _ 85。 So we can see that The Journey to the West is different from Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. They are true fiction, while Journey to the West is fiction, not only magical, but also real.