Chapter 31 The first chapter Huaguoshan sworn brothers - the secret of the seven saints

In the novel, almost all the monsters that appear have their origins and whereabouts, but only the seven sworn brothers in Huaguo Mountain are very mysterious. Except for Monkey King and the Bull Demon King, the other five brothers only appear once, with no origin and no ending. The first appearance of the Seven Great Sages is in the third chapter - he (Sun Wukong) puts his mind at ease, and rides the clouds and fog day by day, travels around the world, and enjoys a thousand mountains.Performing martial arts, visiting heroes all over the place; practicing supernatural powers, making many good friends.At this time, I met another seven brothers, namely the Bull Demon King, Jiao Demon King, Peng Demon King, Lion Camel King, Macaque King, Yu Tamarin King, and even his own Monkey King.

Here is a brief explanation of how the other six brothers of Sun Wukong gathered in Huaguo Mountain. They are the demon kings that Sun Wukong made friends with when he traveled thousands of mountains and visited the four seas. It can be said that Sun Wukong has a very wise strategic vision. He has predicted that he will one day He must be hated by the heavens, so first of all, he strengthened his own strength, befriended the next six demon kings, and took in the seventy-two cave monsters, all in order to strengthen the Huaguoshan uprising base. The fourth chapter—look at the monkey king who returned to the mountain victoriously, the demon king of the seventy-two caves and the six brothers all came to congratulate him.In Dongtian blessed land, drinking and music are incomparable.But he said to the six brothers: "Since my younger brother is called the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, you can also be called the Great Sage." The Bull Demon King inside suddenly shouted: "Your brother is right, so I will call him the Great Sage Equaling Heaven Holy." Jiao Demon King said: "I am called the Great Sage Overcoming the Sea." Peng Demon King said: "I am called the Great Sage of Hunting Sky." The Lion and Camel King said: "I am called the Great Sage of Yishan." The Macaque King said: "I am called the Great Sage of Ventilation ’” King Yu Tamarin said, “I’m called the Great Sage of Exorcism.” At this time, the seven great sages were acting on their own, claiming to be their own titles, and having fun for a day, they all dispersed.

Judging from the above two paragraphs, the seven great sages are ranked in order, from front to back they are Bull Demon King (Pingtian Great Sage), Jiao Demon King (Fuhai Great Sage), Peng Demon King (Huntian Great Sage), The Lion Camel King (the Great Sage of Yishan), the Macaque King (the Great Sage of Ventilation), the Dog Yu Tamarin King (the Great Sage of Exorcism), and the Monkey King (the Great Sage of Equaling Heaven). According to the rules of sworn brothers in ancient times, the seven sworn sworn brothers were counted on the basis of their age, not their abilities.Just like Liu Guanzhang in Li; Wu Song, Zhang Qing, and Sun Erniang in Li; Guo Jing and Yang Kang in Li;This is the unchanging rule of sworn brothers. Recently, I have heard many people say that the Seven Great Sages are ranked according to their abilities, and Sun Wukong is the least skilled among them. I find it ridiculous. Let me analyze them one by one.

In the forty-first chapter, the traveler said to the red boy: "You don't know, I am the Monkey King, the great sage Monkey King who caused troubles in the heavenly palace five hundred years ago. When I was not troubled by the heavenly palace, I traveled all over the world and traveled all over the world. Dabuzhou, there is nowhere to go. At that time, I admired heroes. Your father was called the Bull Demon King, and he was called the Great Sage of Pingtian. He became the seventh brother of my grandson and made him the eldest brother; He was called the Great Sage of Fuhai, who became the second elder brother; there was another Dapeng Demon King, called the Great Sage of Huntian, who became the third elder brother; There is a macaque king, called the Great Sage of Ventilation, who became the fifth brother; another king Yutamarin, called the Great Sage of Exorcism, became the sixth brother; Seven. My old brothers never gave birth to you when they were fooling around in those days!"

Here Sun Wukong mentioned that "only the old grandson is small, he is called Monkey King, and he ranks seventh." "Small body" can be understood as "small body" or "young birth age". The macaque is not much older than Sun Wukong, and the ranking by body size is even more unreliable. In that case, the dragon demon king must be the boss, so it should be born young.As for the "ranking", it is even more obvious. The ranking is calculated according to age. In the forty-second chapter, when Red Boy talked about the age of the Bull Demon King, he said: "My father usually eats people for a living, and now he is more than a thousand years old. Why is he eating fast again now?"

Sun Wukong's age can also be calculated, the third time - "The name of Sun Wukong is written on the number 1350 of the soul character, it is a natural stone monkey, and its life expectancy is 342 years old"; Bi Mawen - "It's more than half a month without realizing it", one day in the sky, one year on the ground, more than fifteen years; when he was the Monkey King - "I remember it was only half a year, why did you talk for a hundred years?" In the first half of the day, it was more than 180 years on the ground; when he was caught making trouble in the heavenly palace, he was burned by Laojun for forty-nine days, and it was another forty-nine years on the ground;

The fourteenth chapter——"In the past years, I heard an old man say: When Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, the sky fell on this mountain, and there was a god monkey under it..." Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty until the time of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, about 600 years ago, But the eighth chapter "The Great Sage: The Tathagata coaxed me and pressed me on this mountain. It has been more than five hundred years, and I can't make money." So, it is less than six hundred years, but it is close. Calculate the time when Sun Wukong was suppressed as 600 years, then Sun Wukong should be around 1,186 years old when he learned the scriptures, which is also more than 1,000 years old.

Calculate the time when Sun Wukong was suppressed as 600 years, then Sun Wukong should be around 1,186 years old when he learned the scriptures, which is also more than 1,000 years old. But there is another fact that Sun Wukong worshiped the ancestor Bodhi as his teacher. The process of the ancestor Bodhi taught people to practice is very fast, and Sun Wukong has a very high level of understanding, and the apprentices taught by the ancestor Bodhi are all immortals rather than adults. Demon, Sun Wukong also cultivated into Taiyi Sanxian, that is to say, Sun Wukong and the Bull Demon King and others had a different process of becoming enlightened. , Then when Sun Wukong and them became sworn brothers, they were at most three hundred and forty-two years old. How much ability can a monster who has cultivated for more than three hundred years be worthy of Sun Wukong's visit and become brothers?

Therefore, the age of the Bull Demon King and others should be older than Monkey King, and more than a hundred years older.The rule for them to worship is according to age. Judging from the nicknames of the Seven Great Sages, one of the Bull Demon King and the Monkey King is the Great Sage Pingtian and the other is the Great Sage Equaling Heaven. Gao Qiang competes with Monkey King.Moreover, the Bull Demon King has a nickname called "Strong Bull Demon King". It can be seen that the Bull Demon King is characterized by infinite strength, which is also possessed by Monkey King, otherwise he would not be able to carry mountains and play with the golden cudgel.

When he surrendered to the Bull Demon King, he once said, "A good demon king—he also has seventy-two transformations, and his martial arts are also on par with the great sage, but his body is weaker, his body is weaker, and his life is not as fast." In addition, the internal cultivation of the Bull Demon King is not good, that is to say, the Bull Demon King does not have the ability to live forever and live as long as the sky. It is immortality, how can it be extended? Comprehensive analysis, the comparison of the abilities of Bull Demon King and Monkey King is as follows: 1. Martial arts, like Monkey King;

2. The inner cultivation is not as good as that of Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong eats elixir, eats flat peaches, and drinks imperial wine. He has trained himself to be in one piece. He is an indestructible body of King Kong. It doesn't even melt inside, and it's fine in Jinrao, the yellow-browed old monster's Jinrao, the Bull Demon King doesn't have this ability; 3. The Art of Transformation and Mysticism: the same, all are seventy-two transformations; 4. Manoeuvre: The Bull Demon King has a mount and a water-avoiding golden-eyed beast. It can be seen that it is not strong in itself, let alone the somersaulting cloud of Monkey King; Fifth, the degree of flexibility: the bull devil is not as good as Monkey King; 6. Wisdom: similar to Sun Wukong; 7. Weapons: The golden cudgel is incomparable; 8. For the rest, Sun Wukong has sharp eyes, and he has taken the Dingfeng Pill. The plantain fan of the Bull Demon King does not work on Sun Wukong; and Sun Wukong knows a magic that almost all gods and monsters do not know-the primordial spirit out of the body; this I believe everyone is familiar with it, and the primordial spirit is very powerful, and Zhenyuan Daxian has nothing to do with Monkey King.The reason why it is said that Monkey King knows this skill alone is because if other monsters also have their souls out of their bodies, then there is no need to be afraid of Monkey King getting into their stomachs. Therefore, in a comprehensive comparison, the Bull Demon King is far inferior to Monkey King. The Bull Demon King is like this, and the other five saints are also easy to talk about. Jiao Demon King (Fuhai Great Sage) is probably stronger in water; Peng Demon King (Huntian Great Sage) is better at maneuvering; Lion Camel King (Mountain-moving Great Sage) is stronger; ), according to Tathagata's later evaluation of the six-eared macaque, it should be a generation with bright eyes and ears, and a high mind; King Yu Tamarin (the great sage of exorcising the gods) sounds very domineering, but in fact it can be understood as having no skills, just bragging, If you really have the ability to exorcise gods, why don't you go and make trouble in the Heavenly Palace? Therefore, the skills of these big demons should be below the Bull Demon King, and even below Monkey King, and of course they are not too bad, and should be much better than Zhu Bajie. Another thing to say is that when the seven great sages began to gather together, they didn't say what the other six demons except Sun Wukong were capable of, but when Monkey King fought against the Bull Demon King, he said that the Bull Demon King's ability was similar to that of Sun Wukong. , we should pay attention, at this time, it has been more than 600 years since Monkey King and Monkey King separated from Monkey King. For those who move, the personal cultivation has basically not improved much, and the Bull Demon King has practiced for more than 600 years, so he is similar to Monkey King. It can be imagined that when they were sworn brothers, the Bull Demon King's ability was not as good as Monkey King. The author is very disdainful of the six great sages other than Monkey King.The author speculates that when Mr. Wu wrote about these people, he was satirizing the opportunists in the uprising army. In the previous episodes, the figures of the six devils can be seen everywhere when eating, drinking and having fun. When it comes to fighting, they don't know where they went. When the Heavenly Court encircled Sun Wukong for the first time, Monkey King fought hard. After the victory, the Bull Demon King and others came out of the cave to celebrate. If the seven great sages gather together, Erlang Shen and others will have nothing to do.The friendship between the Seven Great Sages is far worse than the friendship between Erlang Shen and the Meishan brothers. It can be said that they are completely friends of wine and meat. Later, Sun Wukong was crushed under the Five Elements Mountain. For nearly six hundred years, every brother went to visit, and no brother went to Sun Wukong's Huaguo Mountain to clean up the mess. I can imagine how desolate Sun Wukong felt. During the battle against Red Boy, Monkey King told Hong Boy that he was the sworn brother of the Bull Demon King, but Hong Boy didn't believe it, and said that it had never happened before. Haven't told Hong Hai'er about his deeds? As for the other five big devils, they didn't even mention it later.When Monkey King fought against the Bull Demon King, they didn't show up, and they didn't help anyone. This is the friendship among the seven great saints. When they are having fun, they are all positive; when they shout slogans, they are louder than each other; Some people say that this is all because Monkey King went to the Heavenly Court to be an official, regardless of the other six brothers, so that they don't care about Monkey King. The author finds it ridiculous. We must first find out how Sun Wukong became an official and when the other six brothers disappeared.Sun Wukong was dissatisfied with the lower realms after he became the official Bi Mawen, and then raised his flag to rebel. At this time, the seven devils each proclaimed themselves the title of Great Sage, and at this time they attracted the first encirclement and suppression from the Heavenly Court; during the encirclement, the rest First, the six demons did not send a single soldier, second, they did not contribute to help; third, they did not hang up their own banners to show that they would advance and retreat with Monkey King; it can be said that they did not support Monkey King in terms of spirit and practice.Sun Wukong relied on his own sword and gun to win the title of Monkey King, so why should he take care of them?They are all big brothers. Well, even if it's because Sun Wukong didn't ask them for an official position, then the other six demons should be fighting against each other, so why didn't any of them show up when they suppressed the Bull Demon King? This can fully explain that they are a group of wine and meat friends!As soon as they encountered serious business, major events disappeared one after another!Sun Wukong accidentally made friends! Judging from the behavior of the other six devils, they did not have the courage of Sun Wukong. First, Sun Wukong proposed to proclaim himself the Monkey King, and then they imitated them one by one; third, they don’t have the spirit of Sun Wukong to fight to the end, and the Bull Demon King surrenders once he loses a battle; fourth, they don’t have the heart of right and wrong of Sun Wukong. Basically, they don't engage in robbing houses, eating people and arresting people. The other six are completely evil and heretics; finally, they don't have the strength of Monkey King. Therefore, this group of seven people who are not comparable at all, do not have similar ideals, do not have similar qualities, do not have a consistent spirit and a common revolutionary program, and are doomed to fail from the very beginning! Mr. Wu did not mention the other five people at the end, in fact implying that the ending of the other five people is not much better by the ending of the Bull Demon King, and they are not worth writing about. Sun Wukong established the Huaguoshan Revolutionary Base on the basis of making friends with the world and recruiting heroes, which shocked the three worlds. However, without the same pursuit, this kind of brotherhood is extremely unstable.What Sun Wukong pursues is to change the sun and the moon, and restore the sky and the earth, while his six brothers may only pursue the ruling class not to arrest me. At the beginning of this kind of start-up, different voices within the Allied Forces will sooner or later lead to the failure of the entire venture! Kiss me to tell you what happened to Dajue Jinxian Song Huizong respected Taoism and called himself the emperor of Taoism. One of the major measures he made was to abolish Buddhism and change Buddhism to Taoism. Therefore, he called the Buddha Dajue Jinxian, changed other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to immortals, and changed Buddhist temples to Dajue Jinxian. In Shenxiao Palace, the monks are German scholars, which means that there will be no Buddha, no monks, and no temples from now on. They are all Taoist gods, all are Taoist palaces, and all are Taoist disciples Therefore, Dajue Jinxian is a Taoist god, not a Buddhist. You can refer to Song History to see it But the website you posted seems to be saying the same thing, you can understand what it means if you take a closer look To all dear readers: Xiaolou has repeatedly emphasized that this book is only based on the analysis of the characters in the book, and does not involve Buddhist scriptures, nor does it involve other literary works, so please don’t use the characters in Buddhist scriptures to accuse Xiaolou of writing something wrong, you should blame Wu Chengen Accusing Wu Chengen of making a mistake, please don’t use the characters in the story as an example. Here is the analysis. Also, what Xiaolou wrote is to use the past to satirize the present, to satirize all kinds of bad ethos in today's society. Why can't some people see such a simple thing? I have been discussing academic things with Xiaolou. If this is the case, you can write it separately Open post, write academically Again, this is written by the master of Yufenglou, not someone else, so it is different from other masters and has different opinions. This is normal, so don’t make a fuss. The world has been unified for a long time. It’s strange. When I first wrote it, some people said that it was copied from XX. After it was published, some people said that it was different from XX. It was wrong. Is it possible that Journey to the West only allows XX to analyze it, but not me? ? However, everyone is still welcome to criticize and criticize the place where Xiaolou mistakenly wrote the original work