In The Journey to the West, the image of Guanyin has been shaped as the planner and protector of Journey to the West. The image of Guanyin is the sacred representative of the image of the gods in the novel, and it is also the epitome of the characteristics of Buddhist characters in the novel. ?
When the Bodhisattva first appeared, it didn't do a good thing or a bad thing. She didn't cast any spells or use any instruments, but spoke a few words in vernacular without moving. It serves to show: inscrutable! Now in the field of sutra, the Tathagata's view of her is: magical power, divine power.
The plot of Guanyin Bodhisattva in The Journey to the West;
The Guanyin Bodhisattva in The Journey to the West mainly did the following things: went to the East to look for Buddhist scriptures, collected three disciples of Tang Priest, comforted black bear spirits, tried Zen by four saints, saved ginseng fruit trees, comforted Hong Haier, recovered goldfish monsters, recovered Sai Tai-sui and so on.
The Tang Priest and his disciples passed through black wind mountain, and Tang Priest's precious cassock was captured by a black bear. Wukong asked for it, but he didn't get a bargain. In desperation, he went to the South China Sea and invited the Tathagata Guanyin Bodhisattva. In order to subdue the black bear spirit, Guanyin Bodhisattva adopted Wukong's idea and changed into the spirit of Canglang, which is really "the wind is rustling and swaying", showing the boundless magic of Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Even the Monkey King exclaimed, "Wonderful! Wonderful! Still a demon bodhisattva or a bodhisattva demon? " Wukong didn't mean to ridicule and offend the Bodhisattva, but the sensitive Guanyin retorted: "Wukong, Bodhisattva and goblin are always thinking; If it is original, it is nothing. " There is both irony and pun. From the perspective of wisdom and aesthetics, this interpretation of Guanyin Bodhisattva is really wonderful.