Although Sun Wukong is one of the famous mythological characters in China, he also has an ancestral home in the original work "Journey to the West". It is written at the beginning of the novel that there is a flower and fruit mountain in Dongsheng Shenzhou, and a fairy stone on the top of the mountain. It receives the essence of the sun and the moon and gives birth to a stone monkey. Later, Stone Monkey and a group of monkeys went to the mountains to escape the summer heat, and accidentally discovered a waterfall flowing down from the top of the mountain.
The stone monkey volunteered to dive into the waterfall and found a spacious and quiet water curtain cave. He was later elected as the king of monkeys by the monkeys in Huaguo Mountain and was respectfully called the "Monkey King". In this way, the Monkey King innocently enjoyed himself in the Flower and Fruit Mountain. Hundreds of years passed quickly. Later, in order to make himself immortal, he also left the Flower and Fruit Mountain to seek immortality and visit the Tao.
The Monkey King sat on the raft he built and traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers to visit the famous teacher in Hezhou, Xiniu. Under the guidance of a woodcutter, he came to Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, where he learned the art from Master Subhuti and was named Sun Wukong. Patriarch Bodhi is proficient in the three religions and hundreds of schools of thought, and has boundless magical power. The Patriarch believes that he has the spiritual power to teach Wukong the art of immortality.
Later, knowing that Sun Wukong would go out to cause trouble, the Patriarch spent three years teaching Sun Wukong the eighteen martial arts, seventy-two transformations, and somersault clouds, which are all skills for fighting and escaping. However, when Sun Wukong was about to learn kung fu, he was expelled from the master by Bodhi Patriarch for showing off his skills in front of his brothers. Before leaving, Patriarch Bodhi repeatedly reminded Sun Wukong not to mention him again after he left school, otherwise Sun Wukong would be doomed.
After learning Kung Fu, Sun Wukong returned to Huaguo Mountain where he had been away, but at this time, the Water Curtain Cave in Huaguo Mountain was occupied by a demon called the "Demon King". Seeing that his group of monkeys were being bullied, Sun Wukong couldn't hold back his breath, so he used his extralegal clone to kill them, venting the evil spirit of the little monkeys. (In the CCTV version of "Journey to the West", the Demon King and Sun Wukong were sworn brothers.)
The Monkey King, who defeated the Demon King, used magic to protect the monkeys from being bullied. The weapon shot up the Huaguo Mountain, and all the monsters and beasts in the mountain worshiped at Wukong's feet. The prosperous Sun Wukong then recovered the seventy-two cave demon kings and became sworn friends with the six demon kings, but he was worried because he did not have a handy weapon.
In order to find a suitable weapon, he made a fuss in the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea, and finally found the Ruyi Golden Cudgel. He was also given a purple gold crown with phoenix wings, a chain-shaped golden armor, and lotus root silk by the other Dragon Kings of the Three Seas. Walking on the clouds as a robe. Soon, he went to the underworld again and crossed out the names of all the monkeys in the book of life and death. All these actions made the Dragon King and the King of Hell resentful. They jointly reported to the Jade Emperor of Heaven, demanding that the monster monkey be captured.
The Jade Emperor was very angry when he saw the complaint, and wanted to send the heavenly soldiers to capture the demon monkey. However, due to Taibai Jinxing's advice, he summoned Sun Wukong into the upper world and made him Bi Mawen. Supervise horses. A few days later, when Sun Wukong learned that his job was a lowly official position, he felt that his self-esteem had been fooled. In a rage, he broke out of the Nantianmen, returned to Huaguo Mountain, and proclaimed himself the resounding title "Monkey King".
After learning that Wukong had escaped, the Jade Emperor personally ordered King Tuota and Prince Nezha to lead the heavenly soldiers and heavenly warriors to capture Wukong, but he was defeated by Wukong. The Jade Emperor had no choice but to recognize the title of "Monkey King" and ordered Sun Wukong to manage the Peach Garden in the Heavenly Palace.
Unexpectedly, Sun Wukong was unruly and instead ate peaches, drank fairy wine, ate elixirs and disrupted the peach feast. After getting into trouble, Wukong once again faced the capture of the heavenly soldiers and generals, and then he defeated all the enemies. The divine general became famous all over the world for his ability to defeat hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers with his avatar technique. Later, he lost in a bet with Tathagata and was forced to repent and repent for more than 500 years under the Five Elements Mountain (renamed Liangjie Mountain in the Tang Dynasty) which Tathagata created with his own hands.
According to the original book, Sun Wukong suffered a lot during his suppression. He was given iron balls to eat when he was hungry, and he could only drink molten copper juice when he was thirsty. In this way, Sun Wukong suffered for nearly five hundred years. After being enlightened by Guanyin Bodhisattva, he was rescued by Tang Monk and worshiped him as his teacher, embarking on the journey to the West to obtain scriptures.
While protecting Tang Monk from the West to obtain scriptures, Sun Wukong defeated demons and demons along the way. He was not afraid of hardships and hardships, and went through eighty-one hardships. Finally, Tang Monk, the protector of the master, obtained the scriptures and returned to the Tang Dynasty. He was also named the Fight and defeat the Buddha to achieve enlightenment. However, the relationship between the master and the apprentice was not always smooth during the journey of searching for scriptures. During this period, Wukong was severely scolded by his master several times and was even expelled from the scripture-seeking team.
In the novel, although Sun Wukong does not uphold the so-called tradition of respecting teachers and respecting Taoism, and sometimes ridicules and ridicules Tang Seng, he always remembers Tang Seng's kindness in saving him. And this was also reflected every time he was expelled by Tang Monk, especially when he was beating the Bone Demon three times in the early stage of the Buddhist scriptures, Sun Wukong actually said an eternal saying. Although it was only 14 words, it was the way to be a human being. To this day Spread the word!
In the twenty-seventh chapter of the original work, that is, in the chapter "Three zombies and demons play with Tang Sanzang, and the holy monk hates and chases the Monkey King", the four masters and disciples passed by a barren mountain. One day, the master Tang Monk was hungry, so Sun Wukong took up the auspicious clouds to look for food. But at this time, the White-bone Spirit saw that Sun Wukong was leaving and felt that there was an opportunity, so he turned into a young lady delivering food, saying that he wanted to give the fast food to Tang Monk.
Zhu Bajie and Tang Seng, who did not distinguish the authenticity, were almost fooled. At the critical moment, the senior brother Sun Wukong arrived in time to see through the prototype of the devil with his piercing eyes, and beat the Bone Demon to death with one stick. Tang Monk was furious after seeing this and mistakenly thought that Sun Wukong was killing innocent people indiscriminately, so he wanted to drive Sun Wukong away.
At this time, Sun Wukong said this: I have never repaid the master for his great kindness, so I am unwilling to leave. Then Tang Seng asked me what kind of relationship I have with you? Sun Wukong quickly knelt down and buckled his head and said: "When I made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, I was killed and was pinned down by my Buddha on the Two Realms Mountain. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and I took the precepts. Fortunately, the master saved us from the sea of ??suffering. If I hadn't done it with you, Going to the West to learn scriptures together shows that I am not a noble person and will be reviled throughout the ages." . )
It can be seen that in "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong is a monkey who values ????love and justice. He knows that his master has saved his life, and he must repay this kindness no matter what. . As the influence of "Journey to the West" has expanded, it has become a famous saying through the ages and is widely circulated to this day.
Because these short 14 words mark out all the bottom lines of people's lives. It tells us that as a human being, we must know how to repay kindness and never be an ungrateful person. When you receive a drop of kindness from someone, you should repay it with a spring. This is the shining point of human nature.
This traditional virtue of repaying kindness is also vividly displayed in the novel Sun Wukong. In the thirty-first chapter of the original work, the yellow-robed monster takes Tang Seng, and Zhu Bajie asks Sun Wukong to rescue him. The yellow-robed monster said, you have been expelled by your master, why do you still have the nerve to come to me and ask for someone else?
Wukong replied: "You monster, how do you know that 'Once a teacher, always a father'? 'Father and son never have to worry about separation'? You hurt my master, why didn't I come to save him?" ?" From this point of view, although Sun Wukong has a vicious nature, when he learned that his master was in danger, he was grateful and wanted to save his master from the monsters, which is really admirable!