Chapter 73: Old hatred caused disaster and the poisonous heart master was destroyed by evil luck

The seven female demons went to the Taoist temple of their senior brother to take refuge. When they saw Tang Monk waiting for them, they secretly asked the Taoist priest to help him. Self-revenge. The Taoist priests poisoned Tang Monk, Jie and Sha Monk to death with poisonous tea. Wukong breaks through the spider web and kills the giant spider, the original form of the Seven Banshees. The Taoist priest's eyes under both sides glowed with golden light, covering Wukong. Wukong fought with them, and according to what Lishan Laomu said, he invited Pilanpo Bodhisattva to use a golden needle to break the golden light, enter the temple to save the three Tang monks, and take away the Taoist priest's original body, the giant centipede. Extended information

The novel "Journey to the West" is based on the historical event of "Tang Monk's Pursuit". Through the author's artistic processing, it profoundly depicts the social reality at that time. The whole book mainly describes that after Sun Wukong was born and caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace, he met Tang Monk, Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk, traveled to the west to obtain scriptures, and conquered demons along the way. After experiencing ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships, he finally reached the Western Heaven and met the Tathagata Buddha. The story of the saint’s coming true.

The content of "Journey to the West" is the most complex among Chinese classical novels. It combines the thoughts and content of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. It not only allows the immortals of Buddhism and Taoism to perform at the same time, but also injects the human emotions of real society into the world of gods and Buddhas. Sometimes it also inserts a few Confucian sentences. The wise sayings make it seem both solemn and humorous, and the wit and wit make the book win the love of readers of all cultural levels.

"Journey to the West" presents the dual totalitarianism of the secular world and the spiritual world - imperial power and divine power. The living subject is firmly shackled in both material life and spiritual life, succumbing to the duality of political power and religion. The system of heavy domination, in terms of psychological structure, the collective unconscious lies at the feet of the emperor and the Buddha.

Obviously, the text of "Journey to the West" exudes the inherent smell of national servility. Even the "heroes" who rebel against idols eventually have to bow down to the "power" of the Buddha, who symbolizes a superior form of rule.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Journey to the West