As we all know, the Tang Priest rode a dragon horse, that is, Xiaobai Long Bian's, instead of a special horse.
Why did the three princes of the Dragon King become the mount of Tang Priest? Many people think it is because he burned the night pearl and committed a big crime. The Jade Emperor wanted to cut off his head, and finally Guanyin begged him to turn him into a horse for atonement.
This is actually the content of the 86 version of Journey to the West TV series, and the real reason is not at all! Instead, they teamed up with their father to design a plan, and they crowded out other people's places to study.
Don't believe it? Let's read the original. The eighth time, Guanyin went to Datang to find Buddhist scriptures, and suddenly heard a jade dragon calling on the way. Guanyin stopped to ask him why he was hanging here, and he replied:
"I am the son of Aorun, the West Sea Dragon King. I burned the pearls in the temple because of arson. My dad played tricks on me and accused me of disobedience. The Jade Emperor hung me in the air and hit me three hundred times, and I will be punished in a few days. I hope the bodhisattva will help me. "
Then Guanyin went to intercede with the Jade Emperor and asked Xiaobailong to be the Tang Priest's horse and go to the Western Heaven to fetch Buddhist scriptures. The Jade Emperor agreed and released the little white dragon.
But if you pay attention to the little white dragon, there are many loopholes.
First of all, Pearl is not the pearl of the night, and there is no scene in the TV series where his wife is cheated away by nine head worm, and she fights her rival in anger, which eventually leads to a fire. Besides, the night pearl is not afraid of burning. So, what is a pearl? When Guanyin turned him into a horse, she took the pearl from his neck. This shows that pearls are actually the inner Dan of dragons.
In other words, he ignited the inner Dan of the old dragon, which led his father to sue him to heaven. It was because his younger generation offended the older generation that he was convicted of disobedience.
But the question is, since it is a crime of disobedience, it is a contradiction within the family, but why is the West Sea Dragon King willing to expose his domestic scandal? What is even more surprising is that the performance of Xiaobailong on the way to learn from the scriptures is not an impulsive dragon.
The most important thing is that since you have committed a crime, forget it. Why do you want to hang in midair for three days? And it is on the way from Guanyin to Chang 'an? Guanyin passed by and he called in time?
All this shows that Xiao Bailong and his old father designed a plan to wait for Guanyin.
Then, why does the little white dragon have to learn from the scriptures and be a beast? In fact, many people don't understand the position of dragons in the westward journey. The dragon in the westward journey is not the dragon we often say in China, but comes from the concept of Indians. In India, dragons are actually big snakes. Since he is the king of snakes, how can he have a high position?
Uncle Tathagata, Dapeng, do you remember? His daily meal is a dragon king and 500 little dragons. So dragons have no place in the westward journey. At the Tathagata An Tian Conference hosted by the Jade Emperor, there was a dish called Ganlong Fengsui, which is not an adjective, but a real Gan Long.
Where did Xiaobailong go after learning successfully? He was taken to the Dragon Pool in Houshan, turned into a real dragon, and obtained the identity of the guardian of the Eight Dragons, on an equal footing with Dapeng.
It can be seen that the little white dragon is going for this dragon pool.
So, is his position originally his? Of course not! When the Tang Priest was preparing to learn the scriptures, Li Shimin gave him two disciples and a thoroughbred horse. So the quota of Buddhist scriptures actually belongs to these two prisoners and this horse. Don't say it can't be a dragon if it is a horse. Don't forget, even the jade emperor is a mortal immortal, and the Buddha is talking about the equality of all beings. In other words, both the three princes of the Dragon King and this horse are actually on the same starting line.
However, due to the bitter plan of Xiaobailong and his father, he finally ate a white horse when the eagle was sad, and instead, he went to the Western Heaven and made a positive result.
This is the same as our life today. If you are incapable, even if God gives you a pie and a good position, those shameless bastards will take it away from you.