Friar Sand protected Tang Sanzang from going to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures. After eighty-one difficulties, I got back the true sutra and made it a positive result.
Story.
The Monkey King's image has three main characteristics:
The first is his rebellious spirit of daring to struggle and despising all feudal authorities. The Monkey King was originally a stone monkey on Guo Hua Mountain, the pride of Dongsheng Shenzhou. After his birth, he lived a free life in the blessed land of Xianshan, not controlled by Kirin, phoenix or human palace. In the Dragon Palace, he "scared the old dragon king and scared the little dragon out of his wits"; In hades, he made the ten halls of hades bow down. He dared to call himself the Great Sage of the Monkey and shouted the slogan "The emperors take turns to do it and come to my house next year". Make a scene in the Heavenly Palace, and beat those heavenly generals out of the water, which scared the Jade Emperor out of his mind. Hades and heaven, the sacred and inviolable authority of the water world on weekdays, stood before him one by one in complete disgrace. In addition, he dared to call Tathagata the nephew of goblins and Guanyin Bodhisattva "because she has no husband's life". He even despises the king of the world. He said to the infinite king, "If I want to be an emperor, all the emperors in Kyushu have done it." When King Zhu Ziguo was ill, he treated him with horse urine and pills. This rebellious spirit of being lawless and daring to challenge all the authorities of God, Buddha, heaven, earth, water and human beings, and the strong desire to pursue a "free" life are the basic characteristics of the Monkey King's artistic image. This feature embodies the revolutionary spirit and democratic requirements of the people.
Secondly, the Monkey King has a clear love-hate relationship. He hates all goblins and monsters who make waves and harm the people, but he has strong feelings for the suffering people and all good people. As all the monks in Chechi Country praised, they devoted themselves to loyalty and justice, shoveling and hoeing human injustice, and "helping the needy and caring for the lonely". He relieved the disaster for 500 innocent monks in Cheqi; In the kingdom of monks, he handed over the essence of White Deer Plain and saved the lives of111children. Killed the leopard essence in Yin Wu Mountain and rescued the poor woodcutter; He adjusted the banana fan three times and put out the fire in the Flame Mountain, which not only opened the way to the west, but also saved the suffering of the local people. He always makes compromises with Tang Priest. Even if he is wronged, he still tries his best to learn from the scriptures. He always takes good care of Tang Priest. Although he satirizes Zhu Bajie from time to time and sometimes plays tricks on him, he is well-intentioned in order to maintain the unity of the Buddhist team. However, he showed no mercy to evil spirits. When he was in Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon, although Tang Priest's magic gave him a splitting headache and even stopped him by cutting off the friendship between master and apprentice, he still couldn't shake his determination to get rid of evil. This feature of the Monkey King's image has entrusted the ancient people with the firm determination to unite and strive for their own liberation.
Thirdly, the Monkey King also has extraordinary wisdom, extraordinary talent, insight into everything, and a clear head. He learned the superb skills of seventy-two changes and somersaults from the bodhi ancestor, gained sharp eyes in the blast furnace of Taishang Laojun, and got a golden hoop from the Dragon King, so he has the power to subdue demons. He won't let his guard down or use his head because he is proficient. On the contrary, he can keenly find doubts in extremely complicated situations, get to the bottom of it and expose the disguise of demons. He is good at observing and understanding, often looking for local mountain gods to inquire about the situation, or observing the movement with critical eyes, or turning into a small flying insect to spy on the truth inside the enemy. He is also good at using all kinds of clever tactics to defeat the devil, or get into the devil's stomach, or become the devil's relatives and friends, or seize their magic weapons, or destroy their nests. He is always invincible. The Monkey King's art of struggle embodies the rich experience and outstanding wisdom of ancient people, and it is still enlightening and instructive to people today.
Pig Bajie didn't see any special advantages of Journey to the West, and there were many problems. He is the commander-in-chief of the Jade Emperor's canopy. He was banished from heaven for molesting Chang 'e and reincarnated in the world, but he mistakenly cast a pig's fetus, which looks like a pig. If he knows a little about transformation, he can walk on clouds. The weapon he used was nine-tooth nail palladium. When the Tang Priest passed through Zhanyun Cave, Pig Bajie was surrendered, and then Bajie returned to the right path and became a good helper for the Monkey King to protect Tang Priest's Buddhist scriptures. Bajie is gentle, honest and simple, and has great strength, but he is lazy, loves to take advantage of small things, loves to covet women, and is often fascinated by the beauty of monsters, so it is difficult to distinguish between the enemy and me. Pig eight quit to eat and sleep, selfish, easy to gossip. He often wants to hurt people, but he either shoots himself in the foot or ties himself up. Why even such a person finally achieved a positive result and was named as the "net altar messenger" by the Tathagata! This has a lot to do with Zhu Bajie's correct mistakes and his ability to listen to the opinions of leaders and colleagues. He pulled back from the brink and even turned back. In the process of studying Buddhist scriptures, he listened to his brother and was loyal to Master. Finally, he made great contributions to the study of Buddhist scriptures in the west, and only then did he get good results.
Personally, I think Friar Sand is simple and honest, which can be seen from his heavy voice and sincere eyes when he calls "Big Brother" in TV series. He is not so rebellious as the Monkey King, nor so infatuated as Pig Bajie. Since giving up his status as a monster, he has been following the Tang Priest wholeheartedly, being honest and selfless, working hard, never looking around, and abiding by Buddhist precepts. Although he doesn't have many scenes with distinctive personalities, I think Journey to the West can't be without this character. Because he plays a balanced role in the four. As you can imagine, without the way he learned the scriptures, the intransigent quarrel between Sun and Zhu Bajie would torture the stuffy Tang Priest to schizophrenia! Before the monster struck, Tang Shuai was first vomited blood with anger by two disciples! Although people pay more attention to the miraculous Wukong and the clumsy and funny Bajie, I believe that when Friar Sand is mentioned, people will feel a kind of peace (similar to the sense of security that girls find in plain love) and exclaim: simple and honest people are the cutest!
Tang Priest is the thinnest figure in Journey to the West, and there is really nothing to analyze. Generally speaking, he is an ordinary monk who is compassionate everywhere. But he is too compassionate, even pedantic and stubborn.