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I don’t know if you have heard of the word “linkage” to the effect that they put unrelated people in a world view and erase different “sparks”. Unexpectedly, Wu Chengen’s journey to the west is also very fashionable. He has actually linked with the romance of the Three Kingdoms. Guess which two characters?
Don’t show off. The two are famous figures in their respective worlds, one is the protagonist Monkey King, and the other is Liu Bei’s sworn brother Guan Yu. It’s just that in the world of westward travel, we should still focus on the monkey king. Our martial saint is a less important role. When they met, they unexpectedly met at the South Gate of heaven. In the journey to the west, Guan Yunchang’s position is 36 Tiangang. 36 Tiangang has names in Taoism. He is a real character in many dynasties, not a creation fiction. Baidu can see who these 36 characters are, including our martial saint.
Guan Yu’s position in the book is relatively inconspicuous. He is the guard of the South Gate of heaven. Monkey King entered and left the heaven twice, and then staged a trouble in the heaven palace. Despite this, the two didn’t meet face-to-face. They could have met early, but maybe when monkey king made trouble in the heaven palace, Guan Yu didn’t have anything else to do, so he missed it. But “predestined people will meet eventually”. When monkey king was at Guanyin temple on the way to learn, God once asked for help and borrowed things (the 16th time of the original book). When he arrived at the gate handle of Nantian, the goalkeeper who “received” him last time was startled. At this time, Ma Zhaowen, the fourth general of Guan, also came out to meet him politely (the word used in the original text is to control the back, which is very picturesque). This is also the first time that the two big men met head-on.
Someone here should have a question: Guan Yu has a high prestige and reputation in the three kingdoms or history. Is it too inferior for Mr. Wu to only give people a goalkeeper?
In fact, combining with the history at that time, this problem can be figured out. First of all, when the three kingdoms were written in the Yuan Dynasty, there were no four famous works at that time. Mr. Wu could not predict: Oh, it turned out that Guan Yu was so famous in the long future, so I should spend some time writing his story.
Mr. Wu was from the Ming Dynasty. Guan Yu was not well-known at that time, and he was not as well known as he is today. Now we have Confucius in literature and Guan Yu in martial arts. If they are both famous, they will pay more attention to Guan Yu; Then, when writing the novel, the author also referred to the “knowledge points” of Taoism about 36 Tiangang.
Generally speaking, the author creates based on history and facts, and it’s interesting to add his own ideas. Readers who like these two characters must hope that there are more stories between them. Unfortunately, the author did not meet everyone’s wishes.
Besides, this book tells the story of Tang, sun, pig, Sha and a horse who experienced all kinds of difficulties in obtaining the Scriptures. The characters most related to the scripture acquisition event are the Tathagata, Guanyin, the Jade Emperor and various monsters. In the early stage, between the birth of Monkey King and being crushed under the mountain, most of the characters who appeared were taishanglaojun, Taibai Jinxing, Erlang God and Nezha. If you spend too much pen and ink on Guan Yu, there will always be a feeling of turning away from the guest, I wonder if you also have this idea? Disclaimer: the above content originates from the network, and the copyright belongs to the original author. Please inform us if your original copyright is infringed, and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.