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In the journey to the west, we know that the monkey king was actually very beautiful before learning the Scriptures. Unlike the situation of poor eating and sleeping on the road to the west, he was mixed up in Huaguoshan at that time. Because he had been to Bodhi ancestors and learned extraordinary magic skills, and he himself was a stone monkey produced by the aura of heaven and earth, so there were many followers at that time, The 72 hole demon king and the two one horned ghost kings followed Wukong’s reputation and submitted to him.
In addition, Wukong also made friends with several demon kings, including ox, Jiao, Peng, lion, macaque, Yu Pang and other demon kings, all of whom are kings in their respective fields. And we found that on the way that Tang Monk led Wukong and them to learn scriptures, they only met the ox demon king, the head of all brothers, and the rest didn’t even see it at all. Why? The editor believes that there are several possibilities:
I. their territory may not be on the westbound road
We know that each demon king has a large sphere of influence, but this does not necessarily guarantee that the demon king’s sphere of influence except the ox demon king is distributed on the westbound road. Even if it is involved, it cannot happen that the residence of other demon Kings is the only way for all Tang monks.
II. It is not conducive to the development of the plot
We can see that the ox Demon King actually didn’t have the intention of eating Tang Monk’s meat. At that time, it was red boy, the son of the ox demon king, who really robbed Tang monk. The ox demon king fought hard because Sun Wukong designed his son and bullied his wife and concubine. It was not for robbing Tang monk. If Mr. Wu Chengen arranges several demon kings in the plot, and each demon king conflicts with Wukong in order to eat Tang monk, it will be repeated, which is not conducive to the whole book.
III. the other five were exterminated by Tianting
In fact, this statement also has some defects, because at that time, the ox demon king and his concubine, the jade faced fox, lived very well. The heaven could not only destroy the other five and ignore the ox demon king. If those five were really killed, the ox demon king’s life would never be as comfortable as that in Jilei mountain.
IV. accepted by the Buddha
This statement is the most recognized and most likely. Why do you say so?
Because during the war of the ox demon king, the Buddha once sent many Buddha soldiers to help fight, and finally the old ox was successfully taken in, and the Buddha’s goal was achieved. It can be seen that the west side is more willing to take these demon kings under its command. The reason why the ox demon king has not been dealt with before is that he is the strongest person among the demon kings, which is really difficult to deal with, but at this time, with the powerful breakthrough of Sunwukong protecting Tang monk to learn from, the Buddha naturally will not give up.
In order to rectify Xiniu Hezhou and make Buddhism more stable, of course, we should accept these people who occupy the mountains as kings and leave no future trouble.
The demon kings naturally knew the attitude of heaven and Buddhism towards them, so “the lesser of the two evils”, of course, they chose Buddhism. Because compared with the way of heaven – killing, demon kings certainly don’t want to lose their lives or be imprisoned all the time, so it is very possible for Buddhism to accept them.
It can be seen that the five demon kings, except the ox demon king, must have been “incorporated” early because their own power was not enough for Tianting and Buddha to be afraid of taking action easily. 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.