Xuanzang lived in Gushi County, Luozhou, Henan Province (now south of Yanshi County, Henan Province). The family was originally a Confucian family. But when he was young, he was determined to become a monk with his second brother. Later, in the Sui Dynasty, he and his second brother were stationed in the Jingtu Temple in Luoyang and stayed there for five years. During this period, he studied Hinayana Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism, and he himself preferred the latter.
In 6 18, when the Sui Dynasty fell, Xuanzang and his brothers fled to Chang 'an (which was already the capital of the Tang Dynasty at that time) and then went south to Chengdu, Sichuan. Here, the two brothers spent about two to three years further studying Buddhist scriptures.
In 622, when Xuanzang was 20 years old, he officially became a monk. After that, I left my brother and went back to Chang 'an to study foreign languages and Buddhism, and finally achieved a positive result.
The Monkey King is one of the most famous mythical figures in China, who came from The Journey to the West, one of Four Great Classical Novels. According to legend, since the beginning of the world, it was born of immortal stone, and it was introduced into water curtain cave to become the Monkey King, so it was called "Monkey King". Later, he was named Monkey King from the Bodhi Bull in Hezhou, and learned superb spells such as seventy-two changes of the earth demon and somersault cloud.
The Monkey King worked miracles, and made a scene in the Dragon Palace and the underworld successively. Later, he was accepted by the Heaven and was named Bi. Because of his low status, he returned to Huaguoshan and claimed to be the Great Sage of Qitian. Later, he forced heaven to admit the title. Because of drunkenness, I disturbed the flat peach banquet of the Queen Mother, stole the elixir of the old gentleman, and refined it into the body of King Kong. Mistaken in the furnace of Taishang Laojun. After that, it caused chaos in the Heavenly Palace, and 100,000 heavenly soldiers could not beat it. Later, he lost in the battle with the Tathagata Buddha and was crushed under the Five Elements Mountain for 500 years to repent and turn over a new leaf. After being enlightened by Guanyin Bodhisattva, he was rescued by Tang Priest, who was called a monk to protect Tang Priest from Buddhist scriptures. After eighty-one difficulties, I finally got the true scripture and made it a positive result, which was called fighting Buddha.
Sha Wujing, also known as Friar Sand and Friar Sand, is a character in The Journey to the West, one of China's four classical novels, and one of China's five heroes, four classical novels and Journey to the West. The book is also called Huang Po, Earth Mother and fesr, and the five elements belong to the earth, commonly known as Friar Sand and Friar Sand. Originally a shutter general of the Jade Emperor in the Heavenly Palace, he was expelled from heaven for breaking the glass lamp and breaking the dogma. He made waves in the quicksand river on earth, endangering one side and devouring passers-by After being enlightened by Guanyin, he was enlightened by Dharma number and turned to Buddha wholeheartedly. Together with Bajie and Wukong, he guaranteed that Chen Xuanzang (also known as Tang Sanzang or Tang Priest), a monk of the Tang Dynasty, would go to the Western Heaven to worship Buddha and seek truth from the scriptures. Friar Sand is ugly, but simple and honest. He is not as rebellious as the Monkey King, nor as lazy and lustful as Zhu Bajie. Since giving up his status as a monster, he has been wholeheartedly following the Tang Priest, being honest and selfless, working hard, abiding by Buddhist precepts, being down-to-earth and doing his duty, and finally achieving great success, and being named as a southern arhat without a golden body by the Tathagata Buddha. Although there are not many scenes in which his personality is not distinct, he is an indispensable figure in The Journey to the West. Although people pay more attention to the miraculous Wukong and the clumsy and funny Bajie.
Pig Bajie is a character in Wu Cheng'en The Journey to the West. Wu Neng, the dharma name, is the second disciple of Tang Priest, who will be changed to 36 years old. It turned out to be Marshal Tian Peng of the Jade Emperor (the original text is Tianhe Xian Festival, not Tian Peng Zhen Jun of the Taoist scriptures). [1-2] As a member of Chang 'e, "Chang 'e" in The Journey to the West is the name for all fairies in Yuefu. Not Heng E, the legendary wife of Hou Yi. [2]) was expelled from heaven, but he was wrong about the pig fetus. Tang Priest and the Monkey King went west to learn Buddhist scriptures, passed through Gaolaozhuang and fought the Monkey King in Zhanyun Cave. Hearing the name of Tang Priest, they went to visit. From then on, he became a disciple of the Tang Priest to protect Tang Priest from going to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures, and was finally named the messenger of the net altar. Bajie has a simple and honest personality, great strength, love to take advantage of small things, and lust for women.