Journey to the West, the founder of Bodhi, the name of the integration of Buddhism and Taoism, Taoist temperament and Confucianism, is a master image who is proficient in Taoism, Buddhism and a hundred schools of thought contend. It also coincides with the trend of thought of the integration of the three religions at that time. Both "Lingtai Square Inch" and "Three Stars with the Moon" have entrusted the author with the idea of the integration of the three religions.

Bodhi is a hundred schools of thought, a master of the three religions, with infinite magic, but he just hides his disciples in a deep mountain cave. The name he gave the Monkey King was a habit of Buddhism, which corresponded to later Wuneng and Jason Wu.

Instead of teaching the Monkey King how to live forever, he taught the Monkey King eighteen martial arts and seventy-two somersaults in three years, knowing that the Monkey King would go out and get into trouble. These are the skills of fighting and escaping.

He won't let the Monkey King leave a legacy before mentioning him, otherwise the Monkey King born to die. Bodhi has never appeared since the Monkey King escaped from the Sanxing Cave in Xie Yue.

Extended information Bodhi's residence, "Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Xieyue Sanxing Cave", hangs alone in the overseas boundary of Xiniu Hezhou. He seems to have no contact with other immortals (this is different from the "scattered fairy" of Zhenyuan Daxian), but many woodcutter and wild old people associate with him. For example, the woodcutter who once coached the Monkey King taught Monta a song "Man Ting Square" and asked him to read "Household chores" and "A distraction, a relief" (the first time).

He has countless disciples. "Thirty or forty people practiced with him today" (the first time), but after careful calculation, it is not difficult to find that most of them are ordinary people. Therefore, although the magic of Bodhi has reached the sky, it does not give people the feeling of unattainable and unreachable. He is more like a noble scholar and saint who is deeply hidden in the world. This image of Bodhi may be Wu Cheng'en's admiration and yearning for "hiding in the city", and Bodhi thinks he is a noble saint.

Bodhi is the master of the world. He has boundless magic power, many apprentices, noble character and good reputation. The author has made detailed preparations for this. But even if he was as tall as Bodhi, he could do nothing about the ruling power at that time and could only live in seclusion and preach.

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