The Guanyin Bodhisattva described by Mr. Wu Cheng'en seems to be a master in the social circle.

At that time, the Monkey King, a young man, simply smashed the Flat Peach Festival because of the dispute over the invitation list. At one time, the Jade Emperor was at a loss. It was Guanyin Bodhisattva who recommended Jiro Zhenjun of Guanhekou and successfully won the monkey head that caused trouble. The Jade Emperor smiled at the Bodhisattva's good idea and nodded with satisfaction.

And the Tathagata needs a deacon cadre to take the lead in convening a bonsai meeting. Go to Dongtu to find a good faith, teach him to cross Qian Shan and travel thousands of miles to Lingshan to get the true scriptures? . Obviously, this is a face-saving project led by Buddha. Other middle-level cadres of the Buddhist department have not yet reacted, and they are still immersed in the colorful rain of the conference. Guanyin Bodhisattva jumped out of the class and grabbed this task card. I was so happy that I even called out the Buddha. You can't go anywhere else. You have to be a goddess of mercy, and you have magical powers to go. ?

Another example is the land and water conference held by King Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. First, Guanyin Bodhisattva disguised as an old monk, enlightened Tang Xuanzang, who was obsessed with Hinayana teaching method at that time, and showed his true self under the worship of hundreds of officials. Happy emperor Taizong, forget the country; My beloved civil and military official has lost his manners. Covering a lot of people, watching them all? There is no Guanyin Bodhisattva in South China.

Imagine that a bodhisattva condescended to appear, giving a platform for a grand event hosted by a king on earth, highlighting the prosperous scene of the Tang Dynasty empire, and Li Shimin was not grateful.

It can be seen that among leaders at all levels, such as immortals and Buddhists. Guanyin Bodhisattva has an excellent wind review.

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Not only the leaders of all walks of life bought her account, but also the people who worked under her seemed to respect her from the heart (Guanyin in Journey to the West is a female image).

During this period, Tang Priest is the most important.

This ordinary child, determined by Buddhism, has little skill, but flatters the first class. Whenever he sees Guanyin, the first thing he does is to kowtow to the Buddha, with a pious and respectful face, for fear of neglecting the Bodhisattva because of poor care.

Accompanied by Pig Bajie, Friar Sand and even Prince Bailong, they all had brilliant resumes in their careers, such as Marshal Tian Peng, who commanded 80,000 water troops, and the exclusive general of the worse gate. However, on the way to learn from the scriptures, they also showed their sincere respect to this Buddhist cadre who often came to ask for help. At least, on the surface.

The charm of Guanyin can be seen in everyone's words and deeds.

But there seems to be one exception, needless to say, that is the unruly the Monkey King.

When the Monkey King first came out of Wuxing Mountain, he didn't get along with Tang Priest, so he lost his temper and put down the burden of getting scriptures. Obviously, Guanyin Bodhisattva didn't want to see this scene, so she led the Tang Priest to perform a scene and tricked the Monkey King into wearing a tight hoop. Look at the Monkey King's reaction at that time. How can she (Guanyin) wait to hurt me! When I go to the South China Sea, hit her! ?

The Monkey King at this time, is not the counterparts five hundred years ago, eating kui let him mature a lot, natural won't presume to run to the south China sea bright fist, just verbally vent their anger. However, the scheming monkey head later burned down Kannonji, a manor controlled by the Bodhisattva and presided over by the elders of Jinchi, which caused great losses to Guanyin.

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Of course, the relationship between the Monkey King and Guanyin Bodhisattva cannot be rigid forever. The relationship between cadres and the masses is not harmonious, and the project of learning from the scriptures will certainly not be promoted normally.

Attitude gradually changed, nature is in a subordinate position of the Monkey King.

Careful readers will find that in the initial stage of the struggle for Buddhist scriptures, the Monkey King even made some bitter cynicism about Guanyin, such as secretly cursing? This is her life without a husband? With the development of Buddhist scriptures, it seems that the Monkey King has been replaced by Guanyin? Good boy? Appearance, often appear? Monkey bowed down and asked Bodhisattva to go first? 、? The monkey kowtowed and said, I dare not perform (magic) in front of the bodhisattva? Wait for words and deeds.

So, what can make the Monkey King's attitude change 180 degrees? Maybe we can find the answer from the following text exchange.

At that time, the Buddhist scripture group was still in the running-in stage. Because of the concept of Buddhist scriptures, the Monkey King seems to have an entanglement with Guanyin Bodhisattva who came to settle the situation.

The two men had a fierce verbal confrontation.

The Monkey King jumped into the air, pointed to Guanyin's nose and shouted? You are seven buddha's teacher and a compassionate leader! How could you hurt me? ?

Guanyin may have never seen such a difficult debater. She forgot her manners. She retorted in a hurry. I got rid of your bold horse, village fool! Time and time again, I tried my best to get someone to learn from me and ask him to save your life. Why don't you thank me for saving your life and yell at me instead? ?

This scene is quite embarrassing. It seems that nobody can forgive anyone. The Tang Priest, who was too anxious to persuade him, quietly began to recite the spell.

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The Monkey King said? Teacher of seven buddha? There is actually a lot of knowledge behind this.

The earliest source of this title is probably Buddhist scriptures, which originally meant Manjusri Bodhisattva, not Guanyin Bodhisattva.

It is worth mentioning that Manjusri Bodhisattva does not have much sense of existence in The Journey to the West because it is not the main role. Even when he became the king of the infinite, he messed up what the Buddha said. As a punishment, he drank three patios of water for no reason and behaved very awkwardly. But according to the description of the Buddhist classic Hokkekyo, it is a different scene. According to legend, before the endless robbery, there were 20,000 sun and moon lanterns to show the Buddha on earth. The last one, before becoming a monk, raised many princes, and each prince led the elite soldiers in the world. Later, he heard that his father became a Buddhist and abandoned the throne, becoming a monk and practicing Mahayana, all of whom were mages. At that time, the sunlight and moonlight showed that there was a wonderful Buddha under the Buddha's seat, who often gave lectures with Hokkekyo. After the sun and moonlight showed the Buddha, the princes of the buddhas took Miaoguang Bodhisattva as their teacher and made a positive result. The Miaoguang Bodhisattva here is the embodiment of Manjusri Bodhisattva, so it has the title of teacher of all Buddhas. Of course. Seven buddha? Just a rough imaginary number.

It is worth mentioning that The Journey to the West's Manjusri Bodhisattva's professional ability is far less outstanding than Guanyin's, and the author of the novel, Mr. Wu Cheng'en, forced the title to be placed on Guanyin Bodhisattva in order to advance the plot. And this title is the key to the Monkey King's attitude change.

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The Monkey King is called Guanyin? Teacher of seven buddha? Originally, I praised her for her quick words and ridiculed her as a scholar, but she still couldn't tolerate people and did some calculations.

With the in-depth development of Buddhist scripture project, the Monkey King, who settled down, gradually figured out the doorway.

Why do you want to be an understanding Tathagata Buddha? Teacher of seven buddha? Guanyin Bodhisattva promotes Buddhist scriptures?

It is very likely that Jin Chan, a former disciple of the second Buddha (that is, Tang Priest), became a Buddha with the help of Guanyin. The Monkey King, who solved the riddle, finally put it down after a fierce ideological struggle? The Monkey King? Shelf, began to deliberately imitate the behavior of master Tang Yan, and kowtowed politely when he saw Guanyin, in exchange for the Bodhisattva's approving smile again and again. Obviously, Guanyin Bodhisattva is the key to his success as a Buddha.

Later, as expected by the Monkey King, avalokitesvara showed the assessment opinions of practitioners to the Tathagata Buddha at the Buddhist scripture celebration. After reading the evaluation report, the Buddha smiled and arranged two places for the Buddha fruit, one of which naturally fell on the Monkey King.

Look, the story behind Journey to the West is full of worldly wisdom.