Chapter 660 Sun Wukong Has Never Changed! "It Has Always Been Like This, Is that Right?"!

What is conspiracy theory?

It means that it was Sun Wukong who was beaten to death with a stick instead of Liu Er Mihou.

The core point of this statement is that Liu Er Mihou is very likely a stooge arranged by Tathagata. After all, the 81 difficulties were arranged by the Buddha. In the underworld, after "Di Ting" heard it, "Di Ting" knew whether it was true or not but dared not to say it!

The original text Di Ting said: ["Although there is a strange name, it cannot be revealed to his face, and it cannot help to capture him."]

This fear of saying it became the first point that puzzled these readers.

To say that the two demon monkeys are powerful, there is naturally no need to say more. With Di Ting's strength, it is reasonable to be afraid of the two fighting each other, but there was also a powerful person present at the time, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

Who is Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva? He is the leader of the four great Bodhisattvas in Buddhism, and is as famous as Guanyin, Manjusri, and Samantabhadra. It can be seen that this person is very useful!

Even so, Di Ting still said that it could not be revealed in person, and that he would go to the Leiyin Temple to see Sakyamuni Tathagata to understand!

This is the first confusing point!

There is also a second confusing point, that is Sun Wukong's ability!

You know, Sun Wukong has great magical powers after learning magic from Bodhi Patriarch, but it happens that the six-eared macaque who pretends to be Sun Wukong also has the same magic as Sun Wukong. Could this be a coincidence?

You know, Sun Wukong's learning of magic is not a one-time achievement. In this case, there must be at least a big boss behind the six-eared macaque teaching him magic, otherwise it would be impossible to cause such a situation!

Looking at the entire mythological world, in addition to Bodhi Patriarch, there is also Tathagata who is capable of doing this!

If the above two points are just speculations, then the next point will make some people who originally thought that these conspiracy theorists were over-interpreting stunned.

Because in the narration of this chapter, the novel clearly mentioned that the Lingming Stone Monkey is able to change, know the weather, know the terrain, and move the stars and change the constellations.

The six-eared macaque is good at listening, can observe reason, know the past and the future, and understand everything!

This shows that the six-eared macaque is not a fool. From the text, everything is clear, and he even has the ability to know what happened in the past and the future.

If this is true, if the six-eared macaque knew that he would be seen through by Tathagata, how could he go to Tathagata and be beaten to death by Sun Wukong? Isn't this just knowing that there is a tiger in the mountain, but going to the tiger mountain?

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"Fuck, why do I believe it a little bit..."

"To be honest, there is some truth, it's not nonsense..."

"Thinking about it carefully, it seems to be a little strange."

"And, look!"

"No way..."

Just when these netizens were discussing this point, the subsequent details were dug out by more conspiracy theorists, such as why the six-eared macaque died! !

You know, many evil monsters did not die along the way, and the six-eared macaque himself did not have much sin. How could the always compassionate Tathagata let the six-eared macaque die?

Plus the last point.

It is also the most crucial evidence.

That is, before the true and false Monkey King incident, Sun Wukong did not completely listen to Tang Seng, and even often had conflicts with Tang Seng, which led to Tang Seng reciting the tight hoop curse. The White Bone Demon also beat him whenever he wanted. Although he was imprisoned, he was still rebellious.

But since the true and false Monkey King incident, Sun Wukong has been protecting Tang Seng and keeping him safe, and he is completely different from before! !

For all the reasons above, these readers believe that in the story of the true and false Monkey King, it was Sun Wukong who really died, not the six-eared macaque.

It is well-reasoned and convincing!

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Of course, there are many people who hold opposing attitudes, and the most crucial evidence among them is the original text.

In the original text, it is not vaguely given that "a certain monkey" died tragically, but it is written completely:

[The macaque heard that Tathagata said his true appearance, and he was terrified and jumped up and ran away. 】

If it is true as these "conspiracy theorists" say, that it was Sun Wukong who was beaten to death and replaced by Liu Er Mihou, then it would not be possible to describe it like this at the time.

No matter how you explain it, it doesn't make sense, because even if Sun Wukong knew about the conspiracy, given Sun Wukong's character, he would definitely not react like this!

So in their opinion, these ideas are purely over-interpretations.

This true and false Monkey King is just a difficulty arranged by the Buddha on the journey to the West.

The discussion about this plot became more and more intense, and in the end, it even reached the bottom of Lao Zei's blog x-on:Lao Zei, hoping that Lao Zei would give an answer from the author!

But Lao Zei certainly can't care about these discussions.

In recent years, no matter how much controversy and discussion there are in Lao Zei's works, Lao Zei, as the author, rarely expresses his views on the book in public, but completely hands over the work to the readers.

And even in the previous life, these so-called "conspiracy theories" are very valuable.

All the over-interpretations show that the work has caused readers to think more deeply. This alone is of great value, because in modern society, readers are less and less willing to think, which leads to the lack of independent thinking ability in the words and deeds of the entire society.

Even if this idea is wrong, it is at least reasonable and based on respect for the original work. If there is no such discussion, the meaning of the work will be much less.

Of course, the reason why it is called a "conspiracy theory" is that most of it is based on subjective assumptions.

But I have to say it is a very good idea.

Because Sun Wukong does not have any copyright issues, after the release of "Journey to the West" and this kind of discussion, the next day, many works about Sun Wukong and "Journey to the West" appeared on the Internet. Write the story of Sun Wukong after he was replaced by the six-eared macaque and suppressed by Tathagata!

In fact, there were many such novels in the previous life, and even comics. This has become another development direction of "Journey to the West".

Seeing Sun Wukong suffering, finally escaping from trouble, and finally reunited with Bajie and Sha Seng, and went to heaven! !

Making havoc in Heaven again!

This plot...

Just thinking about it is exciting!

After all, in this kind of novels, Tianting is simply the "sanctimonious villain", and it would be unjustifiable not to fight against Tianting.

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After reading the entire "Journey to the West", thousands of readers will have the same feeling -

Awesome!

The old thief lives in the modern world, with his pen and words, showing his extraordinary artistic imagination in a virtual vast and complex art world.

With magnificent and imaginary wings, it brings the readers of this world into the heavenly palace, into the fairy caves one after another, into this little-known world!

Regardless of the plot or language, this "Journey to the West" can be said to be impeccable, building a unique "Journey to the West" art palace!

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"'Journey to the West' is an immortal monument to Kyushu literature and art!"

This evaluation is not the evaluation of Xiazhou people themselves, but the evaluation given to "Journey to the West" by the world media!

They don’t know how many places the old thief has traveled to, how much history and culture he has learned about, and they don’t know why the old thief writes British novels as if he were a native of England.

Writing an Ohio novel is like experiencing the revolutionary era more than a hundred years ago.

As for Xiazhou novels, needless to say, the literary and artistic charm that belongs exclusively to Xiazhou can be said to be due to Xiazhou’s long cultural history, and it is a charm that no other nine states have!

Almost within two weeks after the release of "Journey to the West", Chang'an Film and Television Company announced that it would cooperate with Lao Zei to film "Journey to the West" into a TV series to further expand the influence of "Journey to the West".

In the previous life, the classic version of "Journey to the West" had such a far-reaching influence that it was deeply loved by young audiences. Almost every year during the winter and summer vacations, TV stations around the country rebroadcast it, and students never tire of watching it.

Literature and art, just through words, are difficult to spread on a large scale like film and television.

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Literature comes from life, and classics come from reality.

The classic nature of "Journey to the West" comes from Master Xuanzang's feat of seeking scriptures from the West, and then adapted and created it combined with the artistry of mythological stories.

It is recorded in the history books that "there are countless dangers like this that cannot be described in detail", which is visualized as "the nine-nine-nine-eighty-one disaster".

Even before "Journey to the West" came out, many stories in "Journey to the West" flowed slowly along the long river of time. From the late Tang and Five Dynasties to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, various genres of literary and artistic works on "Journey to the West" appeared.

Almost every version has its own interesting features. Serious historical reality, romantic literary imagination and lively folk legends are blended and intertwined.

Slowly, the characters and stories gradually became consistent, and finally, in Lao Zei's "Journey to the West", the artistic integration was completed.

And if you just think that this is a simple fairy tale, you would be totally wrong.

Mr. Lu Xun once commented on "Journey to the West":

"Satire and ridicule take the current state of affairs and describe it in an exaggerated way."

"The author's nature is to 'be good at comedy', so although he describes the ever-changing and sudden events, he also mixes in his explanations every time, making the gods and demons humane, and his charm also understands the world."

In the entire constructed mythical world, we can actually see many projections of real society, as well as the attitude towards the feudal rulers at that time.

Under the Jade Emperor, there are hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers and generals. They seem to be very powerful, but in fact they can't do anything to Sun Wukong!

And a monkey with astonishing talents like Sun Wukong actually wants to watch a horse and be the butt of a horse?

For another example, in Buddhism founded by Tathagata Buddha, monks naturally cannot be obsessed with money.

But the Buddha actually allowed his subordinates to accept bribes.

Another example!

This is also something readers can see at a glance.

That is, on the entire westbound journey, almost most of the monsters have something to do with higher-ups, whether they are gods or Buddhas. For example, the Green Ox Spirit is the mount of the Supreme Laojun, the King of Gold and Silver Horns is the son of the Supreme Laojun, and the Lion Camel Ridge The three demon kings are all related to Manjushri, Samantabhadra and even Tathagata Buddha.

In the end, even Sun Wukong had no way to do anything to them and could only watch them being taken away by the people above.

It is in line with what the reader said: "The monsters with connections will be protected if they make mistakes, while the monsters without backgrounds will be beaten to death."

Because the background of the story is in feudal society, and the most serious problem in ancient times was bureaucracy, where officials protected each other and the common people were fish and meat. These practical significances are all engraved in the background of the entire feudal society.

If you let ordinary readers see and feel these profound artistic classics, it will definitely be difficult for them to feel them at the first time.

But there is one thing that they can clearly feel.

That's because the characterization of the old thief is really... awesome.

Among them, both the protagonist Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie are portrayed vividly, which is also a point that Lao Zei has been praised since the first book.

Sun Wukong has peerless skills and super martial arts. He is not afraid of anything and dares to resist everything, even the heaven and the Buddha. As long as Sun Wukong feels unfair, he will hold the golden hoop and soar up to 90,000 miles to face the injustice!

Humanity, divinity, and monkey nature.

These three characteristics are fully displayed in Sun Wukong. Whenever you see Sun Wukong dare to fight against people, demons and gods, and heaven, which reader can not be excited!

The arrogance before the journey to the West makes readers feel refreshed.

But after the journey to the West...

Is it really imprisoned as thousands of readers say?

Of course not. Even if Sun Wukong has "matured", there is an old saying that "it is easy to change the country but difficult to change one's nature". Sun Wukong's attitude towards injustice has never changed from beginning to end. The scene of groveling and kneeling has never appeared in Sun Wukong.

For example, in the 33rd chapter, Sun Wukong said:

["If you say no, I will go to Lingxiao Palace and start fighting!"]

The one who said no was none other than the Jade Emperor.

For another example, in the 35th chapter, when he learned that the monster was sent by Guanyin Bodhisattva, Wukong thought:

["Now he is using evil spirits to harm me. He is not good at speaking. He deserves to be a bachelor for the rest of his life!"]

This "he" refers to Guanyin Bodhisattva!

Even though the identities of these big men are strong enough, even though Wukong can't do anything about these injustices, Sun Wukong has never accepted them.

In the 77th chapter, he even said directly to Tathagata:

[“Tathagata, if you compare like this, you are still the nephew of the demon.”]

This statement fully shows Wukong’s attitude. Even though he was suppressed by the Buddha, Sun Wukong was still not afraid at all.

Therefore, it never means that Wukong became a “dog of heaven” in the later period.

Sun Wukong’s image has never changed from beginning to end. He is not afraid of power and does not succumb to difficulties!

All the injustices in this world...

Some people say that this is the world, and you have to learn to accept this unfair world.

Or, this world is not fair!

But as Mr. Lu Xun wrote in "Diary of a Madman", that sentence can even be called one of Mr. Lu Xun’s most classic words.

[“It has always been like this, is it right?”]

… (End of this chapter)