What is the White Dragon Horse changed into?

White Dragon Horse Introduction White Dragon Horse, a character in Journey to the West. White Dragon Horse is the third prince of the Dragon King of the Western Sea, because of arson and burned the Jade Emperor's reward of the Pearl and violated the rules of the sky, and then because of the South China Sea Goddess of Mercy Bodhisattva intervened to avoid the death penalty, was relegated to the Snake Plate Mountain to wait for the Tang abomination of the scriptures, and then accidentally ate the white horse ridden by the Tang Monk, the bodhisattva nudged to transform into a White Dragon Horse, converted to Buddhism, carried the Tang Monk on the West to get the scriptures, and ultimately to achieve the right result, was elevated to the Eight Heavenly Dragons of the wide force of the Bodhisattvas.　　The Journey to the West has attracted many scholars with its fantasy realm, vivid characters, witty and humorous tone, and intriguing language, and in the "secret meanings conveyed in the game" (Mr. Li Zhuo's Criticisms of the Journey to the West, 19th General Approval)], there is a philosophy embedded in the fantasy and wit. However, researchers tend to focus only on the four men who fetch the scriptures, namely, Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang, Pigsy and Sha Monk, and seldom pay attention to the indispensable member of the group, the White Dragon Horse. In fact, whether from the origin of the work. In fact, whether from the origin of the work, the structure of the chapter or from the artistic conception and philosophical point of view, as one of the "five saints" White Dragon Horse plays an important role in the work and contains a wealth of philosophy. Now, although some researchers have recognized this point, but often either a pass, without in-depth study, or from the one-sided and shallow, not to make a special account. I read the works and summarize the views of predecessors on the basis of the image of the white dragon horse has some shallow humble opinion, now put out, in order to teach. Knowledge Expansion The little white dragon was originally the third prince of His Highness Ao Leun, the Dragon King of the Western Sea. The third prince of the Dragon King set fire to the temple of the Jade Emperor's gift of the Pearl, violating the rules of heaven, committed a capital offense, thanks to the mercy of the South China Sea Goddess of Mercy Bodhisattva intervened, only to be spared, and was relegated to the Snake Plate Mountain to wait for the Tang Monk to take the Scriptures in the Western Paradise. He did not know the Tang Priest and Wukong, mistakenly ate the Tang Priest's mount white horse, and was later nudged by Guan Shiyin Bodhisattva, sawed the horns and retreated the scales, changed into the White Dragon Horse, converted to Buddhism, on the way to fetch scriptures for the Tang Priest's mount, hard work, through all the hardships, and finally reached the right fruits, return from the scriptures, was Buddha RuLai was elevated to the eight parts of the heavenly dragons. The source of the image of the White Dragon Horse: (a) "Journey to the West" book process and the image of the White Dragon Horse: Journey to the West of the long book process, in fact, is the monk Xuanzang to the Tang Dynasty, the process of seeking the scriptures in the Kingdom of Buddhism continue to art processing and the process of deification. Xuanzang scriptures is a real historical event in the Tang Dynasty, Zhenguan three years from the seventeen years, the Venerable Xuanzang for the pursuit of the true meaning of Buddhism, traveled to the Tianzhu, through more than a hundred countries, retrieve the scriptures 657. And in the initial record of this archetypal event, the team of scripture retrieval was just him and a horse. In the later written by his disciples Hui Li, Yan Zong, "Datang Da Ci En Temple Sanzang Venerable Master biography," there is "both saw the Hu people riding a horse thin and red, lacquered saddle with iron, and He said in line with the heart thought that when, and then immediately changed horses." This is the same as the fifteenth chapter of Journey to the West. This is quite similar to the fifteenth episode of Journey to the West. The only thing is that the horse changed here was a red horse. In the subsequent works of Journey to the West during the Song Dynasty, images such as "Monkey Walker" and "Deep Sand God" gradually appeared. In the Yuan Dynasty, there is also a record of the exchange of horses in the miscellaneous dramas, "Wu Changling's miscellaneous dramas, and Wu's book gradually similar to ...... wooden fork to sell a horse, and Wu's novels to collect the same thing as the Dragon Horse." This obviously can be seen that the image of the white dragon horse and "Journey to the West" is closely related to the process of becoming a book. Of course, as a masterpiece of divine and magical fiction "Journey to the West" is full of fantasy, but there are still the most real life sources, after all, the myth is still "through the people's fantasy with an unconscious artistic way of processing the natural and social forms of itself." The image of the White Dragon Horse is no exception, he is also from the author's life. Regarding the prototype of the White Dragon Horse, we can find many clues in the author's living environment. According to the record, in the author's living place, there is "White Dragon Pool, in the middle of Juping Mountain, the bottom of the cliff is 30 paces square, and the water is more than ten feet deep. There was a White Dragon Shrine in the old days, and it was always answered in the morning prayers, and it is still there today." There is also "Dragon Shrine in Yilu Shanxi, the name of the gap, there are many water section, there are dragons diving in the interior, morning prayers are always answered." These descriptions and "Journey to the West" in the White Dragon Horse lived in the Eagle's Nest is very similar. It can be seen from this, the author in the usual seen and heard, may have long had a white dragon horse prototype material, and the accumulation of these materials, so that the appearance of the white dragon horse image has become possible. (II) Creative tradition, cultural tradition and the image of the White Dragon Horse: In many ancient Chinese literary works, the dragon and the horse are associated with similar imagery. The dragon is often visualized as the image of a horse and used as the function of a horse in the literary works of the pre-Qin dynasties, which becomes a comparison of people's pursuit of ideals and transcendence of reality. "Ride the cloud gas, Royal Flying Dragon, and swim beyond the four seas" ("Zhuangzi - Easy Travel"), "for Yu driving flying dragon Ruoxi, mixed Yaoxiang thought the car ...... banner Jiaolong make Liangjin Ruoxi, the edict of the Western Emperor to make the Shibuyu ...... driving the eight dragons of the Wan Ruoxi, carrying the cloud flag of the Commission." ("Li Sao"), these are written with dragons as the ride. Wu Chengen in the "stationed in the white cloud four section" has "white horse proud hiss, not subject to gold control, twelve days of street painting line ...... Rong talk and laugh always change the dragon, retired food to the guest." In the "send me to the door to" even said: "the dog has three liters of chaff resistance points, the horse has three dragon nature, let alone the husband". For the dirty society's contempt and disdain for the pursuit of a better ideal makes the literati have a yearning and desire for the dragon and horse, and the white dragon horse this pure, soaring, extraordinary image is also matched with this character. In "Li Sao", Qu Yuan wrote, "A team of jade gnarls will ride the cataracts, and the wind will swiftly blow as they go on their journey." The "jade gnarl" is a white hornless dragon, which is a perfect match for the white dragon horse in Journey to the West, whose horns and scales have been removed. It can be said that the author may have been influenced by the creation of this tradition and typical image, which inspired the creation of the White Dragon Horse. In addition, the allusion to the Han Dynasty "White Horse Carrying Scriptures" and the legend of the White Horse Temple also had an impact on the creation of this image of the White Dragon Horse, and Zhang Ji's "Staying at the White Horse Temple" of the Tang Dynasty has the sentence "White Horse Carrying Scriptures has been finalized, and the broken monument and the remnants of the temple are seen in the trail". As a representative of Buddhism, Journey to the West and the white horse also have a very deep origin. In Journey to the West, the design of the image of the White Dragon Horse not only became necessary for the development of the story, but also became a requirement for artistic truth. (C) The textual analysis of the image of the White Dragon Horse: we must put the White Dragon Horse in the Journey to the West and the other four men of the scriptures in a unified view. Although the white dragon horse in the "Journey to the West" in the real debut of only the eighth "I Buddha made the scriptures to pass the ultimate happiness Guanyin on the order of Chang'an"; fifteenth "Snake Plate Mountain gods secretly bless the eagle worry cliff intention of the horse to collect the reins"; thirtieth "evil invasion of the positive The law of the intention of the horse to remember the ape"; sixty-nine "the heart of the Lord of the night to repair drugs on the feast of the King on the evil"; the hundredth "back to the East five saints into the real" five times, but just this simple five times has made his image vivid, vivid and vivid. Lively and vivid.　　If we connect these five appearances, we can see that this is a complete story structure with an episode of the "beginning - development - climax - the end": the beginning is the eighth self-reporting, explaining himself as the West China Sea Dragon Palace, the third prince's life and the cause of the crime; fifteenth, mistakenly ate the White Horse, the fight against the Holy Spirit, do not fear the line of strong, not to punish the courage of the return of a man of honor, and not to punish a man of courage. Do not punish the courage of the return process is the development of the story; followed by the climax of the thirtieth, the white dragon horse portrayed more love, courage and tactics, first of all, in the desperate situation of hanging reins to save the Lord, get wine and sword, play the demons, although not successful but fully revealed the white dragon horse wit and bravery, the next is the injured exhortation of the pig to ask the master to save the master, the feelings of the true meaning of the heart. "The little white dragon pondered for a long time, and then dripped tears and said: 'Senior brother heh, do not say the words of breaking up the gang. If you want to save the master, you only go to ask someone to come.'" It is clear that he is not only strong-willed but also can take the overall situation into account. Moreover, we can also see that the White Dragon Horse has the ability to know people, and his observation of the disposition and endowment of Sun Wukong and Piggy's Eight Preceptors is very accurate. In the 100th time, White Dragon Horse completely came to the foreground, not only after the return to the East, the Tang Monk in front of the Tang Taizong gave him a very high evaluation, and White Dragon Horse also got the title of "Eight Heavenly Dragons", this title and Piggy, Sha Monk is not low, can be said to be the affirmation of the White Dragon Horse and the positioning of the count is a perfect ending. perfect ending. In addition, the appearance in the sixty-nine times that can be used as an interlude is the finishing touch, showing the character of the White Dragon Horse. "The horse jumped up, spat out human words, and shouted harshly: 'Senior brother, don't you know? I was originally the West China Sea Flying Dragon ...... I if over the water to urinate, the water swims in the fish, eat into a dragon; over the mountain to urinate, the mountain grass head to taste, become Ganoderma lucidum ...... How can I be willing to throw away in this place of the world lightly also?' " A "jumping will" action, plus a "shouting", the Qi Tian Da Sheng's bravado and arrogance than will go down, a "how can I in this dusty place lightly thrown away also" more highlighted The White Dragon Horse's extraordinary character is even more obvious. Even the Jade Emperor, Buddha, in front of the Monkey King and would not dare to be so crazy, and finally, although still for it, but also "bite that mouth full of teeth branching loud, only Nu points out a few points of the child, will be standing up." Imagine forty-five times "three clear view of the great saint to stay in the Chechi country monkey king show law" in the walker, eight quit, sand monk three people drowning urine play demon "sound and stink" and "some pig drowning stench" of the situation White Dragon Horse's urine has become a precious remedy and a wonderful recipe for immortality, compared with the two, we have to admit, White Dragon Horse's character in the four disciples should be absolutely top quality, and should be the closest to perfection.