Why can the Monkey King make a scene in the sky and beat many goblins?
There is such a contradiction in The Journey to the West that I have always been puzzled: the Monkey King, the Great Sage of Qi Tian, was invincible when he made a scene in the Heavenly Palace. If the Tathagata Buddha didn't help him, the whole Heavenly Palace would be in danger of "national subjugation". However, it seems that it was difficult for the Great Sage to have smooth sailing on the way to learn from the scriptures. The defeated men and the mounts of the defeated men all became masters. When I was working on a project recently, it suddenly dawned on me ―― Wu Cheng'en's writing just reflected his profound understanding of the management system and humanistic background of the feudal dynasty. If you don't believe me, listen to me in detail.
Before and after the havoc in the Heavenly Palace, the abilities of Sun Dasheng, heavenly generals and monsters have not changed, but the mentality of the warring parties and both sides has changed greatly.
Making a scene in the Heavenly Palace is a battle between Sun Dasheng and the gods in heaven, and a battle between demons and gods.
At that time, Sun Dasheng was just a demon who was fearless, unafraid, and even afraid to take him from the Palace of Hades. It was a great honor to win, and he even had the possibility of redefining the order of heaven himself. He didn't consider the consequences of defeat. Therefore, in Sun Dasheng's mind, he was engaged in a high-yield and risk-free career, so he naturally went all out and did not show mercy. But the mentality of the gods in heaven is different. Sun Dasheng only opposed the Jade Emperor. His purpose was to defeat the Heaven in order to export evil spirits. He didn't have a deep hatred for the gods, so all he did was steal food, wine and elixir. At best, it was just a small mistake that affected the convening of important meetings. Even if he later went to the Heavenly Palace, he didn't have a strong desire to destroy and do things such as burning, killing and looting. Therefore, there is no conflict of interest between Sun Dasheng and the gods.
At the same time, Sun Dasheng is very lethal. The weapon in his hand can hurt all the opponents who are touched. Therefore, the encirclement and suppression of Sun Dasheng by the gods is actually a high-risk project, which is carried out under the pressure of his leader, the Jade Emperor. As you can imagine, in this case, the combat effectiveness of the celestial side is in what state, and the so-called 1, heavenly soldiers and generals are bound to have their own ulterior motives and look forward to the future.
Some people will say, why don't the gods increase their ranks by defeating Sun Dasheng? This involves the ownership structure and incentive mechanism of heaven.
From the original text, although all the celestial bodies are high-quality elites, the feudal monarchy system is still practiced. As the ruler, the Jade Emperor has the power to kill and seize the gods as servants, so the quality of life of the gods can only rely on the personal qualities of this leader. However, it is mentioned in the article that the prefect of Fengxian County was dragged down by the drought in the whole county for three years just because he prayed for disrespect, and the general shutter was demoted as a river demon just because he broke a glass lamp, which shows that the leader is very violent, and the emperor and the gods are immortal, which shows that the gods are really "this crime is endless."
According to the legend of China, it is very difficult to become a god. It is hard to imagine that the gods have gone through hardships only to exchange for a greater institutional shackles. Therefore, apart from the real vested interests, the gods are bound to dislike such a system in their hearts and are very eager to live freely. Have you noticed that among the gods, only Yang Jian's team worked hard, because he had nepotism with the Jade Emperor. At the beginning, Yang Jian was brave and unusual in chopping Taoshan to save his mother, but in the end he was still a mortal. Later, he suddenly became a fairy who could not obey the feudal etiquette, and there must be something hidden. Presumably, the Jade Emperor turned the heaven into a family business and gave his nephew Yang Jian a plum job that he could enjoy human sacrifice without working. How can you convince the rest of the immortals?
So let's go back to the previous question. Even if some immortals beat Sun Dasheng and get promoted, what about it? At most, they can only become the most powerful courtiers, and they still can't get rid of the fate of being ruled. Moreover, they will always face this leader in the future. Even if he is tactful again, maybe one day after thousands of years, all his efforts will be wasted because of a mistake. Therefore, it is obvious that the gold diamond cut of the old gentleman in Taishang may take away the golden hoop, but it is only used to beat people; The jade bottle of Taibai Venus can obviously suck people, but the old man is far away from sight.
and what about being an ordinary god? First of all, God is immortal, and there is no problem of glorifying ancestors and sealing wives and children. Therefore, reactive power is far less stressful than active survival, and there is no need to risk disability for a title with no substantive content.
The profit from the confrontation between the gods and Sun Dasheng becomes negative, but the risk becomes infinite. The gods are all extremely clever, and this abacus can't be played clearly. In order to avoid the leadership's blame, they must be dressed neatly and screaming loudly in the battle, but the close-knit battle is not recorded, and there is no unique skill, that is, the so-called work does not contribute.
In fact, there is another place in the book that reflects the same problem. The lion spirit in Shituoling also scared off 1, heavenly soldiers. Did there be any fierce fighting in the meantime? No, he just opened his mouth to scare him, and the mountain soldier gave in. Anyway, the lion essence only wants a birthright, and the gods have no actual loss of interests. If you can stop fighting, don't fight. However, in the process of Sun Dasheng's Buddhist scriptures, the situation changed. At this time, Sun Dasheng was already a "scattered fairy", that is, his identity was no longer a monster, and there was only a small gap from becoming an immortal. And his opponent turned into a complete demon.
The purpose of the goblin against Sun Dasheng is to eat the Tang priest's meat or suck the Tang priest's Yuanyang, and its related income is immortality-the basic feature of immortals. The risk of this work is also enormous ―― it will be wiped out by Sun Dasheng. For monsters, this is a high-yield and high-risk undertaking. According to Marx's Das Kapital, people dare to take the risk of hanging their heads for 3% profit. I'm afraid the income of becoming a fairy in one step is far more than 3%. You can imagine how fanatical and brave monsters will be in order to achieve their goals.
The most powerful monsters are those with certain backgrounds. They know that their masters are extraordinary, and even if they are at fault, they don't have to worry about being punished. There are many similar chapters in the book: the subordinates or mounts of the gods made mistakes in violation of regulations, but the gods explained in a dignified way that the Tang Priest was bound to suffer from the disaster, and the attack of the subordinates was just a part of these disasters. < P > Therefore, although the purpose of the subordinates was very dark, they indirectly contributed a lot to the test work of the Tathagata Buddha and helped Tang Priest complete the task of suffering. Therefore, in essence, their work belongs to the nature of help, not the relationship between ourselves and the enemy, and can be used to the past. Such a remark provides an excellent opportunity for all powerful and background goblins. Their work risk has dropped to zero, and their income is still high. Can such a business with no compensation for killing prevent the goblins from making every effort to advance wave after wave?
correspondingly, Sun Dasheng has no ambition to become a Buddha. The purpose of fighting monsters is not to kill all the monsters in the world, but to protect the master from going to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures. He had no blood feud with the monster before, and only came to the rescue when the monster attacked Tang Priest, so his work was a passive counterattack. Militarily speaking, attack is the best defense, and simple defense is a very dangerous behavior, so Sun Dasheng has already lost the battle first.
At the same time, due to the lack of self-protection awareness and the ability to resist risks, the protected Tang Priest is often taken hostage by monsters, which makes Sun Dasheng often in a state of waiting for the mouse in the rescue work, and he can't let go of his hands and feet in the work, so he lost another move.
In addition, the Tang Priest is very pedantic, and he often suspects that Sun Dasheng killed innocent people, and frequently attacked them with torture "hoops", which not only seriously dampened Sun Dasheng's enthusiasm for work, but also made him unable to make effective preparations before the crisis, and even failed to take the initiative to eliminate hidden dangers. The feedforward work of information was deadlocked, so he had to solve the problem through feedback, and his combat effectiveness was lost again.
Therefore, in this competition between Sun Dasheng and the monster, the monster knows himself and is fully prepared, while Sun Dasheng is timid and tied behind his hands, and his spirit has weakened by half before he has fought, so the possibility of winning the battle is of course drastically reduced.
Look at the gods who come to help at this time. They are all helping by orders, so the first task is related to the honor of heaven and must be completed. The second task is the free assistance of the heaven organization, backed by heaven. Therefore, on the premise that the monster didn't make a scene in heaven, on the one hand, he should be on guard against Sun Dasheng and the Jade Emperor taking it out on himself after his failure, and at the same time, he understood that even if he failed, the whole organization-the failure probability of heaven was very small-and if it was a big deal, he would invite the Tathagata Buddha to come out of the mountain again.
Therefore, every god who helps each other will try his best to show his unique skills. As long as he tries his best, Sun Dasheng and the Jade Emperor have no excuses to blame. Of course, it is impossible to fight hard, just like in the battle against the green cow monster, the gods do not continue to attack after losing their weapons, but just sit back and wait for more powerful gods to help. These demons were arranged by the Tathagata by testing the Tang Priest, including the fake scriptures finally obtained, in order to make up for 72 hardships. Since Monkey Sun can't cope with these demons, it is inevitable to ask the Bodhisattva and even the Jade Emperor for help, which not only connects Monkey Sun's feelings with his former enemies, but also makes Monkey Sun feel dependent on them. In this way, the peaceful evolution of Monkey Sun was fundamentally realized!