This is related to Zhu Bajie's correct mistake and his ability to listen to other people's opinions (in fact, this has a lot to do with Wukong's' urging'). He pulled back from the edge of the cliff and even turned the prodigal son back. In the process of studying Buddhist scriptures, he listened to his brother and was loyal to Master. In the end, he made great contributions to the Buddhist scriptures in the west, and only then did he achieve good results as an altar messenger.
The Journey to the West is a masterpiece of a novel with strong symbolic meaning, and Zhu Bajie is a comedy model created by author Wu Cheng'en in this work. In his body, there are not only the industrious, honest and straightforward qualities and greedy and selfish nature, but also the ability of God and the physical characteristics of pigs, which fully embodies the perfect combination of the author's humanity, divinity and pig nature.
The middle-aged pig in Journey to the West has just been banned by the Bodhisattva, and the five meats and three evils have been broken. So the Tang Priest named him "Bajie". Five meats and three evils are religious commandments, and believers are not allowed to eat them. Five meats are five spices, which refer to five spicy vegetables. Including garlic, shallots, leeks and canals (shaped like radish and tasted like garlic).
Bajie's full name is "Bajie", which is the eight commandments formulated by Buddhism for monks and nuns. Including no killing, no stealing, no lust, no lying, no drinking, no sitting in a gorgeous bed, no dressing up for singing and dancing, and no eating after noon. There are many Buddhist precepts. Although Zhu was called "Eight Rings", he always "quit" incompletely and reluctantly. The name given to Bajie by the Tang Priest has a certain meaning.
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Zhu Bajie is a fictional character in The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en, a novelist of Ming Dynasty. Also known as Pig Zhu Gang, whose dharma name is Wuneng (Guanyin) and real name is Bajie (Tang Priest), he is the second disciple of Tang Priest, and he knows the thirty-six changes of the highest number of days. His weapon was made by the old gentleman in Taishang, and the jade emperor personally gave him Shangbaoqin gold and palladium (commonly known as the nine-tooth rake).
Pig Bajie was the Marshal Tian Peng who commanded the 80,000 Water Army of Tianhe in his previous life. He has always admired the beautiful fairy in the dress (a member of Chang 'e, the "Chang 'e" in Journey to the West is the name of all fairies in Yuefu. Not the legendary wife Chang 'e).
All the immortals in The Journey to the West basically borrowed the immortal records of orthodox Taoism. It can be seen from the mention of Pig Bajie in the episode of Gao Lao Zhuang that Tian Peng, the previous life of Pig Bajie, was a sacred sacrifice to the water god Tianhe. After flirting with the fairy in the dress, provoking the spiritual officer to picket, he overthrew the bullfighting palace and came to the world, but mistakenly threw a pig fetus. Later, enlightened by Guanyin, he became a disciple of Tang Priest. Together with the Monkey King, he protected the Tang Priest from going to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures, and was finally appointed as the messenger of the net altar.
Pig Bajie acts spontaneously and publicizes his personality. His natural nature stems from that he is a representative everyman. An ordinary, stable and dutiful person, an ordinary person who is unwilling to back down from time to time; As an object easily ridiculed and teased by people from top to bottom, and an image from the people with the advantages and disadvantages of all sentient beings, it has the contemporary significance of catering to popular culture.
For example, some folk allegorical sayings: "Pig eight quit carrying his wife-hard to please"; "Pig plays with a rake-he can play with one hand"; Pig's ears are plucked-there are goods inside. There are also several film and television works about Pig Bajie, such as Pig Bajie in Spring and Pig Bajie in Happiness. The reason why Pig Bajie is so popular in contemporary popular cultural circles is mainly related to his affinity and the spiritual needs of people today. Therefore, in contemporary society, the image of Zhu Bajie has universal significance.
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