This shape originates from Buddhist legends. According to the "Dharani Sutra of Manjushri's Dharma Treasure", Sakyamuni Buddha once told the Vajra Secret Bodhisattva that there is a country called "Da Zhenna" in the northeast of the Nanzhan Continent. There is a big mountain in t

Manjushri Bodhisattva is the full name of Manjushri Bodhisattva and Manjushri Bodhisattva .

" Manjushri " and " Manjushri " are synthetic words. " Manjushri " and "Manjushri" mean "wonderful" and "beautiful", while "teacher's profit" and "striving" include "virtue", "head" and "auspicious".

In the Buddhist system, Manjushri Bodhisattva is the left servant of Shakyamuni Buddha, who specializes in managing wisdom and expresses "great wisdom". It is a pair with the right side of Sakyamuni Buddha, who specializes in managing virtues and expresses "great practices".

Our common Manjushri Bodhisattva statue , the body is purple and golden, and sometimes the shape is like a boy. This shape originates from Buddhist legends. According to the "Dharani Sutra of Manjushri's Dharma Treasure", Sakyamuni Buddha once told the Vajra Secret Bodhisattva that there is a country called "Da Zhenna" in the northeast of , Nanzhanbu Continent, . There is a big mountain in the country, with five peaks, called Wuding Mountain. After Sakyamuni Buddha passed away, Manjushri Bodhisattva often paraded here in the form of a boy, lived in the mountains, and preached the Dharma to all living beings. Han Buddhism believes that Mount Wutai in Shanxi Province is the Wuding Mountain in Buddhist scriptures, so this mountain becomes the preaching place of Manjushri Bodhisattva.

In addition, Manjushri Bodhisattva also wears a five-bun crown. The five buns represent the five wisdoms of , the Great Sun Tathagata , namely the wisdom of the Dharma Realm, the wisdom of the great mirror, the wisdom of equality, the wisdom of wonderful observation, and the wisdom of , the wisdom of the accomplishment of . Manjushri Bodhisattva holds a green lotus in his left hand and puts the Brahmatra on the flower, indicating that the wisdom of Prajna is spotless. Holding a sword in your right hand means great wisdom is like a sharp sword, which can eliminate all ignorance and troubles. Riding a lion under your crotch means that the Bodhisattva’s wisdom and power are powerful.

The mount of Manjushri Bodhisattva is worthy of sayings. Although lions are produced in Africa and western Asia, they are not very famous among South Asian countries, and many people regard them as a symbol of mighty and courage. Later, the image of a lion was absorbed and utilized by Buddhism. The believers often used lions to describe the power of Buddhism and could destroy all evil deeds. Sakyamuni was regarded as the "liu of man" by believers. The believers also say that the Buddhist saying shakes the world and is called "the roar of the lion." In this regard, Manjushri Bodhisattva’s position as his mount can also prove his extraordinary status.

In the history of Chinese literature, Manjushri Bodhisattva's lion is also very famous. In "Journey to the West", this lion has descended to earth twice.

The first time was in Wuji Country "ordered to go on a business trip". The story is that the king of the Wuji Kingdom, , "the naked-eyed mortal fetus", was slow to stay in Manjushri Bodhisattva and immersed him in water for three days and three nights. In order to avenge this revenge, Manjushri Bodhisattva ordered his mount to the world and threw the king of Wuji Kingdom into the well for three years. Later, Tang Monk and his disciples came to Wuji Kingdom and rescued the king. The lion completed his mission and returned to Manjushri Bodhisattva.

The second time was in Shicao Ridge "because of private descending to the earth". This time the lion came to the world. He first became brothers with Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's mount, White Elephant, and Sakyamuni's great roc, and then killed all the people of the Lion Camel Kingdom, turning a good civilization into a hell on earth. After Tang Seng and his disciples came here, they encountered great trouble. Sun Wukong used all his skills and did not gain the upper hand. In the end, the three masters were forced to conquer the three monsters.

In these two stories, Manjushri Bodhisattva and his lion are not very good, and they are even a bit abominable and horrible. Wu Chengen wrote this in private, but thought it was for the sake of the story. After all, "Journey to the West" is just a literary work, not a Buddhist scripture. The Buddhist world, Taoist world, demons, and ghosts depicted in it are all artistic projects of the real society, and were transformed by Wu Chengen to satirize the authorities and mock the temple. The image of Manjushri Bodhisattva in the book cannot be equivalent to that of Manjushri Bodhisattva in Buddhism, and can only be considered a "fan person" at most.