Sun Wukong returned from learning from Lingtai Fangcunshan . Relying on his strong magic power, he did whatever he wanted, he made a big fuss in the Dragon Palace and the Underworld. When Jade Emperor learned about it, he was furious and planned to send troops to conquer, but at the suggestion of Taibai Jinxing , he decided to recruit and named Sun Wukong as Bima Wen .
Regarding Bimawen's official position, it is usually considered that he is a rankless official with a very low status. This understanding comes from a passage from the staff of the Bima Supervisory Bureau.
In the fourth chapter of the original work, after Sun Wukong took office as Bimawen, he asked his staff: "What rank is Bimawen?"
Everyone said, "No rank."
Sun Wukong was overjoyed: "No rank, then it must be that the official is too big, so there is no rank."
Unexpectedly, everyone told him: "The last level. Such an official is the lowest and the smallest, and you can only watch the horse with him. After Sitang Zun took office, he was so attentive that he was fed the horse fat and only said the word "good". If he was a little weak, he would still be punished; if he was very hurt, he would be punished and punished."
However, if we read the original work carefully, we would find that the staff's words were a bit unreasonable.
First of all, when Sun Wukong took office as Bima Wen, the book wrote in this book, "He was in the prison and gathered the chief supervisor, deputy supervisor, diary, strong men, and officials of all sizes." There are so many staff members of the Bima Wen, which shows that this department is not small. So, as the department leader, Bima Wen, may be a small official?
Secondly, when everyone told Sun Wukong that Bi Ma Wen was not of grade, Sun Wukong subconsciously thought that the official was too big. Why did Sun Wukong have such an understanding? It is very likely that his power is not small, so he takes it for granted that he has a very large official position. A very powerful official position may be a small official?
So, is Bima Wen a small official? We can see this clue from what Taibai Jinxing said to him when Sun Wukong recruited him.
The fourth chapter of the original work, Sun Wukong followed Taibai to the sky and accepted the reward of the Jade Emperor, but as soon as he reached , Nantianmen , he was turned away. What's going on?
It turns out that the heavenly general who guards the South Heaven Gate prohibits him from entering the Heavenly Court. Sun Wu air rushed to the bullfight and asked Taibai Jinxing: "How did you coax me? You said you came to invite me according to the Jade Emperor's order, but how did you teach these people to block the Heavenly Gate and not let Lao Sun in?"
Taibai Jinxing explained: "Don't calm down. You have never been to this heaven, but you are still nameless. The heavenly Dings have never known you, how could he let you enter without any knowledge? Now that I have seen the Heavenly Lord, I have given the Immortal Record, I have an official name, and I will follow you back, who will stop me?"
Heavenly Court has strict access. Even though Sun Wukong has already cultivated the path of immortality, he has no name in the Heavenly Court, so the generals prohibited him from entering the Heavenly Court.
Even the normal entry into the heavens has a high threshold, let alone the private mortal world? However, after Sun Wukong thought that Bima Wen's official position was too low, he went to the mortal world in anger, but the book read, "The Ding of the Heavenly Heaven knew that he had received the Immortal Record, so he was Bima Wen, so he dared not stop him and asked him to go out of the Heavenly Gate."
Knowing that Sun Wukong is privately in the mortal world, the general guarding the Nantianmen dare not stop him. Is this enough to show that Bimawen's status is not low? It may even be higher than the guardian general of the South Heaven Gate.
Of course, the staff of Bima Supervisory Commission are unlikely to deceive Sun Wukong, so the real situation of Bima Wen may be that the grade is indeed very low, but the power is not low. Therefore, in terms of rank, Bima Wen is indeed a small official; but in terms of power, Bima Wen may be a high official and has a high status in the Heavenly Court. What do you think?
