Many people believe that Bimawen is a rankless official and has a very low status in the heaven. This understanding should come from what the staff of Bima Supervisory Commission said about Sun Wukong .
In the fourth chapter of the original work, after Sun Wukong took office as Bima Wen, he asked the staff of Bima Supervisor: "What kind of official is this official?"
The staff replied: "How many ranks is this? He is a rankless official."
Sun Wukong was overjoyed: "Not rank is that he is the best?"
And unexpectedly, the staff said: "It's not that big, but that small, so small, you can only watch the horse with him. After Sitang Zun took office, he was so attentive that he was fat and only ended up saying good words. If he was a little thin, he would be punished. If he was very injured, he would be punished and punished."
So, is Bima Wen really a rankless official as the staff of Bima Supervisor said?
The facts may be true, but what the staff of Bima Supervisory Commission said is not all the truth. Although Bimawen has a low rank, his status is not low.
First of all, the scale of the Bimajian department is not small. The fourth chapter of the original work reads that after Sun Wukong took office as Bima Wen, he "had gathered the chief of the supervisor, deputy supervisor, diary, strong men, and officials of all sizes in the prison." Bimawen actually has so many subordinates, which shows that he has a great power.
Secondly, Sun Wukong later thought Bima Wen was too low, so he was angry and left the mortal world privately. When he passed Nantianmen , the book reads, "All the heavens knew that he had received the immortal record, and he was a Bima Wen. He dared not stop him, so he let him go out of the Tianmen." Just imagine, if Bima Wen was an insignificant little character, how could the general guarding the Nantianmen dare not stop Sun Wukong from going to the Tianmen?
Bima Supervisory staff, that is, Sun Wukong's subordinates, said it as if Bima Wen was a servant who raises horses, which is completely inconsistent with the facts.
If Bimawen is just a servant who raises horses, what should those supervisors, supervisors, and dictators do? Is it even worse than a servant? But the book clearly calls them "officials of all sizes".
Speaking of this, everyone must be very curious. Since Bimawen’s status is not low, why do his subordinates deceive Sun Wukong? The reason is actually very simple. We can see the clues from the words of Tathagata.
The seventh chapter of the original work, Sun Wukong made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace and rushed towards the Lingxiao Palace. Jade Emperor quickly sent someone to Lingshan to suppress it. When Tathagata saw Sun Wukong, he learned that he wanted to usurp the throne of the Jade Emperor, and immediately warned him: "How can you, the beast who was a human in his first life, make such a big statement! Don't be a Son of Man! Don't be a Son of Man! Make your life aside! Convert as soon as possible, don't talk nonsense! But you may be poisoned and your life will be stopped in an instant, which is a pity for your true face!"
What Tathagata means is that Sun Wukong should not think that you have tortured the Heavenly Court to the point of being uneasy, but you really have the ability to usurp the Jade Emperor's throne. There are still many masters in the Heavenly Court that have not taken action. The reason why they don’t take action is just to treat you as a pawn, letting you make trouble for the Heavenly Palace and kill the Jade Emperor’s authority. But they will never tolerate a monkey being the Jade Emperor. Once you, Sun Wukong, usurp the throne, they will definitely not sit idly by.
This is not difficult to understand why his subordinates deceived Sun Wukong. The great god of Heaven cannot tolerate a monkey being the Jade Emperor. Could it be that the staff of Bima Supervisory are willing to be led by a monkey? Therefore, they deliberately said Bimawen to be humble, with the purpose of angering Sun Wukong and let him leave. What do you think?
