(Snail Watch Journey to the West Issue 3108)
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Everyone knows that in Journey to the West, Jade Emperor Laoerdai Representing the highest power in the entire Three Realms, everything must be decided by his old man. However, in the 86 version of Journey to the West, the Jade Emperor was portrayed as a coward who is as timid as a mouse and loves to eat soft food. It is precisely because In this way, many people naturally despised Comrade Jade Emperor.
In fact, in the original work, Sun Wukong failed to even step into the Jade Emperor's chamber, and was stopped at the door by the security guard Wang Lingguan . Feeling that the noise was too loud, the Jade Emperor wrote a small note and asked Tathagata to come over and deal with it. After Tathagata came, he used a gambling game to pin Sun Wukong under the Five Elements Mountain.
Then why did Sun Wukong go to heaven to cause trouble on a whim when he was in good condition? In fact, the main problem lies with the Jade Emperor. You said, you know that Wukong is a greedy monkey, but you still let him guard the peach garden. Isn't this asking the tiger to guard the sheep?
clearly understands Sun Wukong's personality, but he didn't invite anyone to the Peach Party . Isn't it clear that he wants to cause trouble?
Some people think that the Jade Emperor really wants to cause trouble!
As time goes by, more and more gods are practicing Taoism, but the resources of heaven are always limited. When the number of gods reaches a certain value, heaven will inevitably be short of resources and great conflicts will inevitably arise. If this contradiction continues to develop, war may break out in heaven, and at that time, the three realms will lose control. As the Lord of the Three Realms, the Jade Emperor did not want to see this happen.
For this reason, the Jade Emperor adjusted the rules of the Three Realms. Immortals can live forever, but they cannot live forever. They also have a lifespan limit. If you want to live longer, in addition to continuous cultivation, you have to eat the flat peaches from the Queen Mother.
However, the number of peach trees in the garden is fixed, and the number of peaches produced is also limited. In order to control the population of heaven, the Jade Emperor came up with a way to deliberately place Sun Wukong's Monkey King's Palace in the peach garden and let monkeys see the peaches. In the end, Sun Wukong did not disappoint him. Not only did he eat many peaches, he also ruined the Peach Conference that year.
Without Taozi, this conference may not be held within a few years, and those gods with lower cultivation levels may not be able to survive this disaster. In this way, the effect of reducing the population and improving quality will be achieved. Because Sun Wukong did this, if the gods were to blame, they could not blame the Jade Emperor.
Of course, the above is just a conspiracy theory. What is the real reason for
? The Jade Emperor placed Monkey King Qitian's Palace beside the Peach Garden, which was actually a test for him. If you don’t believe it, please see that there are two departments in the Great Holy Palace. What are they called? One is called Anjingsi and the other is called Ningshensi. This is actually an expectation the Jade Emperor has for him.
It is natural for monkeys to eat peaches, but as a god in heaven, if you cannot control your own nature, you are not worthy of being a god. For example, Tieguai Li loved to drink, so he was demoted to heaven for a while. When Sun Wukong was a demon monkey, he could do whatever he wanted, but when he became the Monkey King and an official in heaven, he had to overcome this shortcoming.
However, Sun Wukong didn't care about this, and he didn't think about why the Jade Emperor built his building next to the Peach Garden, and why he made himself the director of the Peach Garden. He should eat and drink when he should, and eventually he would be punished for causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace.
We often say that without rules, it is difficult to achieve perfection, and the same is true for the gods in the sky. In fact, the Jade Emperor did nothing wrong. I believe that Sun Wukong might do the same thing when he becomes the Jade Emperor. If no regulations are introduced and the gods are allowed to run wild, the reputation of Heaven may soon become bad, and gods from other places may destroy them.
Go to the "Snail Watch Journey to the West" official account, and you can see the related article "The Great Sage Qitian was actually sealed by two ghost kings to Sun Wukong?" 》
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