Zhu Bajie, a character in Journey to the West. Wu Neng, whose name is Tang Seng, is the second disciple of Tang Monk. He was originally the Tianpeng Marshal of the Jade Emperor. He was expelled from heaven for molesting Chang'e and was reincarnated in the human world. However, he was mistakenly reincarnated into a pig fetus with a face similar to that of a pig. He can transform, fly into the clouds, and ride on the mist, and the weapon he uses is a nine-tooth rake.
Tang Monk went to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures and passed by Yunzhan Cave. Zhu Bajie was subdued by Sun Wukong. Bajie has a gentle personality, is honest and simple, and has great strength, but he is also lazy, loves to take advantage of small things, and covets women. He is often fascinated by the beauty of monsters, and it is difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
He obeyed his senior brother's words, was loyal to his master, and made great contributions to Monk Tang's pilgrimage to the West. He was a comic character who was loved and sympathized with by people.
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Previous life: Marshal Tianpeng, a deity in Taoist mythology and one of the Four Saints of the North Pole, a Taoist protector. At least he is at the level of a general, which is considered a very high level within the system. Anyone who can be invited by the Queen Mother to participate in the Peach Fair is a god with a head and status
IQ: In the entire Journey to the West team, he is definitely the pistachio in the team, and the person Tang Monk trusts the most. There is always a way out when doing things, unlike monkeys who like to kill monsters with a stick
Weapon: Nine-tooth palladium nail. Don't underestimate this weapon. It is a higher level than Sun Wukong's Golden Cudgel, and it was also made by Taishang Laojun himself.
Ability: Bajie has an ability that is unique in the Three Realms. That is, he is not afraid of Ruoshui. What is Ruoshui? Have you ever heard that there are three thousand pieces of weak water, but only one scoop is taken? That's what it means. In myths and legends, it is a kind of water that can destroy both human form and spirit. Only Bajie was safe and sound inside, so when he was Marshal Tianpeng, he commanded a hundred thousand naval troops. When he and the Jade Emperor fought against the Three Realms in the early days, he made great contributions, so he was given the nine-tooth nail palladium.
Spells: Throughout Journey to the West, Bajie feels like he has been serving as a foil to Sun Wukong. Whether it's fighting monsters or doing everyday things. In fact, he has a magic that even Sun Wukong doesn't know. It is the Thirty-Six Transformations, although it is half less than the Seventy-two Transformations. But the level is much higher.
This skill is actually something Bajie knows. When he collected Bajie, the original text said: The strange man smiled and said: "Asleep! Asleep! Don't ignore him! I have the change of Tiangang number, nine What kind of magician, monk or Taoist priest are you afraid of? Even if you are pious and ask me to go down to the lower realm of Jiutiandang Demon Patriarch, I have also met him, and he would not dare to do anything to me."
The image of Zhu Bajie is of contemporary significance. In "Journey to the West", Zhu Bajie is not used to and does not like the ascetic life of traveling around for a long time. He protects the monks and obtains Buddhist scriptures out of helplessness.
When encountering disasters on the way westward, they are always the first to retreat, want to break up the gang, sell their luggage, and clamor to return to Gaolaozhuang to be their son-in-law and live farming. This kind of returning to the land, missing their homeland, and longing to settle down The mood of life is also the typical peasant consciousness and psychology that have been attached to the land for a long time.
It can be said that Zhu Bajie is a typical incarnation of the working people from the countryside. He has a stubborn conservative mentality developed by guarding the land. He is in opposition to God, Taoism and Buddha, and embodies the ordinary labor spirit. people’s life aspirations. Zhu Bajie's greed for money, lust, and selfishness also reflects the accumulation of lustful and good-selling thoughts in Ming Dynasty society. It reflects the consciousness characteristics of small producers and citizens at that time, and has the ideological characteristics of that era.
Zhu Bajie acts spontaneously and expresses his personality. His natural nature comes from the fact that he is a representative ordinary person; an ordinary person who abides by his duties, and an ordinary person who is reluctant and always retreats; As an object that can be easily ridiculed and ridiculed by officials and ordinary people, it is an image that comes from within the people and contains the strengths and weaknesses of all living beings. Therefore, it has contemporary significance to cater to popular culture.
For example, some folk sayings: "Zhu Bajie carries his wife on his back - thankless effort"; "Zhu Bajie plays with a rake - he knows how to do it"; "Zhu Bajie picks out his ears - there is something inside". Several modern movies have also emerged. Film and television products about Zhu Bajie, such as "Spring Splendid Zhu Bajie", "Lucky Stars Shine Zhu Bajie", etc.
The reason why Zhu Bajie is so popular in contemporary popular culture circles is mainly related to his affinity and the spiritual needs of today's people. Therefore, in contemporary society, the image of Zhu Bajie has universal significance.