The truth behind the demon king of the mixed world How does Wu Chengen evaluate the owner of the wat

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-01-31

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Wu Chengen's face to the water dirty cave lord or the demon king of the world?

Who is the real "Demon King of the Mixed World"?

In the second episode of "Journey to the West", the demon king of the Kanyuan Mountain and Water Dirty Cave is the first monster to appear in the whole story of "Journey to the West". In Wu Chengen's pen, in addition to the name of the Demon King of the Mixed World sounding a little fierce, the overall image does not seem to be as fierce as imagined, and even a little bit of justice. The trial analysis is as follows:

1. The living environment is elegant and peaceful.

The demon king of the mixed world lives in the dirty cave of Kanyuan Mountain, with a pen peak standing upright, and a deep winding stream;There are flowers and trees to compete for strangeness, and there are pine fences and greens;There are dragons and they are skilled and tamed, and there are tigers that are mediocre;There are iron oxen to cultivate, and there is a rich harvest;There are ghosts singing birds, and there are danfeng rising sun. These scenes are roughly the same as the fairy mountain fairyland, and there are not many fierce demon signs. Think about it, how could a complete demon manage the place where he lives so elegantly and beautifully?

Second, the management of subordinates is relaxed.

When the Monkey King found the water dirty cave with a lot of anger, he saw several little demons dancing at the entrance of the cave. Just imagine, the little demon who can sing and dance in daily life and entertain happily shows that the demon king of the mixed world is not too "mixed", not too "demonic", not too harsh, and not too cruel. From this detail, it can be seen that the Demon King of the Mixed World usually has loose requirements for his subordinates, and gets along with his subordinates in a friendly and peaceful manner.

3. Hear the change and deal with it in an orderly manner.

After hearing the little demon's report that the Monkey King had come to seek revenge, the Demon King of the Mixed World did not panic, but methodically inquired about the specific situation, learned about the Monkey King's dress, and asked about the equipment he was carrying, so as to make a decision. The word "laugh" shows that the demon king of the mixed world is full of confidence, knows himself and his opponent, has no fear of emergencies, and does not mess with himself.

Fourth, the image is heroic and generous.

In Wu Chengen's pen, the image description of the demon king of the mixed world is mostly a positive praise, and he is a heroic and tall cave master. He was neatly draped, majestic and mighty. In particular, several praise words such as "reflecting the sun", "majestic as a general", and "Lei Luo" are used on a demon king, which shows that the demon king in the author's pen has its own praiseworthy side.

Fifth, a fair duel between friend and foe.

When fighting against Sun Wukong, the Demon King of the Mixed World saw that Sun Wukong was thin and had no weapon in his hand, so he put down the weapon in his hand and duel with the Monkey King with the same bare hands. This shows that he did not play the power of bullying the small with the big and the weak with the strong. In the whole "Journey to the West", how many monsters are like this?

Sixth, keep to oneself and do not harm others.

In addition to wanting to occupy the Huaguo Mountain Water Curtain Cave, the Demon King of the Mixed World has not done anything bad about eating people and killing people. He caught a group of monkeys from Huaguo Mountain to the water dirty hole, and did not harm them, let alone kill all the monkeys he caught. On the contrary, the Monkey King came to regain the revenge of the cave bullying monkeys, but he exterminated all the demons in the water and dirty cave and set fire to the cave. Reading this, I not only have to ask, who is the outright demon king of the mixed world?

Perhaps, the fate of the Demon King of the Mixed World is determined by his character. Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West" may sometimes have to be read in reverse like "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai", "Cow ghosts, snake gods are more cute than righteous men and gentlemen".

It should also be read in reverse like "Dream of Red Mansions", "when the fake is true, the truth is also false". Otherwise, in the whole "Journey to the West", the monsters with relationships and origins can be exempted from death and punishment, and the monsters with no relationship and origins, even if they don't do bad things, will not escape death.

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