In the story of "Three Dozen White Bone Spirits" in "Journey to the West", after Wukong beat the goblin to death, a strange thing happened - people turned into a pile of skeletons as soon as they died, and there was a line of words on the backbone, called "Lady White Bones". Who will engrave the name on the backbone?Combining two very different words, "white bones" and "lady", what kind of signal does the author want to convey to us?
The name "Lady of the Bones" came after the death of the elves. As the name suggests, this name is not used while alive. What kind of name is used after death?- The only answer is a nickname. This kind of nickname is mostly used in ancient emperors, after the death of the emperor, descendants according to his life deeds or praise or depreciation of the evaluation, roughly divided into three levels, such as Tang Taizong Li Shimin called "Tang Wendi", is to affirm his life of martial arts, belongs to the category of beauty. Most of the words are sympathetic, for example, "King Chu Huai's "Huai" is an expression of "benevolence and short-term folds". The worst is the evil slander, such as the "Li" of King Zhou Li, which means that he was arrogant and had no relatives when he was alive, and killed innocents indiscriminately. Comparing this criterion, "Lady Bones" obviously belongs to the category of evil.
What kind of evil deeds did the White Bone Spirit do that led to such notoriety after death?First of all, the purpose of Bai Gujing's arrest of Tang Seng was to eat Tang Seng's meat, and the motive for committing the crime was impure. The second is that the means are extremely bad. There are many times of cheating, and the white bone spirit plays Tang Sanzang three times, and there is a momentum that can't catch Tang Seng and vow not to give up. The most disgusting thing is that the fragrant rice she brought to the monk turned out to be maggots, frogs, and toads. Finally, the consequences are severe. The good master-apprentice relationship was separated by her, causing Tang Seng to hate the Monkey King and relegate him back to Huaguo Mountain. Based on what the White Bone Spirit did before his death, it is undoubtedly appropriate to posthumously be named "Lady of the White Bones" after his death.
What kind of inspiration does the name "Lady of the Bones" leave us?First of all, since "Lady Bones" is a nickname, it means that he is no longer human. This is related to another plot - when the practitioner hears ** say "only you are a human being, then Wu Neng and Wu Jing are not human beings", he can't help but be miserable, because when the two junior brothers were scolded by the senior brother, one added oil and vinegar, and the other stayed out of the matter, without any benevolence, so the great sage thought that they were "not human" or unworthy of being human. Later, when Bajie promised to ask his senior brother to come back to save **, and was worried that he would be beaten, Xiao Bailong mentioned that the great sage was a "benevolent and righteous monkey king". Putting these signals together, it is natural to come to the conclusion - "Lady of the White Bones" is a metaphor for the unkind and unrighteous person, and the name is printed on the backbone, which means that he has been scolded by thousands of people and will never be able to turn over!