Reading the original Journey to the West, we will find that the "poems" in it occupy a large part. For example, when the monkey first saw the Bodhi Patriarch, he used "Dajue Golden Immortal is not dirty, and the Western Wonderful Ancestor Bodhi": describing the identity and appearance of the Bodhi Patriarch, why is the highest level of Taoism Bodhi the appearance of the Buddha of the Western Heavens? Who is Bodhi Ancestor?
Among the many interpretations, there are three main views of the mainstream view, Bodhi Patriarch is the Buddha, Bodhi Patriarch is Taishang Laojun, and Bodhi Patriarch is Bodhi Patriarch.
My understanding is that it is very likely that Bodhi Ancestor is Taishang Laojun, if Bodhi is Rulai, it cannot be explained that Sun Wukong easily stole Taishang Laojun's five gourd gold pills, and the gossip furnace not only cannot be refined but gets the eyes of fire, Bodhi Patriarch talks about Buddha and preaches Confucianism in Yuntai Mountain, if you come to do it, if you come to only talk about Buddha.
If Bodhi is Bodhi, it can't be explained that Bodhi suddenly appeared and disappeared suddenly, and Bodhi's life was only to teach Sun Wukong? The woodcutter said that there are many disciples of the Bodhi Patriarch, but Sun Wukong has almost set foot in the heavenly realm and has never met a fellow disciple, because these words are only spoken by the woodcutter alone.
Therefore, the Bodhi Patriarch came to Xiniu Hezhou to teach **, and the time was definitely not long. From his birth to the havoc in the Heavenly Palace, the Jade Emperor has always paid close attention to him, and the clairvoyance and Shunfeng Ear have been monitoring him.
When the Dragon King and the Hades King sued the Emperor, the Jade Emperor asked Sun Wukong's recent situation, clairvoyance, and Shunfeng Ear said that this monkey broke out of the stone 300 years ago, and I don't know when he cultivated into an immortal in the past few years.
The two gods have a very clear grasp of Sun Wukong's events and experiences 300 years ago, but they don't know Sun Wukong's experience in the past 20 years.
The Jade Emperor, as the ability of the Great Tianzun level, the five elder-level immortals can't do it, even if it is Rulai, it can't go from Dongsheng Shenzhou to Nanganbu Continent, and then to Xiniuhe Continent, blocking Sun Wukong's information all the way.
The only one who can do this, only one of the three Qings and the individual combat ability is off the charts, he led Sun Wukong to Xiniu Hezhou, evolved the three-star cave, taught Sun Wukong to the level of immortals, withdrew the cave, and disappeared from then on.
Lao Jun is the first heart in the world, the patriarch of Taoism, and he founded Hu as a Buddha.
In this world, the Buddha and the Tao can be fused, such as the three families are one, only the Taishang Laojun, such as not at all. The question of the Buddha's true face is not so profound, and there are many withdrawals in the original text.
Therefore, if we assume that Patriarch Bodhi is Taishang Laojun, we will find that the story of Journey to the West is completely based on the assumption that Patriarch Bodhi is Taishang Laojun.
Everything above makes sense.