In Journey to the West, Tang Taizong Li Shimin was once hooked by the people of the underworld. But because the judge was asked by someone else. Therefore, it is said that it has increased the longevity of Li Shimin. But this yang shou was not increased in vain, when Li Shimin left, there was such a conversation.
Taizong thanked him again: "When I return to the Yang world, I have nothing to thank, but only to answer the melon and fruit." ”To put it simply, Tang Taizong wanted to give a gift to thank Lord Yan, and Lord Yan said, we have winter melons and watermelons here, but no pumpkins. I hope to be able to send some pumpkins, so the question is, why don't there be pumpkins in the underworld?The Ten Kings said: "I have a lot of watermelons and watermelons, but there are only pumpkins. ”
Taizong said: "I will send it when I go back, that is, I will send it."
Reason 1: Pumpkins are human beings.
First of all, we must understand one point, that is, Li Shimin's status is not low. When he saw the king of Hades, the king of Hades treated him with courtesy. So I immediately thought of the land lord here in Zhenyuan Daxian. once said such a sentence to Sun Wukong.
This treasure is a thing of an earth immortal, and the little god is a ghost immortal, how dare he take it? Even if you smell it, you will not be blessed to hear it.In other words, it does not mean that an immortal can take whatever he wants. There are some things that don't belong to you, and you can't take them, and although Lord Yama says that he is the boss of the underworld, the boss of the underworld is also a ghost. So if the pumpkin is a thing in the world and no one worships it, there is no way for the underworld to get it, so Lord Yama wants people to send it. In this way, Lord Yama will be able to eat pumpkin. By the way, pumpkin is actually very good, whether it is stewed or other ways, it can make this dish very delicious.
Reason 2: This is going to be exquisite.
Let me tell you that this eastern melon is actually a winter melon. This thing originated in China, so there must be one. As for the watermelon, it was transmitted to us in China during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, so the prefecture may have been worshipped for a long time. As for when did this pumpkin come about? In fact, if you go to research, you will find that the time when pumpkins were transmitted to China and the time when the author of Journey to the West wrote his book basically coincided.
In a word, it is very likely that the author found that this thing is only available now, so Lord Yama must not have eaten it. I asked Lord Yama to make such a request, which you can understand as putting the things in your life into the books you wrote. This kind of thing should be very clear to anyone who has written a book, and it should be regarded as a very common way of writing. Without conspiracy theories, this explanation should be the most plausible.
Reason 3: Personally, I don't think it's very reliable.
Actually, I've heard a saying, although it may not be very reliable. It is the thing that Tang Taizong Li Shimin sent to the underworld is a pumpkin. Say we can now see winter melons, watermelons, and pumpkins. There is no pumpkin. Because this thing was sent to the underworld by Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. By the way, there are actually a lot of similarities between pumpkin and pumpkin.
Maybe it's the king of Hades.
With the above reasons, we can basically see that the reason why Lord Yama made such a request is probably because Lord Yama is greedy. After all, the good things I eat, and there is suddenly one more thing in so many worlds, which I have never eaten. Saying that I want to eat more should be a very normal explanation. There is another possibility, according to our modern understanding, this may be the so-called soft broad. After all, pumpkins have just been introduced to China, and many people may not know very well, and now this thing is what Lord Yan wants, and you say you don't want to try it yet.