The Journey to the West, the first chapter

The original title of the first chapter of Journey to the West is: spiritual root is the source of pregnancy, and spiritual practice is great. The original text is as follows:

This is a fairy tale. It is said that a long time ago, the world was divided into Dongsheng Shenzhou, Xi Niuhe Prefecture, southern Yuzhou and northern Yuzhou. In Ole, Dongsheng, China, there is a flower and fruit mountain. There is a fairy stone on the mountain. One day, the fairy stone cracked and an egg rolled out of the stone. An egg turns into a stone monkey when it sees the wind. The monkey's eyes shot golden light and worshipped in all directions.

This monkey can walk and run. Drink some spring water from the mountain stream when you are thirsty, and eat some fruit from the mountain when you are hungry. I had a good time with the animals in the mountains all day. One day, it was very hot. In order to avoid the hot weather, the monkeys ran to the mountain stream to take a bath. When they saw the spring running, they followed the stream to find its source.

The monkeys climbed and climbed until the end, but they saw a waterfall, which seemed to fall from the sky. The monkeys said in surprise, "whoever dares to enter the waterfall and find out the source of the spring water without harming health will worship him as king." After shouting three times, the stone monkey jumped out and shouted, "I'll go in, I'll go in!" " "

The stone monkey closed his eyes and jumped into the waterfall. He doesn't feel like he is in the water. Then he opened his eyes and looked around. He found himself standing on an iron bridge. The water under the bridge runs between the stone openings and flows upside down, covering the bridge door so that people outside can't see it. The stone monkey crossed the bridge and found that it was really a good place, with a stone chair, a bed, a basin and a bowl. ?

It seems that someone lived here not long ago. Natural houses are quiet and tidy. Pots and pans are neatly placed on the stove. There is a stone tablet in the middle, which reads: Huaguo Mountain is a blessed land, and water curtain cave is a cave. The stone monkey was so happy that he turned away and jumped out of the hole with a whoosh.

When the monkeys saw the stone monkey coming out, they were not hurt at all. Surprised and delighted, they surrounded him and tried to ask him about it. The stone monkey scratched his cheek and tickled. He smiled and said to everyone, "There is no water in it. This is a good place to live. When it is windy, we have a place to hide, and we are not afraid of heavy rain. " Hearing this, the monkeys jumped and jumped with joy.

The monkeys followed the stone monkey across the waterfall and entered water curtain cave. When they saw so many good things, they scrambled for them one by one, grabbing pots, bowls, bowls, occupying the kitchen, fighting for beds and moving around until they were exhausted. The monkeys kept their promise and worshipped the stone monkey as king. Since then, the stone monkey has ascended the throne, omitting the stone character and calling himself the "Monkey King".

The Monkey King takes the monkeys around the mountains every day, and soon three or five hundred years have passed. One day, while playing, the Monkey King couldn't help crying when he thought that he was bound to die in the future. At this time, a back monkey jumped out of the group of monkeys and said, "If your king wants to live forever, he must learn from Buddhism, immortals and gods."

The Monkey King decided to travel all over the world, but also to find immortals and learn their skills. The next day, the monkeys made a raft for him, and prepared some wild fruits, so the Monkey King said goodbye to the monkeys and walked to the sea in Wang Yang on the raft alone.

Probably because the Monkey King was lucky, the southeast wind for several days sent him to the northwest coast. He got off the raft and landed on the shore. He saw many people working on the shore, some catching fish, some catching geese in the sky, some digging clams and some panning for salt. He walked over quietly. Unexpectedly, they were scared to throw things away and run for their lives everywhere.

On this day, he came to a high mountain, and suddenly a wonderful song came from the Woods halfway up the mountain, singing some words about becoming immortal. The Monkey King thought the singer must be a fairy, so he followed the song.

The singer is a young man chopping wood in the Woods. The Monkey King learned from the young population that this mountain is called Lingtai Square Hill. Seven or eight miles away from here, there is a moon-slanting three-star cave, where a fairy named Bodhi Zushi lives.

The Monkey King bid farewell to the young woodcutter, walked out of the Woods and walked across the hillside. Sure enough, he saw a cave in the distance, the door of which was closed. On the hill opposite the cave gate stands a stone tablet, about three feet high and eight feet wide, with ten characters written on it: "Three-star Cave on the slanting moon on the square inch hill of Lingtai". While watching, the door suddenly opened and a fairy-like boy came out.

The Monkey King hurried forward, bowed deeply and explained his purpose. Fairy boy said, "My master was about to preach when he called me out to open the door and said there was a disciple outside, so it was you! Come with me! " The Monkey King hurriedly adjusted her clothes, respectfully followed Fairchild into the cave, and came to the altar where the ancestors preached.

The Monkey King saw Bodhi founder sitting on the stage, with more than 30 fairies standing on both sides of the stage, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed. The patriarch was glad to know his purpose. Seeing that he had no name, he said, "Just call him Wukong!"

The Monkey King, the founder, met all the senior brothers again and found a vacant room for Wukong to live in. From then on, Wukong and his brothers studied common sense of life, paid attention to classics, wrote books and burned incense, and did some sweeping and fetching water in their spare time.

Seven years passed quickly. One day, after his sermon, the founder asked Wukong what skills he wanted to learn. The Monkey King, no matter what his ancestors said, prayed to God and prayed to Buddha for meditation. As long as he could not live forever, he was unwilling to learn. Bodhi was very angry about this.

The ancestor jumped down from the high platform and pointed to the Monkey King with a ruler in his hand and said, "You monkey, don't learn this, don't learn that. What do you want to learn? " With that, he went over and hit Wukong on the head three times. He put his hands behind his back, went back to the back room and closed the door. When the two brothers saw that Master was angry, they were afraid and blamed the Monkey King.

The Monkey King was neither afraid nor angry, but he was very happy. That night, Wukong pretended to be asleep, but in the middle of the night, he got up quietly, went out from the front door, waited until midnight and went around to the back door. When he saw the door half open and half closed, he was so happy that he thought, "Haha, I didn't guess Master wrong."

The Monkey King went in and saw his father sleeping with his face inward. He knelt in front of the bed and said, "Master, I am kneeling here waiting for you!" " When the ancestors heard the sound, they got up and sat cross-legged and asked the Monkey King sternly what he was doing here. Wukong said, "Didn't master promise me to come in through the back door at night and teach me the art of immortality in front of everyone?"

Bodhi was very happy to hear that. I thought to myself, "This monkey is really made in the sky and underground. Otherwise, how can I guess my dark mystery?" So, let the Monkey King kneel before the bed and teach him the magic of immortality. The Monkey King listened attentively, understood attentively, remembered the formula firmly, and kowtowed to thank his father for his kindness.

Three years passed quickly, and the founder taught the Monkey King seventy-two magic tricks and the ability to ride a somersault cloud. After learning this skill, a somersault can turn 108 thousand Li. The Monkey King is a monkey. He likes to jump, so it's easy to learn somersault cloud.

One summer, the Monkey King and his brothers played in front of the cave. Everyone asked the Monkey King to change something. The Monkey King was very happy, proudly read a spell and turned into a big tree. When the two brothers met, they applauded him.

Everyone's noise was heard by Bodhi's father. He came out on crutches and asked, "Who's making trouble? Why do you shout like a monk? " Everyone quickly stopped laughing, and the Monkey King returned to her original state, explaining to Master and asking for forgiveness.

Bodhi was very angry when he saw that the Monkey King had just learned some skills and was still showing off. The founder told others to leave, taught Wukong a good lesson, and tried to get rid of the Monkey King. The Monkey King was in a hurry. He begged his father not to drive him away, but he refused to leave him and asked him to swear that at no time can the Monkey King be said to be a disciple of Bodhi's father.