Speaking of one of the Four Great Classical Novels, Journey to the West, everyone is familiar with it. The four main characters, Tang Monk, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Monk, each have their own unique characteristics, leaving a deep impression on us. The plot of Journey to the West is full of ups and downs and gripping, and it is still fresh in my memory.
The most impressive one among them is undoubtedly the classic fight scene that made the protagonists famous in one battle. For example, when it comes to “causing chaos in the Heavenly Palace”, many people know that Sun Wukong caused chaos in the Heavenly Palace, but in fact, Zhu Bajie also caused chaos in the Heavenly Palace, and the level of heat was no less than that of Sun Wukong. In the entire Journey to the West, it appears four times, except for the famous story of Sun Wukong, there are three more times, but the other three times are all briefly mentioned, especially the story of Marshal Tianpeng, which was eventually covered up in the form of a pink news article.
In the entire Journey to the West, the accidental mention of Zhu Bajie’s past mainly focuses on chapters 19 and 85. In the 19th chapter, there is a description that goes like this: Show off your strength and crash into the Guanghan Palace, where the Wind Fairy comes to meet you. Seeing that his appearance carries one’s soul, the old mundane heart is hard to extinguish. Without any sense of superiority or inferiority, I hold onto Chang’e and want to rest with her. Repeated disobedience makes people unhappy in hiding. Fearless as the sky, screaming like thunder, almost knocking down the Heavenly Pass. The censor reported to the Jade Emperor, and on that day, I considered myself unlucky. Surrounded by the cold and lack of ventilation, it is difficult to escape with no way in or out.
When Zhu Bajie was flirting with Chang’e, he was drunk and disoriented, throwing things around in a chaotic manner. A deafening roar summoned the Heavenly Official and almost knocked down the Heavenly Pass. The “Tian Guan Que” mentioned in Zhu Bajie’s mouth here is actually the Niu Dou Palace mentioned in Chapter 85. The Niudou Palace is a very important palace in the Heavenly Palace, just one step away from the Jade Emperor’s Lingxiao Palace.
‘Shocking down the Bull Fighting Palace’ is equivalent to hitting the doorstep, already threatening the lives of the Jade Emperor and other heavenly officials. But when Sun Wukong was causing chaos in the Heavenly Palace, he actually only hit outside the Lingxiao Palace and was stopped by a duty officer, Wang Lingguan, far from reaching the level of “knocking down the Heavenly Pass” like Zhu Bajie!
Then, in Chapter 85, Zhu Bajie mentioned to the King of Nanshan: ‘The giant mouth fangs have great divine power, and the Jade Emperor has elevated me to Tianpeng Shuai.’. In charge of 80000 soldiers in Tianhe, the Heavenly Palace is happy and comfortable. Just because I was drunk playing palace maids, I sold the hero at that time. I arched my mouth over the bullfighting palace and ate the Lingzhi dish of the Queen Mother.
Here, Zhu Bajie also mentioned his glorious history and added an experience of eating Lingzhi cuisine from the Queen Mother of the West. The Lingzhi cuisine of the Queen Mother of the West is a delicious dish made from fairy herbs such as Lingzhi, which exists like peaches and is specially used to entertain heavyweight guests. It is also a precious treasure. However, under the heavy siege of heavenly soldiers and generals, Zhu Bajie was still able to steal Lingzhi cuisine. You should know that Sun Wukong sneaked into the Peach Garden without anyone guarding him and stole the peaches. The difficulties they faced when stealing food, which one was more difficult and which one was easier, can be imagined.
In addition, both times it is said that when Zhu Bajie was discovered, he did not surrender, but instead caused a big commotion by going crazy with alcohol. When the spirit inspector reported to the Jade Emperor and attracted heavenly soldiers and generals, Zhu Bajie still sold the hero and showed off his power in front of all the fairies, engaging in a fierce battle with the heavenly soldiers and generals. Although the specific fight scenes were not described in detail, it can still be seen that Zhu Bajie was majestic at that time!
From this, it can be seen that compared to Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie is not inferior at all. In terms of their level of destruction, Zhu Bajie’s rampage in the Heavenly Palace is even more explosive than Sun Wukong’s!
