When the Monkey King Kubote's father taught him the way to live forever, he said, "There is no Liu Er here, only one disciple. I hope that Master will be merciful and teach me the way of eternal life, and I will never forget your kindness! "
Then the question comes: Why did the Monkey King emphasize to Master that there was no Liu Er here? Are you really afraid of Liu Er's monkey eavesdropping?
To answer this question, let's first analyze the skills of Liu Er's macaque.
As we all know, Liu Er's macaque is good at listening to sounds, being able to observe reason, and knowing the past and the future.
What is "good listening"? Tathagata went on to explain: "This monkey can know things thousands of miles away when standing in one place, even ordinary people can know when they talk."
Since Liu Ermacaque can eavesdrop on other people's whispers when standing thousands of miles away, isn't it the same with Liu Ermacaque in Bodhi's room?
How far is it to travel a thousand miles west to the world? The Jade Emperor of Heaven has clairvoyance and ears. Standing in the south gate of heaven, they can clearly know what happened in Huaguo Mountain.
The sky is in nine days, the Huaguoshan is on earth, one in the sky and one in the world, thousands of miles away. It can be seen that whenever there is a species like Liu Er Macaque, there is nothing he can't eavesdrop on.
Perhaps, there are people who disagree. They think that the Monkey King may mean that he knows that Liu Er's macaque is not thousands of miles away.
Pig Bajie spoke ill of the Monkey King on his way to Huaguoshan, and the Monkey King sent monkeys from Huaguoshan to follow and eavesdrop all the way, deceiving Pig Bajie into having ears. Pig Bajie didn't believe it at all, thinking that the Monkey King had become a bee and a fly followed him and overheard it.
There is also a story about the meditation of the Four Saints. Pig Bajie called Li Shan's mother, and the Monkey King became a bug.
The same change followed the plot of eavesdropping, which happened once in Lianhua Cave in Pingdingshan. The Monkey King asked Pig Bajie to patrol the mountains and explore the way, fearing that he would be lazy, and used change tracking again.
Visible, the Monkey King's ears don't work. If there is a clairvoyance among the four disciples, it belongs to Tang Priest, and definitely not to the Monkey King. So there is no way for the Monkey King to know if there are Liu Er macaques thousands of miles away.
And if the word "Liu Er" mentioned by the Monkey King really refers to Liu Er's macaque, how could he not know that Liu Er's macaque has magical power to listen to sounds and swear that no one is eavesdropping? How could he not know who the fake Wukong is?
It can be seen that the Monkey King emphasized to Master Bodhi that there was no Liu Er here, not because he was afraid that Liu Er's macaques would eavesdrop-steal the teacher, but because he had another meaning.
Jiang Zi once said that of the "six children" here, only "six" is a notional word, and "er" is an auxiliary word and a function word. "Six roots" means "six roots" and "six thieves" and refers to the six desires of the human body.
Don't believe it? What do you say about Bodhi's teaching the Monkey King how to become an immortal? "This is a wonderful trick to show your secrets and wit. Cherish your life, there is nothing else to say. "
Only by getting rid of evil thoughts, not seeing colors with eyes, listening to sounds with ears, smelling fragrance with nose, tasting taste with tongue, not knowing whether it is cold or hot, and not thinking about it, is the way to keep healthy and live forever.