In the classic masterpiece "Journey to the West", there is such a seemingly inconspicuous "supporting role" character - Tota Li Tianwang. Although this great immortal only has a wishful pagoda, he repeatedly appears in the whole work, and he also plays a pivotal role at critical moments. What is so amazing about his eternally fearful wishful pagoda?
Let's take a look at the origin of the name "Tota Li Heavenly King". According to the description of the original work, when Li Tianwang gave birth to his son Nezha, the child's left palm was printed with the word "which", and the right palm was printed with the word "Zha", so it was given a unique name. And the word "Tuota" is because Li Tianwang always holds a Ruyi golden pagoda and regards it as the treasure of his town, no matter walking, eating, sleeping, he holds it tightly in his hand, and even urinate has to be held with one free hand. Seeing him attach so much importance to this magic weapon, it naturally makes people have endless curiosity about its gods.
As a clone of the kings in the Heavenly Court, Li Tianwang's combat power is actually not to be underestimated. When Sun Wukong made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, none of the gods and Buddhas in the entire Heavenly Court were willing to come forward to fight, and in the end, only Li Tianwang and Nezha resolutely invited Ying, and were appreciated by the Jade Emperor, one was named the "Generalissimo of Demon Suppression", and the other was the "Great God of the Three Altars of the Sea Society". It can be seen that Li Tianwang's courage and brave fighting side.
It's just that Li Tianwang lost again and again when he first came out of the battle, and even his own son Nezha couldn't subdue Sun Wukong. Only then did everyone realize that it turned out that Li Tianwang's strength was indeed insufficient, and he was unable to command the gods of the Heavenly Court to conquer the Monkey King. Fortunately, Tai Bai Xing made suggestions and suggested that Sun Wukong be promoted to Monkey King, which resolved this crisis.
Later, in the second expedition, the Heavenly Court gathered a large number of people, and Li Tianwang finally went out to fight side by side with the Four Heavenly Kings this time, but in the end he was still defeated by Sun Wukong's supernatural powers. If it weren't for Guanyin Bodhisattva's strong recommendation of Erlang Zhenjun to break the game, Sun Wukong might be really difficult to surrender.
Throughout the battle, Li Tianwang used magic weapons such as the Demon Mirror to suppress the demons many times, but he never saw him use the Ruyi Golden Pagoda in his hand. The reason is inseparable from a grudge between him and his biological son Nezha.
It turned out that Nezha was born three days ago and went into trouble and broke into the Crystal Palace, almost causing a big disaster. The Dragon King of the Four Seas was furious and reported the matter to the Jade Emperor, and in order to protect his name and dignity, Li Tianwang did not make a claim, and allowed Nezha to suffer the tragic punishment of "removing the bones and returning the father, cutting the flesh and returning the mother". This ruthless behavior made Nezha bear great resentment. After Nezha was reshaped by the Buddha, he was even more determined to kill his father Li Tianwang with a sense of revenge.
Seeing that the father and son turned against each other, Li Tianwang had no choice but to ask for help from the Buddha. The Buddha patiently persuaded and finally resolved the contradiction between the two with gentle words. Since then, when Li Tianwang dealt with demons, he always took the initiative to hand over the magic weapon to Nezha for use, for fear that he would hurt his own flesh and blood if he missed. Therefore, on the entire road to learn the scriptures, Li Tianwang's precious Ruyi Pagoda has never appeared and has become an "ornament".
Through this tangled grievance between father and son, we can't help but ponder: should a father not care about the life or death of his children in order to preserve his vanity and power? Is it reasonable for a child to be heartbroken and seek revenge? Although "Journey to the West" is a mythological fantasy novel, the family entanglement it shows is also worthy of our modern people's consideration. In contrast, whether the Ruyi Golden Pagoda is magical or not seems to be less important. As the saying goes, "no one is perfect, no one is perfect", the contradiction between Li Tianwang and Nezha highlights that everyone has a balance in their hearts and needs to grasp the balance at all times, which is precisely the key to the tragedy. #头条首发大赛#