In The Journey to the West's story, the Monkey King became the Great Sage of Qitian as he wished, and later he got a fat job-watching the official flat peach garden!
However, in spite of this, the Monkey King was still not satisfied, and continued to make trouble. Not only did he steal all the old trees and peaches in the Flat Peach Garden, but he also disrupted the Flat Peach Club, even stole the alchemy of the Taishang Laojun, and finally stole wine to enjoy with the monkeys in Huaguoshan.
the Monkey King, who caused a great disaster, couldn't help himself when he saw 1, heavenly soldiers. In the end, he made a big fuss in Heaven and wanted to sit in the dragon chair of the Jade Emperor.
Finally, the Jade Emperor sent someone to the Western Heaven Lingshan to ask the Tathagata to rescue the driver and collect the demon monkey. In the end, as we all know, the Monkey King was trapped under the Five Elements Mountain and served 5 years in prison.
Then the question comes: Why didn't the Jade Emperor invite the Buddha of Yuan Shi or Zhenyuanzi to deal with the Monkey King, but he went far and near to invite the Tathagata of Buddhism?
In most people's consciousness, the Jade Emperor is a Taoist deity, belonging to one of the four emperors. The Buddha and Zhenyuanzi are both Taoist deities, while the Tathagata belongs to Buddhist figures.
You know, in Wuzhuangguan, the Monkey King's three brothers joined hands, but they couldn't reach a prop of Zhenyuan Daxian to drive away flies.
Zhenyuanzi, the ancestor of the fairy, killed the Monkey King in minutes. With one trick in his sleeve, he could capture the Monkey King alive at any time.
As for the Buddha at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, it was the first of the Three Qing Dynasties, the supreme Taoist, and its strength was enough to kill the Monkey King. Moreover, the Buddha was in heaven. Why didn't the Jade Emperor ask the Buddha to surrender the Monkey King?
Tathagata is a Buddhist figure, and his clothes are different from those of Taoism. Moreover, geographically, the Jade Emperor is in the Lingxiao Hall of the Southern Tianmen, while Tathagata is in the West Tianling Mountain, and the distance is the farthest. Why should he ask Tathagata for help?
Why did the Jade Emperor invite the Buddhist Tathagata instead of the Taoist Yuanshi Tianzun or Zhenyuanzi to deal with the Monkey King? In fact, there are several misunderstandings!
First of all, in the Westward Journey to the World, the Jade Emperor is not a Taoist figure, he is the Lord of the Three Realms, and the Tathagata is also the servant of the Jade Emperor.
Therefore, although the Jade Emperor asked the Tathagata to rescue him, the word "please" was still a polite expression, and its essence was "announcement"!
Secondly, the Monkey King didn't even break into the door of Lingxiao Hall, so he didn't threaten the Jade Emperor at all. The Jade Emperor was not afraid of the Monkey King, but he was too noisy and surrendered to the Monkey King, in no hurry.
In The Journey to the West's story, the Jade Emperor turned to the Tathagata, one of the five elders in heaven, to refine the demons and subdue the demons, instead of looking for the original Buddha or Zhenyuanzi of Taoism, because the Tathagata was one of the five elders in heaven and subdued the Monkey King. The Tathagata was at the right level, but it was not the turn of the original Buddha or Zhenyuanzi to make moves.