Hoop curse(jǐn gū zhòu)

Hoop curse

Tight hoop Mantra (pronounced J ǐ ng ū zh ò U) first appeared in four Chinese literary novels journey to the West. The mantra used by the Tang monk to subdue the monkey king can make the tight hoop on the monkey king's head shrink and cause headache. It is used to refer to something that binds people.

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Pronunciation: J ǐ ng ū zh ò u interpretation: in the novel Journey to the west, the mantra used by the Tang monk to subdue the monkey king can make the hoop on the monkey king's head shrink and cause headache. It is used to refer to something that binds people.

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In the eighth chapter of Wu Chengen's journey to the west, the Tathagata took out three hoops and handed them to the Bodhisattva, saying, "this treasure can be called a tight hoop. Although it is the same three, but only with different, I have three jinjinjinjin mantra. If you run into a demon with great powers on the road, you must persuade him to learn well and become an apprentice with the man who learns from the Scriptures. If he doesn't give in, he can put the hoop on his head and see the root of the flesh. If you recite it according to the mantra you use, your eyes will swell and your head will crack. Discipline him to come into our door. " The fourteenth chapter of Wu Chengen's journey to the West: "I still have a mantra there. It's called" mind setting mantra ", also known as" tight hoop mantra ". You can recite it in secret, keep it in mind, and don't let anyone know." What's the reason why the monkey king was put on a tight hoop? Guanyin sent the Tang Monk something to cure the monkey king. There were clothes and a tight hoop curse in it. The monkey king was active. He asked the Tang Monk what was inside. The Tang Monk lied to him that it was his childhood clothes, so the monkey king put on it.

Extended meaning

Sun Jibin, a cultural scholar, extended his concept in his book the Chinese people's Curse: in journey to the west, there are two monkey kings. They are two as like as two peas, and the same size and personality. However, if a monkey king wants to live a long life, he will go to hell to change his book of life and death; if he wants weapons, he will go to Dragon King to ask for golden cudgel; if he is not happy, he will go home and be at ease; if you come to ask for a crime, I will make trouble in heaven. The other monkey king wanted to learn scriptures, but he didn't go to the Buddha to ask for scriptures. When his apprentice was unhappy, he didn't go home to enjoy himself. Several times, his apprentices were tied up to eat, and they didn't dare to kill the goblins, and they didn't dare to pursue the goblins Is the monkey king on Huaguo Mountain really the same as the monkey king on the way to Sutra? it's one! why is the contrast so great? Tight hoop curse! The monkey king on Huaguo Mountain does not have a hoop curse. The monkey king on the way to the Sutra has a hoop curse. Hoop curse is the basic spiritual and cultural characteristics of a civilization, and it is the values solidified in the mind of every civilized individual. This kind of solidification is formed through the humanistic education of civilization, and is the product of acquired spiritual taming. It is necessary for the formation of a civilized society. The significance of "tight hoop curse" lies in the guidance and integration of human primitive vitality. What is "primitive vitality"? Primitive vitality is the natural function that can make the individual completely under the control of his power. It is irrational in nature, so in the dualism of "angel and devil", it is often equated with "devil". The fundamental characteristic of primitive vitality is determined by its inherent paradox, that is, it has potential creativity, but at the same time it also has potential destructiveness. For example, the monkey king's self-defense in the peach garden, his self-reliance as king in Huaguo Mountain, and the havoc in heaven. Guanyin Bodhisattva puts a "hoop curse" on monkey king to guide his thought, use rationality to manipulate and guide the irrational factors on the monkey, force him to accept civilized enlightenment, so as to eliminate his primitive wildness and promote his "humanization" and "socialization", so that he can integrate into the civilized society. The image of "tight hoop curse" reveals the great role of culture in the formation of "human". In the history of the development of human civilization, it is necessary and necessary to accept humanistic education, that is, "tight hoop", and the formation of tight hoop curse is also necessary and inevitable. This is the guarantee of the existence of civilization, the premise of the development of civilization, and the only way for people to be "people". What are the differences between children and adults? Adult means the taming of human's original vitality and marks the completion of "humanization" and "socialization". When did the child grow up? When the hoop curse is formed! For example, there are two Monkey King, the first is the children's version of Monkey King, and the second is the adult version of Monkey King.

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