Controlling,Nesting,and Circulating:The Trading Mysteries in Journey to the West——On the Fallacy of"Game"Theory
Tang Monk's taking scriptures seems like a game,but in essence,it is a trade with the aim of clear-ing the heart and ensuring heavenly peace.Viewing the process of taking the sutras as an event that carries a se-ries of transactions,one can find that its structure is nested,from top to bottom with transactions between the Jade Emperor and the Tathagata,Guanyin as the representation of the Tathagata and Li Shimin,Guanyin as the representation of the Tathagata and Tang Monk and his disciples as well as various specific transactions that occur in the process of taking sutras.By penetrating layer by layer,the essence is a deal between the heaven and heart with the Buddha sect in control.Sun Wukong and demons and other forces outside the Heavenly Palace system retract their indulgent heart in exchange for peace in the Heavenly Palace where the Jade Emperor is located.The heart receives the protection from the heaven and the heaven is supported by the heart.In addition,Tang Monk and his disciples achieved great results,and the Mahayana Buddhism was forever passed down to the East.The unjust souls accumulated in the underworld of the Tang Dynasty were able to transcend and restart the cycle of"human—ghost—human".Except for the demons that were exterminated or suppressed and the humans in-jured by demons,this transaction can be described as each taking what is needed.
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