Journey to the West recruitment case analysis

According to the original text of Journey to the West, and based on modern thinking, Guanyin Bodhisattva wants Wukong, Bajie, Sha Seng and Bailong to be Tang Monk's bodyguards or means of transportation. In return for studying the sutras, Guanyin Bodhisattva introduced or paid them in advance before starting to study the sutras, as follows:

Sha Seng - Guanyin said "return to your duties" (later this sentence was not realized, it was not the duty volume) The general behind the curtain is an Arhat with a golden body), "Teach the flying sword not to pierce you" (Sha Monk was ordered by the Jade Emperor to stab him more than a hundred times a week with flying swords because he broke a glass lamp).

Bajie ——Guanyin said, "If you are willing to take refuge in Zhengguo, you will have a place to maintain your health." (It means that there will be an abundance of food, so that Bajie, the delicious ghost, can eat as much as he wants)

Bailong—— Guanyin asked the Jade Emperor to let go of the white dragon who was about to be executed (his temporary initiative caused the white dragon to carry him for fourteen years).

Wukong - Guanyin asked Tang Monk to lift off the Five Elements Mountain that was holding Wukong down. (Guanyin only mentioned this matter to Wukong, but did not tell Tang Monk that he wanted to save Wukong. When Tang Monk arrived at Five Elements Mountain, Wukong personally repeated the story of the future. This may be because Guanyin thought that Wukong had been imprisoned for more than five hundred years and was imprisoned for more than five hundred years. If you are so restrained that you go crazy, you will definitely take the initiative to say it)

Guanyin has three projects in advance: to prevent the Jade Emperor's flying sword from continuing to penetrate Sha Seng, to pardon the white dragon who should be executed, and to return it. Wukong is free. The next step is to wait for them to fulfill their promise of "protecting Tang Monk". Tathagata Buddha has only one final settlement: to grant Bajie as the envoy of the Pure Altar and let this glutton take care of food and drink.

As the general person in charge of selecting the sutra collection team, Guanyin Bodhisattva is very clever in finding opportunities to do small favors for others, and then make the recipients willingly pay back double the amount.