灵吉菩萨須彌山 · 17
Leaf 17 of the pilgrimage · 靈吉 The Spirit of Effective Blessing
Lingji Pusa 灵吉菩萨
In Journey to the West 西遊記 (c. 1592) · a heaven-sent power who ends the fight · nicknamed 靈吉 “The Spirit of Effective Blessing”
The bodhisattva whose whole job is to keep one thing locked up, and who has already had to come back twice for the same escape.
The great deeds 大事記
- ch. 21
The Pill That Stills the Wind
定風丹He lends the pill that makes Wukong unmovable to the three-fold samadhi wind, so that something can go in and look for the monk.
- ch. 21
The Staff That Became a Beast
飛龍杖His staff turns into a golden-eyed beast, the wind stops, and the rat is dragged out in his true shape.
- ch. 59
A Pill Held in Reserve
丹留後用The pill he handed over at Yellow Wind Ridge is what lets Wukong stand his ground when the real plantain fan blows.
結局 The ending
He goes back to Mount Sumeru with the demon under his arm. He is the novel's clearest case of a post that exists only because something was once put there to be watched.
The book itself: why the monkey was pinned, which translation — The 500 years · The translations · The 81 trials