The Monkey King will change seventy-two times, why seventy-two times?

Friends who have seen Journey to the West all know that the Monkey King has magical powers and can change seventy-two times. Why has the Monkey King changed seventy-two, not eighty-one and ninety-nine? Please listen to Bian Xiao to explain it for you.

Taoism calls the source of everything "ancestral spirit", and the Monkey King is the gold in water, that is, the true yang, which is the source of everything's birth. The seventy-two changes of monkeys actually refer to the seventy-two periods in the ancient calendar.

What is the difference between the change of plough number and the change of soil magic number? Bodhi didn't say that the Monkey King changed the magic number of soil to "make more money", but in the article behind Journey to the West, the number of plows changed by Pig Bajie will be as high as 36, and the level of Pig Bajie can't be compared with that of the Monkey King, so he thinks that 72 becomes higher than 36, which is the way of elementary school arithmetic. The more, the bigger. If we put this theory in Water Margin, it will be reversed. The highest day star is much better than the earth star!

The ancients took five days as days, three days as qi, six days as hours, four years as years, twenty-four solar terms a year, and seventy-two days. (First seen in Yi's Explanations of Zhou Shushi).

Among the 72 phases, each phase corresponds to a phenological phenomenon called "afterimage", which is also a change.

There are three people in Journey to the West who will change seventy-two: Erlang God Yang Jian, Qitian Great Sage the Monkey King and Niu Wangmo. Although they are all seventy-two changes, their cultivation is different. Erlang God Yang Jian is a relative of the country, and no one dares to touch him or shine a magic mirror on him. There is no evidence to show his skill under the magic mirror, but both the Monkey King and Niu have struggled under the magic mirror: the Monkey King can still "fight for the seven saints" after being illuminated by the magic mirror, and his action ability is not affected; Niu Wangmo was illuminated by the magic mirror. "If you don't move, there is no way out." .

The Journey to the West's description of the seventy-two changes in the Monkey King refers to the changes, migration and circulation of all phenomena in the world, such as geography and astronomy, also known as "Heaven".

Taoism is natural, so that we can get through the mystery of creation and know the whole story of change. In fact, any vast and subtle magical power lies in the plain and ordinary world principle. With mysterious and profound means, we can watch the magic drama of everything in the world, but a supreme heart is always normal, so everything is Heng Chang.

Although Qian Qian has changed a lot, I am Wukong or Wukong, and my nature remains the same. Seventy-two changes, eighty-one is difficult, but that's really interesting.