I would like to ask: Why did the Monkey King say in Journey to the West that he was "jumping out of the three realms and not in the five elements?"

The Monkey King said in Journey to the West that he was "jumping out of the three realms, not in the five elements." Because the Monkey King built a fairy road and lived with the heaven. He transcends the cycle of life and death, never dies, is not bound by anything, walks in vain, and does everything without obstacles.

There is a passage in the novel The Journey to the West: I saw the Monkey King sleeping, and I saw two people holding a piece of approval with the word "the Monkey King" written on it. They are too close to blame. When they put on a rope, they stumbled straight to the edge of a city with the soul of the Monkey King. The Monkey King suddenly woke up from a hangover and looked up. There is an iron plate on the city with three big characters written on it, which is "the underworld".

The Monkey King suddenly woke up and said, "The underworld belongs to the king of hell. Why are you here? " The two men said, "You deserve to die this year. I'll get the approval and invite you. " Hearing this, the Monkey King said, "My old grandson is beyond the three realms, not within the five elements, and he is no longer under his jurisdiction. How dare he hook me? " Those two people are just talking nonsense. They have to drag him in.

First of all, the three realms are Buddhist terms, and they are the world where all sentient animals live and die. It refers to the world of desire, color and achromatic life of all beings.

Five elements are the systematic view of China's ancient Taoist philosophy. The theory of five elements first appeared in the theory of Huang Lao and Taoism, aiming at describing the movement form and transformation relationship of things. It means that the ancients divided everything in the universe into five things: wood, fire, earth, gold and water, which are called "five elements"

Therefore, transcending the three realms can generally be understood as leaving the three realms and not being bound by this world, that is, transcending the cycle of life and death. If you belong to any of the five elements, you will be created by the five elements, and people in the five elements can't help themselves. Since it is not in the five elements, it has reached a state of extreme freedom, and the body including the spiritual world is in a state of detachment.

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At the age of 342, the Monkey King made a scene in hell because his birthday had passed, destroyed his life and death book and returned to the world. Yan reported to Heaven that the Jade Emperor wanted to capture Wukong, and Taibai Venus suggested courting him. The Monkey King was called to the Heavenly Palace, and was deceived into being named Bi Marvin. 15 days later, he learned that the official was raising horses, and he was furious and played even worse.

Knowing that the Monkey King was going to fight against the Heavenly Palace, the Jade Emperor ordered Tota King Excavate to send troops to suppress it. The Monkey King defeated the Giant Spirit God and Prince Nezha. At the suggestion of Taibai Venus, the heaven named the Monkey King as the nominal Monkey King, in charge of the Flat Peach Garden.

Unexpectedly, the Monkey King defiant. Instead, they ate flat peaches, drank fairy wine and ate elixir, disrupting the flat peach feast. The Jade Emperor was furious, and ordered Li Jing to lead a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and take an eighteen-degree siege to capture this demon monkey. The Monkey King defeated Nine Obsidian Evil Stars, Five Heavenly Kings and Three Princes of Nezha, so that Li Shu defeated 100,000 heavenly soldiers. Because of this battle, the Monkey King became famous all over the world.

Guanyin Bodhisattva, who came to the Flat Peach Banquet, saw that the Monkey King was miraculous and recommended Jiro Zhenjun to accept the Monkey King. The two men fought for three hundred rounds, neck and neck, and the six Meishan brothers took advantage of the emptiness behind Guo Hua Mountain to release Yamakaji and the Monkey King. After a day of hard struggle, Guanyin tried to help Erlang God capture the Monkey King with a clean bottle, but was stopped by the old man, who replaced him with diamond cutting and was captured.

The Monkey King was captured and asked to be beheaded at the demon-chopping platform. Because he ate the elixir of the old gentleman, he became a king kong, and all kinds of punishments were invalid. Finally, it was taken to the pocket palace by the old gentleman in Taishang for 7749 days. However, contrary to expectations, Wukong developed a pair of critical eyes. So the Monkey King kicked down the stove, made a scene in heaven, and hit the western enemies with a golden hoop. At that time, no one could stop him.

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