In Journey to the West, the most typical figure among the four men is Pig Bajie. Compared with Tang Priest's devotion to Buddhism, the Monkey King's strict self-discipline and Friar Sand's hard training, the shortcomings of Pig Bajie are really revealed.
Pig Bajie in Wu Cheng'en is greedy for food, sleep, money and sex.
(1) greedy. In the book, Gao Taigong, the father-in-law of Pig Bajie, commented that he "eats three or five buckets of rice for a meal; For morning snacks, you have to have a hundred biscuits to win. " The servant in the village commented on him as "grinding a brick throat, which is really smooth." To say that most people are full after eating a few bowls of rice, this pig can eat three or five buckets of rice at a time, which is converted into three buckets of 38 kg Mi Yue. It is no wonder that the servants say that the pig's throat is as smooth as a brick.
(2) snooze. Pig Bajie not only eats a lot, but also likes to sleep lazy. For example, in Pingdingshan, the Monkey King asked Pig Bajie to look at the mountain. Pig Bajie casually replied a few times, and before he went far, he found a piece of land and fell asleep.
(3) greedy for money. Pig Bajie's greed for money is vividly shown in his works. For example, in a cave, Pig Bajie stole other people's valuable clothes while people were away. His eyes lit up at the sight of gold and silver jewelry. When someone gives money to the Tang Priest, Bajie always takes it.
(4) lust. Pig Bajie was banished to the world for harassing Chang 'e, and his nature remained unchanged when he arrived. For example, when passing through Pansi Cave, I saw spider essence taking a bath, and I became interested. I turned into catfish essence, got into the water and played with spider essence. In the meditation of the Four Saints, Pig Bajie heard that Mrs. Jia said that she had three unmarried daughters, so she made up her mind to monopolize Mrs. Jia's three daughters. Later, because no one wanted to recruit him, he said to Mrs. Jia, "Mom, since they won't recruit me, please recruit me." It can be seen that Pig Bajie is not only greedy, but also very greedy, even widows in their forties and fifties are not spared.
Then, why is Pig Bajie still loved by the public despite all kinds of shortcomings?
1. Pig Bajie is full of "humanity" color.
Pig Bajie has many small problems, but these small problems are more or less reflected in everyone.
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, human needs are ranked from low to high as physiological needs, security needs, belonging needs, respect needs and self-realization needs.
It is only human nature that Pig Bajie can't eat enough, sleep well and love money and lust.
Pig Bajie was originally Marshal Tianpeng. Today, he is still a civil servant, but he was banished to the mortal world because of flirting with Chang 'e. He accidentally cast the wrong mother's fetus and became a pig. Originally, officials were immortals in the sky, so they didn't worry about eating or drinking. After being beaten into the mortal world, he often worried about his livelihood, so he developed the habit of being greedy for money. Before escorting Tang Priest to fetch Buddhist scriptures from the West, Pig Bajie even went to the door to be a son-in-law, just to make a living and earn some money.
Compared with others, Pig eats a lot. No wonder he is greedy. On the way to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures, it is a long way, and people often sleep in the wind and have insufficient food. For a person with a big belly like Pig Bajie, of course, you should eat more if you can, so as not to starve to death on the way. In fact, eating itself is the instinct of human survival. When people are hungry, they often show that they are hungry because hunger drives them to do so.
Sleeping is a human physiological need. In addition to its own characteristics, Pig Bajie's sleepiness is also related to the long journey time. It's a long way to learn from the West, not only to climb mountains, glaciers, snow-capped mountains and deserts ... but also to fight all kinds of monsters all the time, which is physical and mental torture. In such a hard environment, it is normal to feel lack of sleep. Therefore, Pig Bajie often sleeps anywhere, regardless of occasions or venues. Pig and Bajie can be seen sleeping on stone backs, grass nests, tree trunks and mountain streams everywhere.
2. Pig Bajie is really unpretentious and very grounded.
Although Zhu Bajie is lazy, he can bear hardships and stand hard work; Although he loves petty gain, he is not reckless and greedy for everything; Although I am afraid of death, I can always take care of the overall situation at critical moments. Although he often talks nonsense, he has great respect for his teachers. On weekdays, when you are not full, you will also compete with Wukong and Friar Sand for food, but you will not easily touch the food of the master. I stole watermelons from fruit growers' orchards and was beaten. Don't forget to bring a copy back to the master when you run.
Pig Bajie is calm and not shy, but a little care can't hide it, and his attitude towards life is extremely optimistic. Psychologically, people with this personality are the most popular.
Plus Pig Bajie has a flexible personality, so he can't argue with the Monkey King, so he sulks himself. The Monkey King and Tang Priest often scold nerds and stupid pigs, but they don't take it to heart. They giggle every day and bite a "brother, master". Usually if you can't beat a monster, you will run away. If you should admit it, you will admit it. Heroes don't suffer immediate losses.
In short, Pig Bajie has many minor faults, but these minor faults have not aroused everyone's antipathy, but make people feel cordial, natural and grounded. This is a figure full of human feelings and an image that combines the advantages and disadvantages of all beings. In the words of Mr. Lin Yutang, "He is an artistic image full of human desires."