Why is Buddhism invincible in Journey to the West?
I can't help it Let me give you a popular science:
First of all, The Journey to the West is a novel, whose theme is to worship Buddhism and suppress Taoism, so Buddhism in the novel is better than Taoism, and the Tathagata is better than the Jade Emperor.
Secondly, Tathagata is one of the ten titles of Buddha, and every Buddha can be called Tathagata. There is no Tathagata in Buddhism, but the author of the novel combined the two titles into one. It is only because of the wide spread of The Journey to the West that this title has been called many times and has been passed down to this day. For example, CEO is also called CEO. If you connect the two, CEO CEO or CEO CEO keeps screaming. It's awkward now. It's been screaming for hundreds of years. You won't feel bad if you get used to it. Hmm. How interesting
Thirdly, because The Journey to the West is a novel, the level of Buddhism and Taoism in the book is seriously inconsistent with the classics. Buddhism and Taoism are polytheists, so there is no single god on each floor. If nothing else, say the boss. There are Sakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha and Maitreya Buddha in Buddhism, but there is no Amitabha Buddha in the south. What other buddhas, past buddhas, future buddhas and so on. They are all equal, and at most they are a deputy; Taoism is Sanqing, Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun, Qingling Lingbao Tianzun and Taiqing Moral Tianzun. They are the highest gods of Taoism, among which Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun is the oldest. The Jade Emperor is the first of the four realms (the Four Emperors), whose full name is the supreme heavenly golden que, the supreme natural beauty, and Milla, the true jade emperor, is regarded as the god who holds heaven forever. The other three emperors were the Arctic Emperor of Zhongtian Wei Zi, the Antarctic Emperor of GouChen Gong and the Zhenwu Emperor of Wudang in the north, all of whom assisted the Jade Emperor with equal rank.
Finally, the Monkey King's master is Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi, Bodhi and Bodhi.
PS: Bodhi's founder is also fictional, and there is no clear record about him in Buddhist and Taoist classics. However, it is generally believed that the founder of Bodhi is the second leader of western religions in the list of gods.
Quasi-Taoist priests, because Journey to the West was written later than the list of gods, were greatly influenced by the list of gods, and there were many shadows of the list of gods. I won't say what it is, you can look it up yourself.