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There is no clear statement about Zhu's master in The Journey to the West. In fact, there are still many monsters without a master, but we can guess from the Monkey King's experience whether the monsters in the Three Realms may have acquired skills from an "acrobatic school", that is, the founder of Bodhi. If you carefully read the paragraph about the Monkey King's visit to immortals, you can see that Bodhi was a master who taught students in accordance with their aptitude. He gave it to them for different purposes.

The Heavenly Palace in charge of the Jade Emperor in Journey to the West is more like the Western Heaven. More like some functional departments. They are users of talents, not training institutions, and the founder of Bodhi is not. Much like an expert who teaches and puzzles. Can this place be understood as a "university"? Many people or monsters come here to learn their skills, such as the Monkey King, Pig Bajie, Niu Wangmo and these monsters who are not very tall. You must learn skills. Those noble immortals naturally have martial arts handed down from family. We know that the mother of the Pleiadian Star Officer is Bodhisattva Pilan, and his skills are passed down from family to family.

According to these students' specialties and personalities, Bodhi gave them different skills. Some of them may have been trained by the Jade Emperor and the Tathagata. I think the Monkey King and Tathagata discussed it. In order to learn the scriptures, the Monkey King was specially sent here (the woodcutter guided him to learn the scriptures from the master), and then he was arranged to accompany the Tang Priest to learn the scriptures, because all the Tang Priests who learned the scriptures were eaten by the Jade Emperor's shutter generals. The Monkey King also wants to make a scene with the Tathagata Bodhi.

It can be said that along the way, Xiao Bailong, Friar Sand and Zhu Wuneng are all obstacles on the way for Tang Priest to learn Buddhist scriptures. Without the Monkey King's protection, it is estimated that Tang Priest was eaten again. Although Pig Bajie didn't explicitly say that he ate the Tang Priest, Friar Sand ate nine and Little White Dragon ate the Tang Priest's horse. It can be seen that the role of the Monkey King, in a joke, may be arranged by the Jade Emperor.

Bodhi saw that Zhu was greedy for money, lustful and lazy, and didn't teach him superb skills, but Zhu Bajie was good at flattery, and got a lucrative job under the Jade Emperor of Heaven and became Marshal Huagai.

The Jade Emperor, Tathagata and Bodhi employ people in front of the stage, and one cultivates talents in the background. Some are entrusted, and some are special tricks, which can avoid disputes and make the employment system look more reasonable. Otherwise, those monsters who are demons in the underworld, although stronger than the heavenly soldiers, can only be demons in the underworld, because they have not been properly applied.