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Fighting in the Bottomless Cave




xuǎn



西
yóu



táng
sēng
shī
tú

rén

lái
dào
xiàn
kōng
shān

shān
shàng
yǒu
gè
hào

jīng

tā
jiàn
táng
sēng

biǎo
táng
táng

pián
便
xiǎng
qiǎng
lái
chéng
hūn


This is a story from<Journey to the west>.When Tang Priest and his three disciples come to Mount Pitfall there is a female mouse spirit there. As soon as she sees Tang Priest she falls in love with him. Since he is so handsome, she wants to marry him.

tā
xiān
biàn
chéng

gè
nián
qīng
měi
mào
de
gū
niáng

bǎ


bǎng
zài
shù
shàng

dāi
táng
sēng
shī
tú
jìu


yòu
biān
chū

tào
huǎng
yán
piàn
dé
táng
sēng
tóng
qíng

ràng
dài
tā

tóng
qián
xíng


The mouse spirit first changes herself into a pretty girl and then tied herself to a tree. Then she waits for the Tang Priest and his devotees to pass by. When they see her they save her. Then the evil mouse spirit asked then to take her with them by telling a fabricated story designed to win their sympathy.

yè
wǎn

hào

jīng
yòng
yāo
fēng
bǎ
táng
sēng
qín
dào
zhù
chǔ
wú

dòng

wù
kōng
sān
rén
fā
xiàn
méi
yǒu
le
shī
fù

pián
便
zhuī
dào
wú

dòng

wù
kōng
biàn
zuò

zhī
xiǎo
chóng
fēi
wǎng
dòng
zhōng


At night they stayed in a temple. The evil spirit took Tang Priest to her Bottomless Cave using an evil wind. When the three disciples couldn't find their master they followed them to the Bottomless Cave. Mondey changed himself into an insect to go inside the cave.

tā
jiàn

yāo
zhèng
gěi
táng
sēng
quàn
jǐu


táng
sēng
yǔ
tā
chéng
hūn

yòu
biàn
chéng

zhī
lǎo
yīng

zhí
pū
guò
qù

xiān
fān
zhuō



yāo
xià
dé
dǎn
chàn
xīn
jīng


He saw that the evil spirit was urging his master to drink wine so he would get drunk and agree to marry her. Then Monkey changed himself into an eagle to turn the table upside down. The evil spirit trembled with fear.

wù
kōng
yòu
biàn
chéng
xiǎo
yíng

fēi
dào
táng
sēng
ěr
biān


shēng
shuō
le

jù

táng
sēng
zhào

xíng
shì

qǐng

yāo
lái
huā
yuán
sǎn
bù

táng
sēng
cóng
táo
shù
shàng
zhāi
xià

gè
dà
táo


gěi

yāo


yāo
huān
tiān

dè
dè
tūn
shí
xià
qù


Then Monkey changed himself into a fly and flew into the ear of his master and said something. Tang Priest did what he said: He invited the evil spirit to take a walk with him in the garden. There he picked a big peach and offered it to her. She was very pleased and ate the fruit right away.

piàn
kè

dù

téng
tòng
nán
rěn

wù
kōng
zài
dù


gāo
jiào


kuài
fàng
wǒ
shī
fù
chū
qù

ráo

xìng
mìng


zhè
zhī
táo

zhèng
shì
wù
kōng
biàn
de


After a moment, her stomach was in such pain that she couldn't bear it. Just then, Monkey shouted in her stomach:"Let my master go, otherwise I'll kill you." It turned out that the peach was changed by Monkey.


yāo
fàng
chū
táng
sēng

gāng
chū
dòng
kǒu

wù
kōng
cóng

yāo
kǒu
zhōng
tiào
chū

wù
kōng

bā
jiè

shā
sēng
dà
zhàn

yāo

táng
sēng
wú
rén
bǎo
hù

yòu
bèi
zhuō
zǒu


As soon as Tang Priest went out of the cave, Monkey. As soon as Tang Priest went out of the cave, Monkey jumped out from the stomach of the evil spirit. Monkey, Pig and Friar Sand had a fierce fight with the evil spirit and there wsa nobody to protect the Master. Tang Priest was again taken into the cave by the evil spirit.

wù
kōng
èr

jìn
dòng

méi
zhǎo
dào
shī
fù

què
jiàn
dào

tiān
wáng
hé
nǎ
zhā
pái
wèi

wù
kōng
pěng
pái
wèi
zhǎo
yù


yù

mìng

jìng
fù

shōu
fú
hào

jīng

fàng
chū
táng
sēng

shī
tú

rén

xù

西
xíng
qǔ
jīng


Monkey entered the cave and did not find his master but he saw the memorial tablets for Heavenly King Li and Nezha. Monkey went to the Jade Emperor with the tablets in his hands. The Jade Emperor ordered Heavenly King Li and Nezha to subdue the mouse spirit and get Tang Priest out of the cave. Then the master and three disciples went on their way to the West to find Buddhist scriptures.


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