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Red Boy Captures Sanzang



běn
wén
xuǎn



西
yóu



níu
mó
wáng
hé
tiě
shàn
gōng
zhǔ
de
hái

hóng
hái
ér

xīu
liàn
dé
dào

shén
tōng
guǎng
广
dà

wèi

shòu
寿
yán
nián

tā

xīn
xiǎng
gè

táng
sēng
ròu


This is a story from <Journey to the west>.Red Boy, the Bull Demon King and Princess Iron Fans son, had cultivated his physical and mental capacities and pollessed magic abilities. With powerful magics he always had the idea of eating the meat of Sanzang,the Tang Priest (whose meat could make creatures live longer) to lengthen his life.


tiān

tā
zhèng
zài
kōng
zhōng
le
wàng

kàn
jiàn
táng
sēng
shī
tú
yuǎn
yuǎn
dè
zǒu
lái

tā
zhī
dào
táng
sēng
de
tú

wǔ

gāo
qiáng

yìng
pīn
pà
bù
néng
qǔ
shèng

yú
shì

tā
xiǎng

yòng
táng
sēng
bù
biàn
zhēn
wěi

xīn

miàn
ruǎn
de
tè
diǎn
lái
zhì
qǔ


One day while he was watching in the sky, he saw Sanzang and his disciples coming from afar. He knew that the disciples had excellent fighting skills, so he planned to capture Sanzang by making use of the priest's kindness and muddled mind, rather than use force.

tā
bǎ


biàn
chéng

suì
de
hái
tóng

yòng
shéng
kǔn
zhù
shǒu
jiǎo

gāo
gāo
dè
diào
zài
shù
zhī
shàng
hǎn

jìu
rén


táng
sēng
tīng
dào
hǎn
shēng

ràng
wù
kōng
qù
jiě
jìu

wù
kōng
rèn
chū
nā
shì
yāo
guài
biàn
de

jiào
shī
fù
shǎo
guǎn
xián
shì

táng
sēng
dòng
nù

yòu
yào
bā
jiè
jiāng
hóng
hái
ér
jìu
xià


At a spot just ahead of where Sanzang and his group were, Red Boy turned himself into a boy of seven and hung himself on the top of a tree with his hands and feet tied with a rope and cried for help. The Tang Priest heard the boy's cries and asked Monkey to release him. Monkey, seeing that the boy was actually a demon in disguise, told his master not to bother. Sanzang got angry, and he asked Pig to bring the boy down from the tree; he ordered Monkey to carry he boy on his back.

dāng
táng
sēng
ràng
wù
kōng
bēi
shàng
hóng
hái
ér
zǒu
shí

wù
kōng
bēi
de
zhī
shì
gè
jià
de

hóng
hái
ér
zhēn
shēn
zǎo

tiào
dào
jǐu
xiāo
yún
wài

bìng
guā


zhèn
xuán
fēng

chèn

jié
zǒu
le
táng
sēng

fēng
tíng
hòu

táng
sēng
méi
yǒu
le

wù
kōng
zhī
dào
shì
yāo
guài
dǎo
de
guǐ


As they started to go, Red Boy jumped into mid-air, leaving behind a false Red Boy for Monkey to carry. To kidnap Sanzang, Red Boy hurled a whirl of wind at him. Sanzang disappeared.

tā

bā
jiè
hé
shā
hé
shàng
kàn
hǎo
xíng




gǎn
máng
lái
dào
kū
sōng
jiàn
huǒ
fāng
dòng
zhǎo
shī
fù

wù
kōng
hé
hái
ér

chǎng

zhàn

hóng
hái
ér
dǒu
bù
guò
wù
kōng

pián
便
pēn
chū
lóng
wáng
yě
bù
néng

miè
de
sān
wèi
zhēn
huǒ


Monkey knew this was done by the demon and he asked Pig and Friar Sandto look after the luggage and he hurried to the Huofang Cave in the Withered Pine Valley to look for his master. A fierce battle ensued between Monkey and Red Boy. Knowing it is impossible to defeat Monkey, Red Boy Spurted three types of flames which were so powerful even the Dragon King could not put out.

wù
kōng

máng
tiào
chū
huǒ
zhèn

jiàn
bù
néng
qǔ
shèng

pián
便
dào
nán
hǎi
qǐng
guān
yīn
pú
sà

pú
sà
jiàng
fú
le
hóng
hái
ér

bǎ
tā
dài
huí
nán
hǎi

wù
kōng
jìu
chū
táng
sēng

shī
tú

rén

xù
wǎng

西
tiān
qǔ
jīng


Monkey, knowing he could not win, jumped out of the sea of fire and went to the South Sea to ask the Goddess Guanyin for help. The goddess vanquished Red Boy and brought him to the South Sea. Monkey saved Sanzang and Sanzang and his disciples continued their journey to the West in search of Buddhist scriptures.


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