#Yin Spirit

[cellakershek]

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[sufferu]

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[trueishcolours]

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[journeytothewestresearch]

Zhu Bajie's First Wife

In JTTW chapter eight, Zhu Bajie tells Guanyin that he inherited his cave from a mysterious figure:

It's called the Mountain of the Blessed Mound," said the fiendish creature, "and there is a cave in it by the name of Cloudy Paths. There was a Second Elder Sister Egg originally in the cave. She saw that I knew something of the martial art and therefore asked me to be the head of the family, following the so-called practice of "standing backward in the door." After less than a year, she died, leaving me to enjoy the possession of her entire cave (Wu & Yu, 2012, vol. 1, p. 212). 叫做福陵山。山中有一洞，叫做雲棧洞。洞裡原有個卵二姐，他見我有些武藝，招我做了家長，又喚做倒蹅門。不上一年，他死了，將一洞的家當，盡歸我受用。

I'm surprised that I've forgotten this "Second Elder Sister Egg" (Luan erjie, 卵二姐) considering how many times that I've read JTTW.

Yu (Wu & Yu, 2012) confirms that Zhu and this figure were married, for the practice mentioned above is a "colloquialism of the Huai'an region, referring to a man living in the woman's house after marriage" (vol. 1, p. 517 n. 31). This means that Zhu had a wife prior to "Green Orchid" (Cui'lan, 翠蘭) from chapter 18.

I was interested in learning more about her and found this Baidu page. It mentions that the luan (卵, "egg") part of her name is actually a transcription error, for the original 1592 edition of JTTW shows a different but similar-looking character. I checked my own copy, and found that it reads Mao erjie (夘二姐, "Second Elder Sister Mao") (see the right side of page 105 here).

Like Baidu, Pleco notes that Mao is the fourth (of 12) earthly branches, which is associated with rabbits. Therefore, Zhu's first wife could have been a rabbit spirit. Can you imagine the kids? They would be a strange pig-rabbit hybrid, pretty much an aardvark.

The Baidu page also mentions that their pairing may be an allusion to yin-yang theory since the fourth earthly branch, Mao (夘/卯, rabbit), is associated with yin wood, while the 12th, Hai (亥, pig), is associated with yang wood (i.e. they complete each other). This kind of stuff is over my head, so I don't plan to delve into it further. But this page does give an overview of the stems and elements.

On a related note, if we were to apply this yin-yang/earthly branch dating approach to Wukong, his partner would be a chicken! This is because the ninth earthly branch, Shen (申, monkey) is yang metal, while the 10th, You (酉, chicken) is yin metal.

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[arisenreborn]

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[druh19]

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[phoenixcatch7]

Why can't we have a batman is the spirit of Gotham au?

He already is, in meta, in character, in theming. Him and the joker. He is so very built upon what Gotham is made of, and Gotham builds from what he needs in turn, the setting of his story.

What if that is the reason he can take damage that would permanently ruin a physical career and come back? What if that's how he's managed to maintain his no-kill streak to such an extent? What if that's how he manages to maintain such high maintenance and all consuming identities?

For the heart and soul of a city containing all extremes, the richest nobility and the lowest of the poor, the cruellest villains and the most compassionate heroes, orphaned children and ancient lineages, a city rooted in fear and madness and grit-teeth determination and hard won kindness, what better choice could you find than Bruce Wayne?

But what if he wasn't alone in that? What if Gotham has sunk to such a low because its spirit is damaged and corrupted?

For the heart and soul of the cruellest city in the dc universe, the most unrelenting and uncaring, the one that practically laughs at your pain and suffering as you try to make it through another day, what better choice than the Joker?

[yeyayeya]

Wait holy shit TGCF Season 2 is getting dubbed??

No fucking way

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[tobyjbnz]

It's either just me, or is it because I like Ayn/Ai Yin to much that his Spirit self BE and HE/epilogue hurted me more then the other 2 boys? ☺

[dailydivination365]

Reading:

The I Ching describes yin as receptive. It's typically associated with feminine characteristics, and naturally, there's a belief in dualism, or opposites, with its masculine counterpart, yang. However, duality and opposition are not the correct way of looking at it. It's not opposing but complementary. Yin supports the Yang, and Yang supports Yin. The moment they become independent and opposing, problems arise.

This concept becomes clear in nature, where the force of Yang, the creative, produces the concept of natural life, but the force of Yin, the receptive, gives birth to natural life. From there, the process of creativity and active creation continues. A modern term for this is evolution.

In the case of human relations, it's not a time to create and lead with the receptive creative force inside yourself but to bring already started works to completion. If you're working on any projects you may have stopped, this is a calling to continue.

What comes with the continuation of an already-started project is the need to be humble. You may not be adequately recognized for your work, but you will have all you need if your intentions are pure. What needs to come before recognition is the desire to provide growth for yourself and those around you. Recognition comes as a by-product of your modest and honest behavior.

I CHING INFO:

2. The Receptive - Earth over Earth - 3rd moving line

15. Modesty - Earth over Mountain