《西游记》中的老鼠精、紫金钵盂及三灾

小说《西游记》中"金鼻白毛老鼠精求婚"的白鼠直接来源于杂剧《西游记》中的"金女"。其他的"鼠婚"风俗及外来文化的"鼠"最多不过是"白鼠求婚"的文化背景。佛祖向唐僧师徒要"人事",唐僧只好把"紫金钵盂"送给阿傩,这不是佛祖贪财,而是让唐僧师徒达到"一丝不挂"、"六根清净"的境界,这个转换是通过阿傩的"微笑"来展现的。第二回的"三灾"的出现时间与后来不一致说明作者的构思中途发生了转变,"大闹天宫"的原型与现在不一样。

The Mouse Spirit, Golded Bowl and Three Disasters in Journey to the West

The white mouse of "the proposal of white mouse spirit with golden nose"in the novel of Journey to the West derived from the "golded girl" in the Zaju of Journey to the West.Other custom of "mouse marriage" and "mouse" in foreign culture are merely the cultural settings of "the proposal of white mouse".The fact that Buddha asked for "bribery" from Monk Tang and his disciples and Monk Tang had to give his "golded bowl" to Ananda didn't mean Buddha is avaricious.Buddha wanted Monk Tang and his disciples to reach the state of "being free from human desires and passions",which was presented from Ananda's "smile".The inconformity of the occurrence of time of "three disasters" in the second part means the author's conception was changed in the midway and the model of "Battle in Heaven" is different from the present one.