After the completion of the Journey to the West, why did the four masters and apprentices no longer

I think that after the four masters and apprentices learned the scriptures, they did not stop contacting, but they had less contact. Although the relationship between the four Tang monks and apprentices is not so great, it is definitely not that bad, after all, they are partners who have been together for more than ten years.

We can think of the Western Heaven Learning from the West as a project, a big project that covers the Three Realms and is concerned by all parties. And Tang Seng and his apprentices are the specific executors, they are a team. They are a bit like people selected from various departments or classes to work on a project, and they have not known each other before, at most they have only heard of it.

These people who didn't know each other met because of a project, and then they got along together for more than ten years. Although they also had conflicts and quarrels in the process of completing the project, they finally completed the task satisfactorily and got satisfactory rewards.

At the end of the project, they went back to where they belonged. This relationship is slightly better than that of ordinary friends, but it is not a very good friend. After the project is over, there is usually little contact, but if anyone is in trouble, others will do their best to help.

Their contact will become less and less common over time. From some works such as Baolian Lantern and Journey to the West, we can find that there is still a connection between them, but there are not many.

In addition, there is another reason for the difference in cognition. More than ten years is a long time for us, but for those immortals, more than ten years in the world is a very short period of time. More than a dozen years is less important than their long lives.

And because their perception of time is different from ours, it seems to us that they have not been in touch for a long time, but for themselves it is not for a long time. In my cognition, except for those immortals who like to walk around and immortals who have a particularly good relationship, the rest of the people will only get together on these occasions.

On the one hand, because they spend less and less time together, the relationship between master and apprentice is slowly fading; On the other hand, because after becoming a Buddha, they all have their own affairs to deal with, so there will be less contact with each other.

On the surface, the four of them are happy, but in fact, they don't really accept each other in their hearts, they all use each other for interests, and they are brothers on the surface.

Because the living environment and pursuit of these four people are different, Tang Seng is dedicated to Buddha, Sun Wukong always wants to go back to Huaguo Mountain to be the king, Zhu Bajie is bent on returning to Gao Laozhuang, and everyone is gone, and the monk of Natural Sand also goes back to his home.

Because they have all become Buddhas and have their own positions, it is very difficult to see each other and they don't have much contact.

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The specific route is:

Chang'an City Hongfu Temple (departure) - Famen Temple - Gongzhou City - Hezhou Wei - Fuyuan Temple - Liu Boqin's house - Liangjie Mountain (Five Elements Mountain) - Chen's family - Shepan Mountain Eagle Sorrowful Stream - Lishe Temple - Xifan Ha Xuan Kingdom - Guanyin Temple - Gao Laozhuang - Wusi Tibetan Country - Futu Mountain - Wang Family Old Han - Yellow Wind Bell - Liusha River - Widow's Home - Wanshou Mountain Wuzhuang View -

Pine Forest - Boyue Cave of Wanzi Mountain - Baoxiang Country - Pingding Mountain - Lotus Cave - Zhulong Mountain Zhulong Cave - Baolin Temple - Wuji Country - Drill Mountain Dry Pine Stream - Huoyun Cave - Heishui River - Chechiguo - Tongtian River (this is an intermediate station, the time is just 7 years, the journey is just 54,000 miles, 49 times) - Chenjiazhuang, Yuanhui County - Jindou Mountain Jindou Cave - Xiliang Women's Country -

Zimu River - Pipa Cave of Poison Enemy Mountain - Flame Mountain - Bajiao Cave of Cuiyun Mountain - Moyun Cave of Jilei Mountain - Sai Sai Country - Jinguang Temple - Thorn Ridge - Xiaoleiyin Temple - Seven Peerless Mountains - Rare Persimmon - Zhu Ziguo - Pansi Cave - Huanghuaguan - Lion Hump Lion Camel Cave - Lion Camel Country - Bhikshu Country - Zhenhai Temple - Bottomless Pit of Trap Mountain - Destroy France (later changed to Chin France) -

Yinwu Mountain Chain Cave - Tianzhu Country Border Fengxian County - Yuhua County - Ciyun Temple - Jinping Mansion - Qinglong Mountain Ciying Cave - Bujin Temple - Tianzhu Country - Tongtai Prefecture Diling County - Yuzhenguan at the foot of Lingshan Mountain - Lingyundu - Lingshan - Leiyin Temple - Tongtian River - Chang'an - Lingshan.

Extended information: On the first three days of September in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, Tang Seng set off from Hongfu Temple in Chang'an City. Walk for one or two days, go to Famen Temple, and stay overnight.

After traveling for a few days, I went to Gongzhou City and rested overnight. After three more days, he went to Hezhouwei. This is the border of the Tang Dynasty, and I will stay at Fukuhara Temple at night.

Walk out of the city to Shuangjialing and encounter the tiger spirit, the bear spirit and the bison spirit, and are rescued by the Tai Bai Xing.

Tang monk out of Chang'an, walked more than 5,000 miles, crossed the two realms of the mountain, traveled through the country of Xifan Ha Xuan, after two months, and five or six thousand miles, only arrived at the Guanyin Temple, and lived in the courtyard.

Wukong and Tang Seng left the Guanyin Monastery and walked for five or seven days into the territory of Wusi Tibet, and arrived at Zhu Bajie's home - Gao Laozhuang. Tang Seng, Wukong and Bajie left Gao Laozhuang, traveled west for a month, went out of Wusi Tibet, came to Futu Mountain, met Wuchao Zen Master, Wuchao Zen Master taught Tang Seng "Heart Sutra", since then Tang Seng has a talisman.

Tang monk Zhan Tan merit Buddha, Sun Wukong East defeated the Buddha, Zhu Bajie pure altar messenger, Sha monk golden body Arhat.