What Can We See from "I See”Ending Animation in Black Myth: Wukong

Author：SHIYA ZHANG

Explanation of this animation based on the original text of 《Journey to the West》 :

In the first scene, the young Jin Chi was begging for alms outside the city, and the frogs were beating in the hands of the dead bodies. The material conditions can be imagined. At this time, the black bear or the black bear (greed) in Jin Chi's heart pointed out a clear way for him to go to the magnificent temple to practice.

In the second scene, the young Jin Chi bowed his head to worship Buddha, but in fact, the greedy black bear shadow had already devoured him. He was not worshiping the faith in his heart, but the greedy desire in his heart.

In the third scene, going up refers to both the passage of time and the continuous development of his Buddhist career. In the end, he reached the highest point and became the abbot, wearing the most gorgeous kasaya. The kasaya is getting better and better, indicating that his status is getting higher and higher.

In the fourth scene, Jin Chanzi, Wukong and the other four came. Jin Chanzi was the person appointed by the Buddha to obtain the scriptures, so the kasaya he wore was supreme. This kasaya is not only a symbol of his identity, but also the Buddha's recognition of Jin Chanzi. Jin Chi stole the kasaya, which was actually jealousy and hatred born out of envy. Because he has been practicing since he was a child for more than 200 years, and has achieved worldly success, but still has not made great achievements in the path of practice. In the end, the flying robes in the animation completely released his greed and resentment and turned him into the boss in the game. He could never control the greed deep in his heart, but was controlled by greed.

In the fifth act, his temple and his boss burned to ashes under the gaze of our destiny. Everything turned into "emptiness", symbolizing the end of life, and we can't take anything in the material world with us in the end.

In the sixth act, Guanyin summed up Jin Chi, using the most extreme and most unpreceptual material desires to find the best robes to prove that he is the most pure and material-free monk. Jin Chi probably thought he had let it go and thought he had defeated greed, but he didn't. Jin Chi believes: "Putting on this kasaya, I can look glamorous and full of Buddha's light. Taking off this kasaya, I can look like I have severed my earthly ties and transcended the mundane world. But no matter what I do, this kasaya must be "mine."

Thus, the comment of Guanyin Bodhisattva is “Bereft of that kasaya, how shall they show the world they ties are cut, and their lust is quelled?”Little do people know that on the path of cultivation, it is not that putting on the kasaya can cut off the earthly ties, but that cutting off the earthly ties can put on the kasaya.

In fact, in real life, there are many people like Jin Chi, but what is true success? For example, in order to show their social status and their wealth level, people need to buy a lot of luxury goods to shape themselves in the eyes of others, but in fact, it is often far from their true strength. But I do not deny the rationality of this phenomenon. I just put forward my own views in a very superficial way. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have witnessed and personally experienced many separations and deaths, and we are more aware of the fragility and transience of life. All this has to make us reflect on whether the pursuit of material prosperity is more important than spending more time experiencing life and pursuing spiritual and spiritual satisfaction? Is it more important to prove yourself under the scrutiny of others than to be mindful, recognize and accept your true self in solitude, and bravely pursue more meaningful things in your life?

Rather than spending a lot of time on meaningless socializing, perhaps you can find these answers by mindfulness and quietly being with yourself.

On a warm afternoon, Hermann Hesse once wrote in 《Siddhartha》: "Only when you throw away everything can you truly gain everything."

I think that the "throw away" here will have a thousand Hamlets in the hearts of a thousand people. After all, people can never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, and until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.

Hopefully, the work written today can bring some interesting insights to everyone.

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