Calamities in Journey to the West? My heart and form are both void.

Summary

In the Three Pure Ones Temple, Xuanzang meets Wu Kong, a Taoist Priest who has killed the emperor. They discuss the implications of this act, with Wu Kong asserting that the ruler was incompetent and that the nation can survive without a monarch. He proposes a radical solution: making everyone a farmer for ten years to improve livelihoods. Xuanzang, initially skeptical, comes to see potential wisdom in this approach, recognizing the current agricultural challenges and the possibility of reducing starvation through this method.

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