Quick Answer: Who Is the Yellow Wind Demon?
The Yellow Wind Demon (黄风怪, Huángfēng Guài) is the leader at Yellow Wind Ridge (黄风岭, Huángfēng Lǐng) in Journey to the West (西游记, Xīyóu Jì). After Tang Sanzang (唐三藏, Táng Sānzàng) is taken, the demon drives back Wukong with a supernatural wind.[1][2]
- A tiger subordinate carries out the capture in Chapter 20.[1]
- The Bodhisattva Lingji (灵吉, Língjí) subdues the leader in Chapter 21.[2]
- Wukong meets Lingji again at a later point in the journey.[3]
The tiger and the demon who commands the wind are separate characters.
The disciples think they are pursuing the creature that attacked them. When they return, their teacher is gone. The next chapter shifts the problem from finding the right opponent to finding someone who can stop his wind.
Who Takes the Monk at the Ridge?
In Chapter 20, a tiger subordinate misleads the disciples and seizes Tang Sanzang. Sun Wukong и Zhu Bajie discover that they have been led away from the monk. The pursuit brings them to the demon’s stronghold.[1]
How Wukong Finds Lingji
The demon’s wind injures Wukong’s eyes. Later, Wukong learns that the demon fears Lingji, and a figure on the road directs him to the bodhisattva. Lingji brings a supernatural staff that takes dragon form and captures the demon. The leader appears in the form of a yellow-furred rodent. Lingji takes him away and the disciples recover their teacher.[2]
A Connection to Princess Iron Fan
When Princess Iron Fan sends Wukong flying in Chapter 59, he recognizes the place where he lands. He remembers coming there for help with the Yellow Wind Demon. Lingji gives him a charm that helps him withstand the fan’s wind, linking two obstacles that occur far apart in the book.[3]
The Yellow Wind on Television
CCTV’s episode 8 programme synopsis follows Lingji’s defeat of the demon with the arrival at the river where Sha Wujing joins the pilgrims. The placement makes it easy to locate the earlier rescue even though the episode covers more than one encounter.[4]
FAQs About the Yellow Wind Demon
Which chapter contains the rescue?
Lingji subdues the demon and the disciples recover their teacher in Chapter 21.[2]
Is the tiger the Yellow Wind Demon?
The tiger is a subordinate in Chapter 20.[1]
What is the leader’s original form?
The novel describes a yellow-furred rodent.[2]
Источники
[1] Journey to the West. Chapter 20
[2] Journey to the West. Chapter 21
[3] Journey to the West. Chapter 59
[4] CCTV. Journey to the West, episode 8, programme synopsis