CIVILIZATION DOSSIER
Queen Mother of the West王母娘娘
Host of the Peach Banquet, watching the battle together with the Jade Emperor.
- DIRECT FIGURES
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- RELATION RECORDS
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- SOURCE WORKS
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RELATIONSHIP COMPASS
Queen Mother of the West, and the people around them.
Open one chapter at a time. Each chapter gives the relationship first, then the source text behind it.
01CONFLICTConflict
Battles, captures and defeat
1 figure · 1 record＋
Conflict
Battles, captures and defeat
Sun Wukong (Monkey King)→Queen Mother of the Weststeal peaches
02THE UNSEENMythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
1 figure · 1 record＋
Mythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
Queen Mother of the West→Tathagata Buddhaoffer peach
2 key relationships are shown here. The complete record remains below.
In fiction · Journey to the West
The Queen Mother of the West held the Peach Banquet and sent the seven fairy maidens to pick peaches. She watched the battle together with the Jade Emperor. After Sun Wukong was captured, she washed her hands and personally picked several large peaches, offering them to Tathagata at the Peace of Heaven Assembly to thank him for subduing the demon.
History vs. fiction
The image of the Queen Mother of the West differs greatly between the two books and ancient texts.
- based on factThe image of the Queen Mother in Journey to the West and Classic of Mountains and Seas is vastly different.
The "Classic of Mountains and Seas" (Shan Hai Jing), in the chapter "Classic of the Western Mountains," records that the Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangmu) looks like a human but has a leopard's tail and tiger's teeth, and is good at howling, being half-human and half-beast. However, in "Journey to the West," Chapter 5, she is already the graceful and dignified Queen Mother of Yaochi (Jade Pool) who hosts the Peach Banquet in the heavenly court. The original text: "一朝，王母娘娘设宴，大开宝阁，瑶池中做蟠桃胜会。" ("Journey to the West," Chapter 5).
Relationship network
Original text (1)
原来熟的都是猴王吃了
Original text (1)
今蒙如来大法链锁顽猴，喜庆‘安天大会’，无物可谢，今是我净手亲摘大株蟠桃数颗奉献。