Is “Journey to the West fictionalized the Bodhisattva Lingji who subdued the Yellow Wind Monster” true?
novel invention
In Chapter 21 of 'Journey to the West', it is written that Bodhisattva Lingji subdues the Yellow Wind Monster with the Wind-Fixing Pill. In the Buddhist list of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, there is no Bodhisattva Lingji; this is a fictional Buddhist master created by the novel to advance the plot. Original text: "那个能定他的风势，只除是灵吉菩萨来是。" (Chapter 21 of 'Journey to the West').
Lingji Bodhisattva
The name of Bodhisattva Lingji does not exist in orthodox Buddhism
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