In the story “The Examination for the City God”(Candidate for the City God) from Strange Tales from Liaozhai Studio, the protagonist Song Tao gains sympathy and assistance from Yama King (King of Hell) due to his elderly mother having no one to care for her.
In Journey to the West, when Sun Wukong was imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain, Guanyin Bodhisattva visited him. Wukong declared, “Tathagata deceived me!” But why did he claim deception? How exactly did Tathagata trick him?
When assigning the mission, Tathagata Buddha explicitly stated that scriptures “cannot be lightly bestowed.” If obtained too easily, the people of the Eastern Land might disdain or slander them.