Monk Tripitaka Saves his Mother (1957) 唐三藏救母
Director: Zhou Xujiang / Bai Ke
Screenwriter: Han Zhe
Starring: Xiao Wen / Su Su / Wang Wei / Lu Hong / Zhu Yulang / Pun Dou / Tian Pao Zhi
Genre: N/A
Region of Manufacture: Taiwan, China
Also known as: Monk Tripitaka Saves his Mother
Adaptation: Retelling
Summary:
The number one scholar, Chen Guangrui, married Yin Wenjiao, the prime minister’s daughter, and went to Jiangzhou to take office after marriage. Liu Hong, the boatman, killed Chen Guangrui and changed his name to Chen Guangrui to serve as an official. Yin Wenjiao endured the humiliation and gave birth to her son. She let the maid put the baby into the river and attaches Yin Wenjiao own blood-written letter with him.
The baby was rescued by a monk, converted to Buddhism, and was named Xuanzang. At the age of twenty, his master showed him the blood-written letter, and only then did he know his life experience. Xuanzang finds his mother, and Yin Wenjiao instructs his son to ask his grandfather Yin Kaishan for help. Yin Kaishan orders Liu Hong to be arrested. Yin Wenjiao’s vengeance was complete, and she wanted to commit suicide for her husband but was rescued by Yin Kaishan. Xuanzang has gone deep into Buddhism, bid farewell to his mother and went away to preach the Dharma.
