He chuckled and said, "In the original text of 'Journey to the West', it is written: 'By good fortune, the next morning, Liu Hong suddenly had urgent business far away. Miss Yin thought to herself, if the child were to wait for the thieves to return, his life would surely be forfeit. It would be better to abandon him into the river early on and leave his fate to destiny.'"
"From this, it is clear that the person who made the decision to abandon the infant wasn't Liu Hong, but Miss Yin herself. She sneaked to the riverside to abandon the infant on her own, without Liu Hong's knowledge."
"So, why did Miss Yin decide to abandon the infant in the river?"
"The general explanation is that Miss Yin feared Liu Hong would harm her son, but this explanation doesn't hold up at all. By casting the infant into the river, his death would come much more swiftly."
