Journey to the West Funny Biographies

This book mainly reveals the historical figures and major events alluded to in Journey to the West. Based on the interpretation of the original text, the book draws on a large number of historical documents from the Ming Dynasty. By revealing the historical prototypes of the characters in the book, it reproduces the major historical events behind the story of Journey to the West. It tries its best to restore the changes in the temples from the middle and late Jiajing to the early Wanli period, leading readers to truly appreciate the hidden humor, fantasy and artistic charm of this classic. The heaven in the book is hierarchical, just like the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty. The author uses the Jade Emperor to allude to Emperor Longqing, the Queen Mother to allude to Empress Chen, and "Guanyin Bodhisattva" to allude to Emperor Wanli's biological mother, the empress dowager Li, who is known as the "Nine Lotus Bodhisattva" in the harem. Emperor Wanli also has an incarnation in the book. He is the key figure in the study of Buddhist scriptures from the West, Master Xuanzang. In the feudal era of home country and world, the emperor's family affairs were national affairs. The author casts a playful touch on the palace compound, which is eye-opening. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.