Journey to the West

Journey to the West, one of the four classic Chinese classics, is the first romantic novel about gods and demons in ancient China. It is also a work that combines mass creation with Wu Chengen's creation. The novel begins with seven chapters of the story of the Havoc in Heaven, which puts the image of Sun Wukong at the forefront of the book. Chapters 8 to 12 contain stories such as the Tathagata's teachings, Guanyin's visit to the monks, Wei Zheng slaying the dragon, and Tang Monk's birth, etc., Explaining the origin of Buddhist scriptures. From Thirteen to the end of the book, it tells the story of Sun Wukong being crushed under the Five Elements Mountain. Five hundred years later, Avalokitesvara told Sun Wukong how to save himself: he must go to the west with Tang Sanzang to learn Buddhist scriptures and become his disciple, and he will be saved on the day he achieves positive enlightenment. Sun Wukong then followed Tang Sanzang on the road, encountering demons and monsters many times on the way. The two of them worked together with Zhu Bajie, Sha Seng and others to deal with them. After various hardships, they embarked on an arduous journey to obtain the Western Scriptures. The work was written in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. Although the social economy was prosperous at that time, the politics were gradually deteriorating and the people lived in poverty. The author criticizes this unreasonable phenomenon through stories. One hundred chapters in total, more than sixty This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.