Journey to the West in Vernacular

Journey to the West mainly describes the story of Tang Monk, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Monk and his disciples who went to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures and experienced ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships. The emergence of Journey to the West opened up a new category of long chapter novels about gods and demons. Its content is the most complex among Chinese classical novels. It integrates the thoughts and contents of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism in traditional Chinese culture. Immortals from Buddhism and Taoism perform at the same time. The solemn and sacred world of gods and Buddhas is also full of human feelings and world conditions in real society. It is both solemn and harmonious, and full of fun. This book has won the love of readers of all cultural levels. Through the illusory world of gods and demons in Journey to the West, we can see the projection of real society everywhere. The book Journey to the West is roughly divided into three parts: the first seven chapters tell the story of Sun Wukong's origins and the havoc in the Heavenly Palace, which provide background material for his vast supernatural powers and later followed Tang Monk to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures; Chapters 8 to 12 introduce the other protagonist of the novel, Tang Monk, and explain the reasons for obtaining Buddhist scriptures; Chapters 13 to 100 are the main part of the book, telling the story of Tang Monk, Sun Wukong's master and apprentice, who defeated demons and demons, and obtained Buddhist scriptures from the Western Heaven. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.