Journey to the West

"Journey to the West" is one of the four classic Chinese classics, written by Wu Cheng'en. This book describes the legendary story of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing protecting Monk Tang from studying in the West. Through the illusory world, the author's attitude towards feudal rulers is quite interesting. In "Journey to the West", there is simply no competent emperor. In Buddhism founded by Tathagata Buddha, monks should not be attracted by money. However, Buddha actually allowed his subordinates to accept bribes. This reflects the dark situation of feudal society in which officials protect each other.