Talking About Journey to the West

"Journey to the West" is one of the four great masterpieces and a classic among classical literary works. Since its publication hundreds of years ago, it has been very popular among readers, whether in the past or present, whether men, women, young or old, whether in calligraphy, painting or film, whether at home or abroad, and has been read by a wide range of people, which is rare in literary works. "Journey to the West" is a representative work of gods and demons novels with strong artistic and ideological qualities. The novel uses the historical allusion of Tang Monk to learn the scriptures to create the mythical character Sun Wukong. It describes a vivid and interesting illusory world for readers, full of romantic heroism, but without losing humor and irony. The world is said to be in heaven. It seems to be outside the world, but it is like being in the world, with life and down-to-earth atmosphere. This is the main reason why the novel is so popular and famous. In most of the previous interpretations, a fixed mindset was used. For example, the protagonist Sun Wukong in the book has some superb abilities and combines wisdom, bravery, and tenacity. Although he started to rebel against the heaven, he finally loyally protected Tang Monk from the west to obtain scriptures, defeated demons along the way, and finally achieved perfect merits and became a Buddha and stayed in heaven. He is an out-and-out heroic hero, but everything has two sides. If you look at it from another angle, you may have a different experience. In the author's opinion, Sun Wukong is a model of being recruited to start a business. He has many similarities with Song Jiang, the protagonist of another famous novel, but the ending is different. Therefore, the author tries to re-read the famous works from hundreds of years ago from the perspective of today's people, which may give you a different feeling!