For thousands of years, "Journey to the West" has become a household name with the story of Monk Tang and his disciples traveling to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. The legend of Sun Wukong causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace and the eighty-one demons that were difficult to conquer has been regarded as a classic.
However, in addition to the official history, there is another "unofficial history" that has been dusted away - the secrets that have never been made public by heaven, the truth that has been deliberately erased on the way to obtain scriptures, and the hidden plots and transactions between gods, Buddhas and mortals. This book reveals another side of Journey to the West from the perspective of "insiders" such as Taibai Jinxing, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the Jade Emperor: Why was Sun Wukong trapped in the Five Elements Mountain for five hundred years? What secrets does Tang Monk's "Golden Chanzi" hide in his past life? What kind of past events are concealed by Zhu Bajie's mortal mind, Sha Seng's silence, and Bai Longma's forbearance? The path to learn scriptures is not simply about conquering demons, but a careful layout by all the forces of Heaven, Buddhism, and Xiniu Hezhou. There is no sacred and inviolable Buddha here, only calculations and compromises; there is no Monkey King who can determine everything with one stick, only the stone monkey who is repeatedly teased by fate; there is no simple confrontation between good and evil, only the gray game of human nature and power. This is an unofficial history covered up by the orthodox "Journey to the West", a black humor and bitter satire about "obtaining the truth".
Open it and you will see a more real, absurd, and cruel world of Journey to the West.
