"The Wordless Scripture" is a philosophical novel that subversively reconstructs "Journey to the West". The story takes place on the Liusha River - a mysterious river that rejects all reflections. Tang Monk is no longer the solemn Buddhist seeker in his memory. He is getting irreversibly younger and forgotten in every reincarnation; Sun Wukong is no longer a simple protector, he finds that he is the incarnation of the time crack; Zhu Bajie's perception is always delayed by two seconds; Sha Wujing's memory is nine skeletons; the Bone Lady only has half of her face; the six-eared macaque is an abandoned idea; Wuchao Zen Master looks at the world with his eyes closed.
The seven of them were trapped in the boat, and they took turns telling the truth about the ten reincarnations: Jin Chanzi was not a son of Buddha, but a "bandage" on the cracks in time; retrieving scriptures was not to seek the true scriptures, but to take away the name of a stolen future Buddha; the scriptures were always blank, because the real scriptures were not on the paper, but in every name that was called.
The novel uses extremely poetic language to explore the ultimate meaning of existence, memory and redemption. When the ten reincarnations came to an end, Tang Seng finally discovered that the true scripture was not written, but walked out; it was not written by one person, but by everyone. This is an epic about waiting, forgetting and starting over, dedicated to everyone who is looking for their name in time.
