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"Journey to the West" is an ancient Chinese romantic novel about gods and demons. It mainly describes the story of Tang Monk, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Zhu Wuneng, and Sha Sengsha Wujing, four masters and apprentices who went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures and finally obtained the true scripture after going through ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties. The content of "Journey to the West" is divided into three parts: the first part (chapters one to seven) introduces Sun Wukong's vast supernatural powers and causes trouble in the heaven; the second part (chapters eight to twelve) narrates the reasons why Tripitaka retrieves the scriptures; the third part (chapters thirteen to one hundred) is the main body of the story in the book, describing how Wukong and others subdued demons and finally arrived in the West to retrieve the scriptures. The image of Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West" has established an immortal artistic monument in the history of Chinese literature with its distinctive personality.

This book is based on the Shidetang edition of the Ming Dynasty, and is based on the Ming editions such as the Yang Minzhai edition, "Tang Sanzang's Journey to the West", and "Tang Sanzang's Complete Life Biography"; the Qing editions such as "The Book of Journey to the West" and "Xin Shuo Journey to the West" (Weiqianzhai edition). The purpose of this book is to It is necessary to better preserve the essence of this classic masterpiece, such as the large number of poems deleted from "Journey to the West". Although some of them are indeed rough in writing and lack literary grace, there are also some poems, especially haiku poems, that reflect the style of popular folk literature and art. After all, "Journey to the West" evolved from popular literature and art. In order for today's readers to fully and completely understand this classic novel, its simplicity should be appropriately preserved in the revision.

The stories in this book are very familiar to people, and the most exciting chapters, such as Sun Wukong causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace, Zhu Bajie and Gao Laozhuang marrying a wife, beating the Bone Demon, borrowing a banana fan, etc., Are well-known to every household, including women and children. For hundreds of years, it has attracted generations of people with its strong artistic charm, making it one of the Chinese people's favorite classical masterpieces. "Journey to the West" mainly describes the story of Monkey King protecting Monk Tang from going to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures and going through eighty-one hardships.

The classic novel "Journey to the West" has a total of one hundred chapters. It describes the story of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Seng's disciples who protect Monk Tang from going to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures. After going through ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties, they finally achieve enlightenment. "Journey to the West" reflects the real social contradictions in a tortuous way through the form of myth, and expresses the people's wishes and requirements to punish evil and promote good. The humanistic version of "Journey to the West" is based on the Shidetang edition of the Ming Dynasty, and is edited and compiled with reference to the Chongzhen edition of the Ming Dynasty and six engraving editions of the Qing Dynasty. Since its publication, it has been deeply welcomed and loved by readers.

Dreaming back to the bumpy and difficult journey to the west, swimming in the fairyland of gods and demons, hunting for treasures in the Dragon Palace with Sun Dasheng, causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and revising the book of life and death; going to the West with Tang Monk to learn Buddhist scriptures, and seeing the customs and customs on the way; there are also the delicious and lazy Zhu Bajie and the hard-working Sha Seng! Stealing ginseng fruit, defeating the White Bone Demon three times, subduing the demon in the Lotus Cave, subduing the red boy, adventures in the land of daughters... You have to read the most classic myths and legends in the world.

"Journey to the West" is the most famous and most accomplished novel about gods and demons in ancient China. "Journey to the West" published by our company has an excellent original text, rigorous proofreading, and accurate annotations. It is a classic reading carefully crafted by many well-known experts and scholars across the country for more than half a century. It has a good reputation among readers. This reprint is part of the "Classification of Classics and Whole Book Reading Series". Teacher Chen Nan from a key middle school in Beijing was specially invited to write guidance content suitable for middle school students to read "Journey to the West" based on the teaching experience of front-line teachers. This is a series of extracurricular reading books written for the Chinese language teaching practice of middle school students and should have a good market.

"Journey to the West" is revered as one of the four classic Chinese classics. It is based on "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", folklore and Yuan dramas. The Song Dynasty's "The Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty's Collection of Buddhist Scriptures" (originally called "The Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty's Collection of Buddhist Scriptures") is the early prototype of the Journey to the West story in spoken language. Among them, the Tang Monk is based on Master Xuanzang.

There is a naughty monkey in the Huaguo Mountain in the Aolai Kingdom of Dongsheng Shenzhou. He worships Subhuti as his teacher and learns the seventy-two transformations. After that, he takes over the mountain and becomes the king, calling himself the Monkey King. The Jade Emperor sent Taishang Laojun to subdue the Great Sage. Unexpectedly, the monkey refused to be restrained and made a big fuss in the sky. He was imprisoned in the alchemy furnace for forty-nine days to develop his piercing eyes. He kicked over the alchemy furnace and got out of hand. He was suppressed by Tathagata at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain. Five hundred years later, a monk came from the Eastern Tang Dynasty. He was originally the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi. Guanshiyin chose him to go to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures to save all living beings. He rescued monkeys on the way to Wuzhi Mountain, and picked up Bajie and Sha Seng along the way. The four masters and disciples subdued demons and embarked on a long journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

The large-print version will be published this time, and the original version will be based on four famous works from the "Chinese Classical Literature Reader Series" with the largest circulation. Among them, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Journey to the West" have been comprehensively revised and improved.