Combined with the plot of the novel, this paper analyzes the concrete expression of the Monkey King's image from three aspects: monkey nature, divinity and humanity.

Monkey Nature: the Monkey King made a scene in the Heavenly Palace, making a mess. After being misunderstood, he stole ginseng fruit and destroyed it, which shows his stubbornness.

"Divinity": the Monkey King can see through Bai's tricks every time, which can reflect the Monkey King's "divinity".

Humanity: After the Tang Priest was beaten, he blamed the Monkey King for driving him away several times, but the Monkey King didn't leave. Finally, he had no choice but to leave. The Monkey King also bowed down to the Tang Priest. Later, when Master was in distress, the Monkey King went to save Tang Priest. The Monkey King's loyalty and repayment to Master reflected the Monkey King's "humanity".

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The Monkey King is smart, lively, loyal and hateful, representing wit and courage in folk culture. The legend of westward journey began to appear in the Tang Dynasty and continued until the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, The Journey to the West, the representative of these legends, appeared. In these folk myths of past dynasties, the Monkey King was regarded as a god by China people.

The Monkey King was born in Huaguoshan, a country in the world of Walper, and was born in the immortal stone, because it is open. However, the immortal stone is not without its origin. It is located on the ancestral vein of three islands on ten continents. Its height is twenty-four qi, and its orifices correspond to nine palaces and eight diagrams (nine orifices and eight orifices) One day, the fairy stone burst and gave birth to a stone egg. When the wind blows, it becomes a stone monkey. After the stone monkey was born, two divine lights appeared in his eyes and shot at Dou Fu, which alarmed the Jade Emperor in the sky. Later, because he successfully broke into water curtain cave, he was worshipped as the "Monkey King" by the monkeys in Huaguoshan.