What is The Journey to the West's literary common sense?

1, The Journey to the West mainly described the story of the Monkey King's disturbance in the Heavenly Palace, the birth of Tang Priest and the four disciples' Buddhist scriptures, and praised the brave and indomitable spirit of the four disciples, mainly the Monkey King.

It consists of three parts: the Monkey King's havoc in the Heavenly Palace, the birth of Tang Priest, and the classic of the Monkey King, Pig Bajie and Friar Sand to protect Tang Priest. I experienced many hardships along the way, defeated all kinds of monsters, passed the eighty-one difficulties and finally succeeded.

2. In The Journey to the West, the world is divided into four continents: Dongsheng Shenzhou, Xiniuhe, Southern and Northern States.

3. the Monkey King's first master was Bodhi. After he converted to Buddhism, Tang Priest named him a monkey. He made great contributions to Buddhist scriptures and was later named "Defeating the Buddha".

4. There are many well-known stories in The Journey to the West, such as Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon making a scene in Heaven and the Monkey King borrowing a banana fan three times.

5. On the way to escort Tang Priest to the West, it was the Monkey King who was witty and hateful; Innocent and clever is Pig Bajie, whose dharma name is Wuneng; It is the sand monk who is loyal, honest and diligent.

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Creation background

In the first year of Zhenguan of Emperor Taizong (627), Xuanzang Tianzhu (India), a 25-year-old monk, went hiking. After starting from Chang 'an, he passed through Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and finally arrived in India. He studied there for more than two years and delivered a speech in a large-scale debate on Buddhist classics, which was well received. In the 19th year of Zhenguan (645), Xuanzang returned to Chang 'an and brought back 657 Buddhist scriptures, which was a sensation.

Later, Xuanzang dictated his The Journey to the West, which was compiled by his disciples into a 12 volume of "Records of the Western Regions of Datang". But this book is mainly about the history, geography and transportation of the country seen on the road, and there is no story. As for "Datang The biography of Master Sanzang" written by his disciples Huili and Yan Cong, it adds a lot of myths to Xuanzang's experience. Since then, the story of Tang Priest's Buddhist scriptures has been widely circulated among the people in China.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, there were Sanzang Poems in the Tang Dynasty, Tang Sanzang and Pan in the Jin Dynasty, Tang Sanzang's Journey to the Western Heaven by Wu Changling and Great Sage by Wu Mingshi, all of which laid the foundation for The Journey to the West's creation. It is on the basis of China folklore, scripts and operas that Wu Cheng'en completed this great literary masterpiece through hard re-creation.

Wu Cheng'en, the author of The Journey to the West, lived in the middle and late Ming Dynasty and experienced five periods: Hongzhi in Xiaozong, Zhengde in Wuzong, Jiajing in Sejong, Qin Long in Mu Zong and Wanli in Zongshen.

The social situation in the middle and late Ming Dynasty was quite different from that at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Political class contradictions, ethnic contradictions and contradictions within the ruling class have intensified and become increasingly acute. The ideological and cultural enlightenment rose, the trend of human liberation rose, civic literature became increasingly prosperous, novel and drama creation entered a period of all-round prosperity, and capitalism sprouted economically.

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