The content of Journey to the West is summarized in the whole book
Journey to the West was one of the four famous novels in ancient China. The author was Wu Chengen, a novelist of the Ming Dynasty. The novel was based on the story of Xuanzang, a monk of the Tang Dynasty, and his disciples who went to India to obtain the scriptures after going through 81 difficulties. It was interwoven with various political struggles, wars, monsters, and other elements of the Tang Dynasty. It depicted a journey full of fantasy, thrills, humor, and philosophy. The main plot of the story included: Tang Sanzang and his disciples were attacked by various demons and devils on their way to the Western Heaven to obtain scriptures, and they also met many good people. They overcame many difficulties on their journey, such as encountering monsters, life and death crises, plagues, natural disasters, and so on. Finally, they arrived in India and obtained the scriptures. The adventures of Xuanzang and his disciples in the whole story were full of philosophical thinking, and at the same time, they also showed the profound background of ancient Chinese culture, history, religion and so on.