A summary of the content of Journey to the West
Journey to the West was one of the four famous novels of ancient China. The author was Wu Chengen, a novelist of the Ming Dynasty. The novel tells the story of Xuanzang, a monk of the Tang Dynasty, who took his three disciples, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Monk Sand, to India to obtain the true scriptures after going through 81 difficulties. On their journey, they met many monsters and demons and made many friends. In the process of obtaining the scriptures, they experienced many difficulties and challenges, including defeating powerful demons such as the White Bone Demon and the Yellow Robe Monster. They also experienced the test of life and death and finally arrived in India. Through telling this story, Wu Chengen conveyed the Buddhist ideas, including "all four are empty","karma" and so on. At the same time, he also showed the social style and cultural characteristics of the Tang Dynasty.