Excerpt from Journey to the West
Journey to the West is a classic Chinese myth and legend novel. Sun Wukong led Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Monk Sand to the west to obtain the scriptures. After going through 81 difficulties, they finally obtained the true scriptures. Among them, Sun Wukong encountered various demons and ghosts on his way to obtain the scriptures, but he was always able to overcome various difficulties and finally complete the task. 2. The four of them encountered many touching scenes on the way to the scriptures, such as Sun Wukong sacrificing his own life to save the monk, and Zhu Bajie confessing his deep feelings to the monk on the way to the scriptures. There are also many famous Buddhist allusions in Journey to the West, such as "Three Tripitaka Taking True Scriptures","Wuzhuang Temple Monster","Sun Wukong's Golden Cudgel" and so on. These allusions are very helpful for understanding Buddhist culture and traditional Chinese culture. There were also many wonderful battle scenes in Journey to the West, such as the battle between Sun Wukong and Baijing, the battle between Zhu Bajie and Hong Hai Er, the battle between Monk Sand and the monster, etc. These battle scenes were described very brilliantly and made people exclaim. Journey to the West also involved a lot of life philosophy and moral education issues, such as "good and evil will be rewarded","honest and kind","respect for others" and so on. These issues not only inspired people to uphold the correct values in life, but also had great significance for literary creation.