The fifth chapter of 'Dream of the Red Chamber' was mainly about the emotional entanglement between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. In this part, Jia Baoyu fell ill because of grief, and Lin Daiyu came to visit him. However, due to the interests of the family and various reasons, the two were forced to separate and finally Lin Daiyu passed away. In this part, Jia Baoyu's mentality experienced a huge change. He began to reflect on his mistakes and tried to save Lin Daiyu's life. At the same time, he began to realize the decline of his family and his own powerlessness. The entire chapter was filled with grief, thought, and reflection. It was one of the most touching parts of 'Dream of the Red Chamber'.
Chapter 51 and 52 of Journey to the West were very important chapters in Journey to the West. They mainly told the story of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Monk Sand who went to the Western Heaven to obtain scriptures.
In chapter 51, Sun Wukong and company encountered Red Boy when they passed by Flaming Mountain. Although Red Boy was a child, he was very smart and witty, allowing him to become an ally of Sun Wukong and company. Sun Wukong used Red Boy's Demonic Fire to help Tang Sanzang and his disciples cross the Flaming Mountain. Later on, they subdued the Bull Demon King, Princess Iron Fan, and the others.
In the 52nd chapter, Sun Wukong and the others passed by the White Bone Demon's nest and met the White Bone Demon herself. Sun Wukong used Polymorph to turn the White Bone Demon into a bird, but in the battle with the White Bone Demon, he finally defeated the White Bone Demon and saved the Tang Sanzang and his disciples.
These two chapters also described how Sun Wukong and the others encountered many dangers and challenges, but they finally overcame the difficulties and successfully obtained the true scriptures. These stories showed the courage and wisdom of Sun Wukong and others, and also expressed the values of compassion, justice, and peace in Buddhist thought.
The chapters 34-36 of Water Margins were summarized as follows:
Chapter 34: Lin Chong goes to Liangshan on a snowy night
This time, it was the story of Lin Chong joining Liangshan Lake. He became a hero after joining forces at Liangshan Lake and fought against the officials of the imperial court together with the other heroes of Liangshan Lake. This time, Lin Chong met another hero from Liangshan Lake, Wu Song, and they started a fierce battle.
Chapter 35: Wu Seizes Shuangxi Cave with Wisdom
This time, it was the story of the heroes of Liangshan Lake who went to Shuangxi Cave to capture the enemy generals. Wu Yongzai played an important role in this round. He used his intelligence to successfully formulate a plan of action and led the heroes of Liangshan Lake to victory.
Chapter 36: Lin Chong, Water Lake, Liangshan, Fighting with Wisdom Star
This time, it was about the heroes of Liangshan Lake who fought with the officials of the imperial court in the water stronghold of Liangshan Lake. In this battle, Lin Chong displayed his bravery and wisdom, and finally successfully defeated the court officials to protect the safety of Liangshan Lake.
Chapter 61 ~120 of Water Margins are summarized as follows:
In chapters 61 to 120 of Water Margins, the heroes of Liangshan defeated the Liao and Northern Song dynasties through many battles and achieved the goal of "returning our rivers and mountains". In this process, the Liangshan heroes experienced many setbacks and difficulties, but they always adhered to justice and courage and finally won.
In the process of the establishment and growth of Liangshan Lake, the heroes of Liangshan were influenced by various factors, including political, social and psychological factors. They made many like-minded friends and fought against the enemy together. They also experienced many internal struggles and differences.
In Water Margins, many characters had different personalities and fates. Among the heroes of Liangshan, there are many heroes such as Wu Song, Li Kui, Lu Zhishen, etc. They not only have powerful martial arts and courage, but also have noble moral character and personality. At the same time, Water Margins also described the stories of many ordinary people, such as Lin Chong, Song Jiang and others. Their family lives showed the variety and complexity of society.
Water margin is a classic work in the history of Chinese literature. It not only has profound ideology and literary value, but also has extremely high artistic value and cultural significance.
The twentieth and twenty-first chapters of Journey to the West were respectively," Sun Wukong Beats the White Bone Demon Three Times,"" Zhu Bajie Battles the Spider Demon," and " Tang Sanzang Was Captured by Demons."
Journey to the West:
Treasure Elephant Kingdom was an important pass on Tang Sanzang's journey to get scriptures. The king was called Cien, and his daughter was the king of the country. She was beautiful, but she was bewitched by the ministers, the King of Gold Horn and the King of Silver Horn. A fierce competition broke out between the two countries.
Tang Sanzang and his disciples finally arrived at the Treasure Elephant Country after going through countless hardships. Here, they met the princess of the Bao Xiang Kingdom, Zi. She started an adventure in order to save Tang Sanzang who was captured by the King of Golden Horns. They encountered various dangers and challenges in the territory of Bao Xiang Kingdom, but in the end, Tang Sanzang and his disciples successfully won the trust of the King of Bao Xiang Kingdom. Tang Sanzang obtained the scriptures and Zi finally got rid of the control of the King of Gold Horn and the King of Silver Horn and gained freedom.
The tenth to twentieth chapters of Journey to the West mainly told the story of Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang's group going to India to obtain scriptures.
Chapter 10: Sun Wukong helps Tang Sanzang to get scriptures. Tang Sanzang is saved by Red Boy. Sun Wukong helped Tang Sanzang cross the Flaming Mountain and defeat the Bull Demon King and Princess Iron Fan. In this round, Tang Sanzang obtained the true scripture with the help of the White Dragon Horse.
Chapter 20: Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang, and the others arrived in India and encountered the gods and monsters in the mythology of India. Sun Wukong helped Tang Sanzang defeat the Guardian God in Indian mythology and obtained the sutra. During this time, Tang Sanzang and the others also met some friendly Indian people and communicated with them.
Journey to the West is a classic Chinese classical novel with a total of 33 chapters. The summary of each episode was as follows:
Chapter 1: The Birth of Sun Wukong
- Sun Wukong was born after the mother monkey left.
- Tang Sanzang went to India to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures.
Chapter 2: The Birth of Sha Wujing
- Sha Wujing was Tang Sanzang's disciple and was born to save Tang Sanzang.
- Tang Sanzang and his disciples encountered a monster outside Chang 'an City. Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing went to Chang' an City to look for Tang Sanzang.
Chapter 3: Monsters Create Flaming Mountains
- The Flaming Mountain was an obstacle created by the demons to prevent the four of them from going to India to obtain the scriptures.
- Sun Wukong went to the Flaming Mountain to try to find the monster, Tang Sanzang and his disciples, and finally succeeded in breaking through.
Chapter 4: Sun Wukong Beats White Bone Demon Three Times
- The White Bone Demon was a monster who disguised herself as a beauty in order to gain the trust of Tang Sanzang.
- Sun Wukong and the White Bone Demon fought again and again until Tang Sanzang finally subdued Sun Wukong.
Chapter 5: Tang Sanzang Encountering Red Boy
- Red Boy was Tang Sanzang's disciple, so he came to Tang Sanzang's side because he was similar to Tang Sanzang's mother.
- Red Boy, Sun Wukong, and company engaged in an intense battle. In the end, Sun Wukong subdued Red Boy.
Chapter 6: Sun Wukong wreaks havoc in heaven
- Sun Wukong had angered the Jade Emperor by causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace.
- Sun Wukong was suppressed under the Five Fingers Mountain for 500 years before he was rescued and subdued by Tang Sanzang.
Chapter 7: Tang Sanzang's Pilgrimage to the Western Heaven
- Tang Sanzang and his disciples decided to go to India to learn the scriptures.
- Sun Wukong helped Tang Sanzang through many difficulties and finally Tang Sanzang successfully retrieved the true scripture.
Chapter 8: Zhu Bajie was demoted to the mortal world
- Zhu Bajie was banished to the mortal world by the Emperor of Heaven for being mischievous.
- Zhu Bajie, Sun Wukong and the others started a fierce battle and finally Zhu Bajie was subdued.
Chapter 9: Tang Sanzang and the King of the Kingdom of Women
- Tang Sanzang and the king of the Kingdom of Women developed feelings for each other. In the end, Tang Sanzang successfully retrieved the true scripture.
- The king of the Kingdom of Women was willing to give up his country for the sake of Tang Sanzang, and Tang Sanzang successfully got together with her.
Chapter 10: Sun Wukong's Three Pilgrimages
- Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang went to India together to learn the scriptures and experienced 81 difficulties.
- Sun Wukong helped Tang Sanzang through many difficulties and finally Tang Sanzang successfully retrieved the true scripture.
The tenth to twentieth chapters of Journey to the West told the story of Sun Wukong leading Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Monk Sand through eighty-one difficulties and finally arriving at the Western Heaven to obtain the scriptures.
This time, Sun Wukong and the Bull Demon King had a fierce battle. Sun Wukong used his magical powers to knock the Bull Demon King to the ground with the Jingu Staff and trapped him in the Immobilization Spell.
In this trip, the four of them experienced a dangerous flood. Sun Wukong helped them cross the river and protected them from harm.
This time, Sun Wukong also assisted the four of them in finding a spirit medicine that could cure all the monsters and finally helped them successfully cure the monsters.
In general, this time it was about the various dangers and challenges that Sun Wukong experienced on his way to learn the scriptures, as well as how he helped Tang Sanzang and his disciples overcome the difficulties.
The Water Margins was a classical Chinese novel that told the story of 108 heroes who gathered together to fight against the government. The summary of chapters 1 to 70 is as follows:
Chapter 1 to Chapter 3: Lin Chong gets to know Marshal Gao, mistakenly enters the White Tiger Hall, is sent to other places, and finally escapes. He gets to know Hua Rong and others and becomes a hero of Liangshan.
Chapter 4 to Chapter 6: The Liangshan heroes gathered together. Lin Chong, Qin Ming and others were sent to Bianjing, Tokyo to investigate the crimes of Cai Jing and Cai Taishi. Finally, they met with the Liangshan heroes to fight against the imperial court together.
Chapter 7 to Chapter 9: Liangshan heroes accept amnesty Song Jiang and others were recruited to Yanqing Village. During this period, Lin Chong, Qin Ming and others were framed and finally successfully rescued Liangshan heroes, gradually losing their status.
Chapter 10 to Chapter 12: The heroes of Liangshan were persecuted by Gao Qiu and the others. Song Jiang and the others were forced to escape and eventually returned to Liangshan to launch the Liangshan Uprising against Gao Qiu and the others.
Chapter 13 to Chapter 15: Liangshan heroes start to attack Tokyo City. Song Jiang and others are trapped in the Leopard Head Forest of the Nine-striped Dragon Shi Jin and finally successfully recapture Tokyo City.
Chapter 16 to Chapter 18: The Liangshan heroes and the government launched a fierce battle. Lin Chong, Qin Ming and others started a fire with the government in Liangshan Lake and finally successfully destroyed the enemy in Liangshan Lake.
Chapter 19 to Chapter 22: The Liangshan heroes joined Dong Ping, Zhang Qing, and the others in the uprising army to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the government army. In the end, they successfully eliminated Dong Ping and Zhang Qing's uprising army.
Chapter 23 to Chapter 25: Liangshan Hero and Lu Junyi and others launched a decisive battle in Liangshan Lake. In the end, Lu Junyi was killed by Song Jiang and Liangshan Hero failed.
Chapter 26 to Chapter 28: The heroes of Liangshan gather again in Liangshan Lake. Song Jiang and the others decide to continue resisting the imperial court and start a new battle with the new forces in Liangshan Lake.
Chapter 29 to Chapter 34: The heroes of Liangshan participated in the encirclement and suppression of the government. Lu Junyi, Lin Chong and others performed well in the battle and finally successfully destroyed the government's forces.
Chapter 35 to 37: Liangshan heroes participate in the gathering of justice in Liangshan Lake. Song Jiang and others formulate new strategies and finally successfully eliminate the enemies in Liangshan Lake.
Chapter 38 to Chapter 42: The heroes of Liangshan participated in the encirclement and suppression of the government. Lu Junyi, Wu Song and others performed well and finally succeeded in eliminating the power of the government.
Chapter 43 to Chapter 46: The Liangshan heroes participate in the invasion of Goguryeo. Lin Chong, Wu Song, and the others perform well and eventually destroy Goguryeo's forces.
Chapter 47 to Chapter 50: The heroes of Liangshan continue to participate in the invasion of Goguryeo. Lin Chong, Wu Song and the others performed well in the battle and finally succeeded in destroying Goguryeo's forces, contributing to the peace of the Song Dynasty.