The Romance of the Three Kingdoms Journey to the West and Water Margin summarizes the main content according to the plot, lists five characters, summarizes their personality characteristics and lists three related plots. The writing background of Journey to the West It is a true thing in history that the Tang Priest learned from the scriptures. About 1300 years ago, in the first year of Zhenguan of Emperor Taizong (627), Xuanzang, a 25-year-old young monk, left the capital Chang 'an and went to Tianzhu (India) to study alone. After his departure from Chang 'an, he passed through Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan. When I was in Gao Changguo, the residents there worshipped Buddhism very much. The king was very happy to see that they were monks in the Tang Dynasty. He is willing to make them state-protected wizards, plus 120 gold and 1000 horses. Disciple wavered and finally stayed in Gao Changguo, while Xuanzang sneaked out and fled to the west. But was stopped by Gao Changguo soldiers. I didn't expect them to escort Xuanzang Xi to learn the scriptures. The soldier gave Xuanzang a white horse and some documents. Xuanzang is very grateful. He made several obeisances to the palace and then rode to the west. Xuanzang finally arrived in India after difficulties and obstacles. He studied there for more than two years and gave a speech at 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. He traveled to Wan Li in 19 before and after this Buddhist pilgrimage, which was a legendary Long March and made a sensation. Later, Xuanzang dictated what he had learned about his 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 countries seen on the road, and there is no story. As for "Datang The biography of Master Sanzang" written by his disciples Huihe 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. There were poems by three monks in the Tang Dynasty in the Southern Song Dynasty, Tang Sanzang and Pan in the Jin Dynasty, Tang Sanzang's "Learning from the Western Heaven" in Wu Changling, and "Great Sage" in the Fifth Ming Dynasty, all of which laid the foundation for The Journey to the West's creation. It is also on the basis of folklore, scripts and operas that Wu Cheng'en completed this great literary masterpiece that the Chinese nation is proud of through hard re-creation. Literature and Values Among China's classical novels, The Journey to the West's content is the most complicated. It combines the thoughts and contents of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, which not only allows the immortals of Buddhism and Taoism to perform at the same time, but also injects the human feelings of the real society into the world of gods and buddhas, and sometimes inserts a few words of Confucian wisdom like a schoolbag, which is harmonious and interesting. This feature has undoubtedly won the interest of readers of all cultural levels. The appearance of The Journey to the West opened up a new category of ghost novels, and the ingenious combination of well-meaning ridicule, bitter satire and serious criticism in the book directly influenced the development of satirical novels. The Journey to the West is the pinnacle of ancient romantic novels and the representative work of romanticism in the history of world literature. The Journey to the West's book, from beginning to end, is sincere and honest, and he will be an official if he studies well. There is not a word about the prostitution of the immortal Buddha. Or what book is Journey to the West? Yue is really a wonderful work, a wonderful work. -Wu Cheng'en, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, wrote The Journey to the West in the form of humorous stories, including Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, which contained profound contents. This is a mythical work with the significance of resisting feudal rule. Wu Cheng'en is good at making jokes. He told me that the joys and sorrows of monsters are close to human feelings, so everyone likes to watch them. -Lu Xun and The Journey to the West, novel and superb imagination, can be said to be the pinnacle. The characters of the main characters are also very distinctive, with the widest readers, both young and old in Xian Yi. This book has few side effects, and it is an inspiring book. It never loses heart and perseveres in achieving its goals. -Professor Peking University Albino has never read The Journey to the West, just as he has never read Tolstoy or Dostoevsky's novels. It's bold of such people to talk about novel theory. -The Journey to the West, a contemporary French comparative writer, is humorous and gives readers a strong interest. -Encyclopedia de France is a mysterious novel. Among China's classic novels, The Journey to the West is the most complicated one. It combines the words of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. In order to make a more accurate and rational analysis of such a ghost novel, it is necessary to first investigate its writing process and the evolution of Tang priest's story of learning from the scriptures as the main plot of the novel. Because, from this, we can clearly see how this story, which originally preached Buddhism, added the content of Taoism, and became a novel with literary charm and interest, as well as its own artistic characteristics formed by contradictions. Among China's ancient novels, The Journey to the West is a masterpiece with first-class ideology and artistry. It is also the masterpiece of ghost novels, one of the important schools of novels in Ming Dynasty. Its position in ghost novels is equivalent to Romance of the Three Kingdoms in historical novels. Ghost novels usually consist of two parts. Some of them are called Biography of Birth, and some of them are called Biography of Spirit or Biography of Demonization. The structure of Journey to the West is the same. Its first seven chapters introduce the origin of the Monkey King; The remaining 93 chapters are the main part of the book, which tells the story of Tang Priest and the Monkey King's disciples exorcising demons and learning from the West. The story of the Monkey King's birth and havoc in Heaven has successfully created a witty and strong image of the Monkey King. He has a strong rebellious character, despises the corrupt and incompetent ruler of the Heavenly Palace, and shouts the slogan "The emperors take turns to do it and come to my house next year". As someone said, "If there were not too many large-scale peasant uprisings and peasant wars that violently attacked the feudal dynasty in history, the plot of causing havoc in Heaven would not be as bold as imagined, and the Monkey King's image as a rebel would not be so dazzling." The story of Buddhist scriptures in the Western Heaven shows two major themes in the novels of ghosts and gods: seeking and pursuing, slaying demons and subduing demons. The Journey to the West skillfully linked and combined the two. It tells people that in order to find, pursue and achieve a beautiful ideal and goal, and to accomplish a great cause, there are bound to be more or less, big or small, all kinds of difficulties and setbacks, and we must stubbornly overcome these difficulties and overcome these setbacks. The main content is 1. His writing time was in the middle of Ming dynasty, when the social economy was prosperous, but the politics was deteriorating and the people lived in poverty. The author criticizes this unreasonable phenomenon through stories. * * * One hundred times, more than 600,000 words. Each time, the title is displayed in a neat antithesis. The story tells the story of Tang Sanchong and his disciples the Monkey King, Pig Bajie, Friar Sand and Bai. The process of going to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures is divided into three parts: the first part (one to seven times) introduces the Monkey King's magical power; The second part (eight to twelve chapters) tells the reason why Sanzang studied Buddhist scriptures; The third part (13 to 100 times) tells the main story of the whole book, in which Wukong and others demonized and Anda Xitian retrieved the true scriptures. The Tang priest in the novel, usually surnamed Chen and nicknamed, was originally reincarnated by the second disciple of the Buddha, Jin. He is a posthumous child. Because of his parents' tragic and bizarre experiences, he grew up in a temple after becoming a monk, became a monk in a biochemical temple, and finally moved to a famous temple in Beijing to practice. Tang Priest is studious and highly savvy, and stands out among the monks in the temple. Finally, he was selected by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and went to the Western Heaven to learn from the scriptures. On the way to learn Buddhist scriptures, the Tang Priest successively surrendered three disciples, the Monkey King, Pig Bajie and Friar Sand. 3. the Monkey King: Also known as Monkey King, Monkey King and Monkey King. It is an akashi monkey cultivated from the lingshi of Huaguo Mountain in Ole Dongsheng, Shenzhou. It occupied Guo Huashan for three or five hundred years. After eight or nine years, I learned seventy-two changes by learning from Xu Bodhi in Fangcun Mountain, Niulingtai. Since then, the Monkey King made a scene in the Heavenly Palace, claiming to be the Great Sage of Monkey, and was suppressed by the Tathagata at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, unable to move. Five hundred years later, the Tang Priest went to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures, passed by Wuxing Mountain, and broke the spell before he saved the Monkey King. The Monkey King was so grateful that, at the instigation of Guanyin Bodhisattva, he worshipped the Tang Priest as a teacher and went to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures. On the way to learn from the scriptures, the Monkey King exorcised demons and made many remarkable achievements. However, he was misunderstood and expelled again and again by Tang Priest and his disciples. Finally, the four of them arrived at the Buddhist Leiyin Temple and got the true scriptures. The Monkey King's cultivation was successful, and the seal fight defeated the Buddha. The Monkey King is smart, lively, brave, loyal and fierce. He has become the embodiment of wit and courage in China culture, so the Monkey King can easily become the idol of China boys. However, the Monkey King is also the most important relic among the legendary relics, and its name is Gu Wu Relics. 4. Pig Bajie: Also known as Zhu Zhu Gang and Zhu Wuneng. Tian Peng, a former marshal of the Heavenly Palace, came down to earth for flirting with Chang 'e, but he mistakenly cast a pig's fetus and grew into a pig's face. Catch the civilians in Gaolaozhuang and be subdued by the Monkey King. The title of the successful restoration is "The Messenger of the Pure Altar". Pig's weapon is nine-tooth nail palladium. Pig can only change thirty-six. The image of Pig Bajie is a very successful image created by Wu Cheng'en. Although lazy, he is the Monkey King's right-hand man. Selfish as it is, it is likable. 5. Friar Sand: Also known as Sha Wujing and Friar Sand. He used to be a general in the Forbidden City. Because he broke the glass lamp at the flat peach party, he angered the queen mother and was banished to the world. He was turned into a monster by the Liusha River. Later, he was subdued by the Tang Priest and his disciples and was responsible for carrying the burden. The weapon used is a wand. The book also calls Friar Sand "Friar Sand". On the way to Buddhist scriptures in the Western Heaven, after fourteen years of cold and heat, master and apprentice struggled with all kinds of monsters in eighty-one difficult, and finally arrived in the Western Heaven to retrieve the true scriptures. Among them, the most classic stories are the Monkey King's disturbance in the Heavenly Palace, Gao Laozhuang's collection of Eight Rings, Liu Sha River's collection of Sand Monks, Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon, Ginseng Fruit, Pansi Cave, Flame Mountain, True and False Monkey King and so on. In the struggle against monsters, he portrayed the distinctive personalities of the four masters and apprentices. The story is vivid and suitable for all ages for hundreds of years.