The "Heavenly Palace" in the novel reflects the people's resistance in China feudal society through fairy tales. Of course, fantasy novel's reflection of reality has its own characteristics, which is different from ordinary literary works that directly reflect real life.
The rebels in the "Tiangong" erected the banner of "the Monkey King" and put forward the slogan "The emperors take turns to do it and come to my house next year". One hundred thousand heavenly soldiers will flee with the wind, and the rule of the Heavenly Palace is so shaky that the Jade Emperor has to ask for help. These fictional and fantasy plots are all based on the peasant uprising and peasant war in reality.
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The Journey to the West's Creative Background
In the first year of Zhenguan of Emperor Taizong, Xuanzang Tianzhu, a 25-year-old monk, was hiking. After starting from Chang 'an, he passed through Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and finally arrived in India.
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 nineteenth year of Zhenguan, Xuanzang returned to Chang 'an and brought back 657 Buddhist scriptures, which was 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.
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