The Jade Emperor in The Journey to the West is weak, seemingly weak, and has no definite view of things. The Jade Emperor in this article is the epitome of the feudal rulers at that time. Compared with the common people represented by the Monkey King, Qi Tian Da Sheng, Zhu Bajie and others, it exposed and criticized the fatuity and incompetence of the rulers at that time and satirized the darkness of the society at that time.
Wu Cheng'en created the image of the Jade Emperor to reflect the emperor at that time, and in general to shape the ruling group at that time. What the Jade Emperor did to the Monkey King was to show the corruption of the ruling group at that time.
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The Journey to the West's content is the most complicated in China's classical novels. 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 Buddhism and Taoism, and sometimes inserts a few words of Confucian wisdom, which is harmonious and interesting, making the book win the interest of readers at all levels of culture. ? [ 10]?
Mythical thinking and power consciousness;
Judging from the basic nature and art of the text as a whole, The Journey to the West is a Han folk literature text mixed with elements such as religion and myth, superstition and witchcraft, and it is a text form that has been collectively created and finally individually processed in a long historical period. It reflects the decline of China's philosophy after the decline of the axis culture in the pre-Qin period and the chaotic picture of the life world and the secularized enjoyment picture after the collapse of the value building.
The ridicule and satire of the comedies of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism highlight the germination and gradual development of commodity economy, the deconstruction of mainstream ideology and the collapse of spiritual belief in the later period of ancient China society. In the mythical world constructed by The Journey to the West, religion is a metaphor of spiritual and psychological totalitarian rule and is interpreted as a symbol of imperial power.
As a result, the consciousness of imperial power and mythical thinking are logically allied in religious artistic texts, and a religious model of politicization and politicization of religion is born.
Journey to the West presents the dual totalitarianism of secular world and spiritual world-imperial power and theocracy. The subject of existence is firmly bound in material and spiritual life, succumbing to the dual domination of political power and religion, and collectively and unconsciously prostrating himself at the feet of the emperor and Buddha in psychological structure.
Obviously, The Journey to the West's texts exude an innate national servility. Even the "hero" who is a rebel idol finally has to bow to the "demon" who symbolizes the rule of the Buddha.
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