Chapter 8: My Buddha created scriptures and preached bliss, and Avalokitesvara went to Chang'an according to the decree.

Five hundred years later, Tathagata Buddha wanted to find a follower to learn the scriptures, so that the Buddha's teachings could be spread to the east forever. Avalokitesvara led the wooden chak to ride on the clouds, carrying a cassock, a tin staff and three hoops of gold, tight and forbidden. Along the way, they subdue Sha Wujing, Zhu Wuneng and Xiao Bailong, persuade Sun Wukong, and let them protect the Buddhist scriptures.

Chapter 9: Yuan Shoucheng’s clever calculation is selfless, and the old Dragon King’s clumsy plan violates the rule of heaven

In order to make Yuan Shoucheng’s prediction fail, the Dragon King of Jinghe secretly changed the timing and amount of rainfall. He also destroyed Yuan Shoucheng's Gua Shop based on the inaccurate possession. Yuan Shoucheng asserted that the Dragon King would be executed by Wei Zheng, the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, for violating the decree. He also asked the Dragon King to ask for a way out to Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. Taizong dreamed of the Dragon King's intercession and agreed to it, and ordered Wei Zheng to serve in the court so that he could not kill the dragon.

Chapter 10: The second general suppressed ghosts at the palace gate, and Tang Taizong returned to the underworld

When Wei Zheng was confronting Taizong, he dreamed of killing the old dragon. That night, Taizong dreamed of the Dragon King claiming his life. From then on, Physical and mental restlessness leads to illness. In order to prevent sneaking, he ordered Wei Chigong and Qin Shubao to guard the palace gate at night. Taizong died soon after, and met Wei Zheng's old friend Cui Jue in the underworld, who was now the judge of the underworld. Cui Jue added twenty years to Taizong's life. On his way back to the Yangtze River, Taizong was entangled by evil spirits and escaped by scattering gold and silver to the ghosts.

Chapter 11: Resurrected by the King of Tang Zunshan, and rescued the lonely soul of Xiao Wang Yuzheng Kongmen

Taizong of the Tang Dynasty came back to life and came to the court to announce a general amnesty to the world, strictly prohibiting slandering monks and slandering Buddha. Everyone recommended Chen Xuanzang to preside over the land and water conference, and Taizong agreed.

Chapter 12: Xuanzang established the Assembly sincerely, and the phoenix sound appeared as a golden cicada

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva turned into a scabies wandering monk and dedicated his tin staff and cassock to Taizong. Taizong gave it to Xuanzang, and Guanyin came to the stage to speak to Xuanzang about the wonders of Mahayana Buddhism. Xuanzang wished to go to the Western Heaven. Taizong named him the imperial disciple, the holy monk, and gave him the title of Tripitaka. Tripitaka left the Tang Monk.

Chapter 13: Falling into the tiger's den, Venus rescues the misfortune, Boqin stays as a monk in Shuangcha Ridge

Tang Monk rode west to the mountainside city, climbed Shuangcha Ridge at night, and was captured alive by the Tiger Demon King's men . Taibai Jinxing rescued Tang Seng. Tang Seng walked to Liangjie Mountain when he suddenly heard a thunderous shout: My master is coming!

Chapter 14: Xin Yuan returned to his rightful ways, and the six thieves disappeared

The shouter is Sun Wukong, and Tang Monk accepts Sun Wukong as his disciple. On the way westward, Wukong killed six robbers who were cutting the path. Tang Seng complained, so Wukong Zongyun left Tang Seng. Guanyin taught Tang Monk the Tightening Curse. Wukong accepted the advice of the Dragon King and came back to protect Tang Monk. He put on the Tightening Curse to express his disobedience to the teacher.

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The creative background of "Journey to the West":

In the first year of Zhenguan (627 years) of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the 25-year-old monk Xuanzang was from Tianzhu (India) Study tour on foot. After setting off from Chang'an, he passed through Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, going through many hardships and obstacles, and finally arrived in India. He studied there for more than two years and served as the keynote speaker at a large-scale Buddhist scripture debate, where he received praise.

In the 19th year of Zhenguan (645), Xuanzang returned to Chang'an and brought back 657 Buddhist scriptures, which caused a sensation. Later, Xuanzang's oral account of his journey to the West was compiled into twelve volumes of "The Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" by his disciple Bianji. But this book mainly tells the history, geography and transportation of the countries seen on the road, without any stories.

When it comes to the "Biography of Master Tripitaka of Daci'en Temple in the Tang Dynasty" written by his disciples Huili and Yancong, it adds a lot of mythological color to Xuanzang's experience. From then on, the story of Tang Monk's Buddhist scriptures began It is widely spread among Chinese people. It was on the basis of Chinese folklore, scripts and operas that Wu Chengen completed this great literary masterpiece after painstaking re-creation.

The content of "Journey to the West" is the most complex among Chinese classical novels. It combines the thoughts and content of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. It not only allows the immortals of Buddhism and Taoism to perform at the same time, but also injects the human emotions of real society into the world of gods and Buddhas. Sometimes it also inserts a few Confucian sentences. The wise sayings make it seem both solemn and humorous, and the wit and wit make the book win the love of readers of all cultural levels.

The social situation in the middle and late Ming Dynasty was very different from that at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Politically, class contradictions, ethnic contradictions, and contradictions within the ruling class were intensifying and becoming increasingly acute; ideologically and culturally, the Enlightenment thought was rising. , the idea of ????liberating human nature was rising, citizen literature was developing increasingly vigorously, the creation of novels and dramas entered a period of comprehensive prosperity, and the sprouts of capitalism emerged economically.

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