1. "Journey to the West" is a work that aims to save the fallen human heart and spirit; "Journey to the West" is also a work that depicts the theme of anti-corruption.

——Liu Ge's "Journey to the West" is full of fantasy, and its vertical and horizontal changes, with the ape as the god of the heart, and the pig as the heart of the horse, its initial indulgence, cannot be restrained by heaven and earth, but is reduced to a tight curse.

, can make the mental ape tame and conquer him until death. It is also a metaphor for reassurance. It is not a waste of time.

——Xie Zhaozhe 2. "Journey to the West" is at most an interesting comic novel and a mythological novel; it has no subtle meaning, and at most it has a bit of cynicism that loves to curse.

This point of cynicism is also very clear; it does not hide it, and we do not need to dig deep.

"——Hu Shi? 3. However, although the author is a Confucian scholar, this book is really based on games and is not about teaching. Therefore, there are only occasional common talks about the five elements and the contradictions in the whole book. He has not studied Buddhism in particular, so there are absurd and nonsensical sutras at the end of the book.

, The mixed religion has been popular for a long time, so his writings are of the same style as Sakyamuni and Laojun, and the true nature and the original spirit are mixed, so that followers of the three religions can follow suit. "——Lu Xun 4,

From beginning to end, the book "Journey to the West" talks about the importance of sincerity and correctness of mind, and the new and perfect learning. There is not a single word about the immorality of immortals and Buddhas.

Or ask what kind of book "Journey to the West" is?

It is indeed a wonderful and wonderful article.

——Qing Dynasty scholar Zhang Shushen expanded information: Mao Zedong had a high enthusiasm for "Journey to the West" throughout his life. Until his later years, he collected various versions of "Journey to the West" and compared them with each other. This explains for us a classical mythology

This provides a clue as to why magic novels continue to become popular in an era when class struggle is the core and political movements are frequent.

Mao Zedong often had unique interpretations of the characters that appeared in "Journey to the West". For example, he believed that Tang Monk was a revisionist Bernstein, Zhu Bajie was a liberal, etc. However, among all the characters, the one he had a special liking for was Big Brother.

Sun Wukong in the Heavenly Palace.

Mao Zedong often mentioned Sun Wukong in his speeches and writings at different stages. Although Sun Wukong's seventy-two transformations were also used as a metaphor for the negative evaluation of intellectuals ("Criticizing Liang Shuming's Reactionary Thoughts"), overall it was similar to this

The "Monkey King", who is full of romantic heroic temperament and rebellious spirit, cherishes each other.

On May 12, 1957, when Mao Zedong met with the Albanian parliamentary delegation at Zhongnanhai Fengze Garden, he pointed out that China had the most revolutionary Sun Monkey who opposed the Jade Emperor's autocracy, and compared the Chinese people to the Sun Wukong who caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace and overthrew the

Chiang Kai-shek and Imperialist Despotism.

As a revolutionary who devoted his life to "breaking the old world", Mao Zedong greatly admired Sun Wukong's rebellious spirit of "the strong should respect me, and this is the only way a hero dares to be the first".