How do you think that all the monsters encountered by the four monks in the Tang Dynasty were arranged by the Tathagata?

I think so. If you don't say that eating the meat of the Tang priest can live forever, then these monsters won't catch the Tang priest. If we don't catch the Tang Priest, then the Tang Priest is a dispensable figure on the journey to the West. In that case, let the Monkey King take a somersault cloud to go to the Western Heaven to learn from the Buddhist scriptures. If you have to say who wrote the ballad, it should be Tathagata or Guanyin. The reason is the same as what I said above.

The Journey to the West is the only ghost novel among China's four classical novels. This novel, written in the middle of Ming Dynasty, has been widely circulated in China and even around the world since its publication, and has been translated into many languages, and its popularity has surpassed that of the other three masterpieces. Several typical characters described in the book-resourceful the Monkey King, honest and humorous pig Bajie, honest and diligent sand monk, and Tang Priest who is determined to learn the truth after suffering-are almost household names. Stories such as "Making a scene in Heaven", "Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon" and "Borrowing a banana fan three times" are particularly familiar.

The novel The Journey to the West describes the story of four Tang Priests and apprentices who, after 81 difficulties, finally learn from the Buddha in the West. Because there really was a monk named Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty who went to the Indian "Western Heaven" to learn Buddhist scriptures, which played an important role in the history of Buddhism in China. Therefore, some people will inevitably confuse the characters in the novel with those in reality.

In fact, although The Journey to the West's mythical novel is based on the story of Xuanzang's learning from the scriptures, the story of Xuanzang described in the book has been deified, and the plot of seeking dharma and learning from the scriptures is almost fictional. As for Xuanzang's three disciples, the Monkey King, Pig Bajie and Friar Sand, they are also fictional.