Where is the original classic of Journey to the West?

What about the classics of Journey to the West? I don't know. I can only talk about my personal feelings.

Mainly as a ghost novel reflecting social phenomena.

For example:

According to ancient legends in China, the world is divided into four categories: the first category is immortal, the second category is human, the third category is ghost, and the fourth category is demon.

Fairy, heaven and earth share the same life, boundless power, ranking in the upper bound.

People worship heaven, become ghosts after death and are controlled by hell. However, people can cultivate immortality and reach heaven through cultivation.

Ghosts, when people die, they become ghosts, and when their souls return to the underworld, reincarnated people can also become immortals.

The inferno was originally a big clan in the wilderness, but Di Jun fell out of power after its fall. Since the second robbery, cults have collapsed and demon disciples have scattered, which is unacceptable to the three realms. Since then, since the demon is a demon, even if it has the ability to reach heaven, it cannot become an immortal.

The Monkey King, the protagonist, is a demon monkey, and then only a demon body. Even the rebellion of the Jade Emperor was created by him. Personally, I think it was because of political corruption in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and the court was dissolute. The Monkey King's story is a kind of obscure public opinion, and it also conveys the idea that imperial power is not supreme and cannot be overthrown.

Look at the westward journey again, why it is a westward journey.

Heaven is always there, and three robberies are coming. The prosperity of western religions is an irreversible event, so it is imperative to travel to the west.

The reflection of the door:

The prosperity of western religions will inevitably lead to the decline of eastern Taoism, because only after the second robbery, saints can't intervene unless they go against the sky, and they can only stumble in secret.

The eighty-first difficulty:

This is an extension of the above trip. Where did the rumor of eating Tang monk meat come from? Very worthy of study.

Besides, if nothing happens, there will be a star king as a demon next time. Is it really the same day? Without the above meaning, who dares to go down and run amok? This is all inspired by the leaders.

And let's see, the last goblin in the next uprising didn't die, but was taken back by their leader, and all the people who died were followers.

The Tang Priest and his disciples went all the way west, and after eighty-one difficulties, they finally got the truth to educate all beings.

However, this is not a story of monster escalation.

Let's first look at the composition of the team:

Tang Priest, the reincarnation of Tathagata's golden cicada, is a typical Western diehard faction.

Pig Bajie, former Marshal of Tian Peng Tiangong, one of the four Arctic saints of Taoist lord protector, a subordinate of Wei Zi, the Emperor of the Arctic, was in charge of the Tianhe Water Army, and was the representative of Daomen.

The imprisoned general Friar Sand is a close relative of the Jade Emperor of Heaven and a representative of Heaven.

The Monkey King, a super thug who was bullied by the Tathagata by shameless means, was unwilling to learn from the scriptures according to the Monkey King's own statement, so he held his head tighter and there was no way out. Personally, I feel that the Monkey King was extremely miserable in the middle and late period and was completely used as a gun. Third, all the people who robbed were demon families, but it was the former demon king who made trouble in heaven.

In this way, this westward journey team includes the four major forces at that time.

Tang Priest was bent on studying the classics, but the Monkey King couldn't help it. Pig Bajie and Friar Sand don't work hard.

Learning team also has its own mission, not monolithic, and typical colleagues have their own ulterior motives.

Finally, I succeeded in learning from the scriptures.

When the West flourished, the Monkey King gave a leisure post, and Pig Bajie and Friar Sand didn't even have a Buddha position.

Generally speaking, I think classics are a reflection of social phenomena and a description of people's hearts and feelings.