Eighty-one difficult, after getting the true scriptures, there were four masters and apprentices, and Bai Shuangshuang was sealed. Why are they immortal?

Tang priest was finally called sandalwood merit Buddha; The Monkey King was named Doufo; Pig Bajie was named the messenger of the net altar; Friar Sand was named Golden Lohan; Bai was named Eight Dragons.

The Journey to the West is the pinnacle of China's classical novels about ghosts and gods. The book tells the story of four Tang Taoist priests and a master and apprentice who had a difficult time getting the scriptures from demons.

The author created four classic images delicately and profoundly: Tang Yan, a compassionate, generous but weak and pedantic master; The Monkey King, full of rebellious spirit and miraculous powers; Selfish, cunning and lazy pig; Hard-working and loyal sand monk ...

They embarked on the same path of learning from the scriptures with different purposes. Faced with all kinds of unimaginable monsters and sinister desperate situations, they have contradictions, cooperation and friendship. Wu Cheng'en, the author of The Journey to the West, has rich knowledge, amazing imagination, extraordinary sense of humor and superb writing skills. I believe that every friend will benefit a lot and get the "true classics" on the road of life.

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Creation background

In the first year of Zhenguan of Emperor Taizong (627), Xuanzang Tianzhu, a 25-year-old monk, went hiking in India. After starting from Chang 'an, he passed through Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and finally arrived in India. He studied there for more than two years and gave a speech at a large-scale debate on Buddhist classics, which was well received.

In the 19th year of Zhenguan (645), Xuanzang returned to Chang 'an and brought back 657 Buddhist scriptures, which was a sensation. Later, Xuanzang dictated his The Journey to the West, which was compiled by his disciples into a 12-volume Record of the Western Regions of Datang. But this book is mainly about the history, geography and transportation of countries seen on the road, and there is no story.

As for "Datang The biography of Master Sanzang" written by his disciples Huihe and Yan Cong, it adds a lot of myths to Xuanzang's experience. Since then, the story of Tang Priest's Buddhist scriptures has been widely circulated among the people in China.

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