Seeing this topic, perhaps many people will find it funny: is it too humorous to see Journey to the West until today? It's embarrassing to say. Although I have been in contact with the children's book version of Journey to the West since I was very young, I have watched TV dramas and cartoons for more than ten times, and I can say that I know every character's personality and twists and turns like the back of my hand, but it's only recently that I really read the whole book. I used to think it was good to watch TV plays. It is both easy to understand and full of visual and auditory enjoyment. Why do you pick up a thick book to drill unfamiliar words? Now it seems that I was all wet at that time. The same story, the same characters, books are more exciting and exciting than TV series, which makes people seem to have entered a bizarre and colorful fairy world and completely forgotten the outside world. The book mainly tells the story of Tang Priest, the Monkey King, Zhu Bajie and Friar Sand who finally got the scriptures after eighty-one difficulties.
The characters of the four protagonists in the book have their own characteristics, which are in sharp contrast: Tang Priest is sincere to Buddhism, kind-hearted and stubborn, but at the same time he looks a bit timid and pedantic because of his softhearted heart; The Monkey King is just, bold, brave, smart, loyal to his master, heart and soul, and has boundless magic power, which makes all demons and ghosts fear; Although Zhu Bajie is greedy for money and lust, lazy and greedy, he never lacks kindness; Friar Sand is honest and rigorous, content with his destiny. Among them, my favorite is the Monkey King, who was a naive, naughty and unrestrained "wild monkey" before being crushed under the Five Elements Mountain. He took away the treasure of Zhenhai from the old dragon king-Dinghai Shenzhen; Heaven tore up the book of life and death; He made a scene in the Heavenly Palace, stole the Xiantao elixir, ignored the Jade Emperor, and called himself "the Great Sage of Qitian". He is the most stubborn and rebellious in this period, but he can make me have a strong voice of * * *, which makes me deeply like this role, perhaps because he inspired my inner potential yearning-freedom. He broke through the stone, without father or mother, without worldly fetters, he was free; Seeing the death of the old monkey, he decided to go far away to seek immortality. He pursues freedom and gets rid of the bondage of death. He made a scene in heaven because the Jade Emperor restricted his movement and freedom. It is precisely because all his efforts and struggles are for complete freedom that he is so cute. When many heavenly soldiers and generals were helpless to him and the Jade Emperor was forced to turn to the Buddha in the West for help, it gave people a sense of resentment and gave people the strength and courage to pursue freedom. However, I clearly understand that complete freedom is impossible in the past, present and future. People are always bound by one way or another, and there is a lot of helplessness. The Monkey King was finally punished and kept under the Wuzhishan Mountain for 500 years, but it doesn't mean that he was wrong, but his strength was not strong enough under the historical conditions at that time. After all, he is alone. Perhaps it was because of the disparity in strength between the two sides that he lost. Although we are surrounded by a constrained world, at least we can make our heart as wide and deep as possible, so that it can contain heaven and earth and soar in the universe. The Journey to the West, which has been tempered by time, deeply contains the long-awaited spirit of freedom, which is an important reason why it and the Monkey King are so popular.
After coming out from the foot of Wuxing Mountain, Wukong put on a tight hoop and went his own way, becoming standardized and obedient, because he is a person who knows how to repay kindness. The Monkey King's superb skills were only used for the purpose of justice in the decadent consciousness of the heavenly palace rulers at this time. He protected Master all the way to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures, and experienced eighty-one difficulties on the way. Every disaster is resolved wholeheartedly and desperately. During this period, the most frustrating thing is that he killed Bai in human form three times to protect his master, but the Tang Priest never believed his explanation, thinking that he was stubborn and hopeless, and began to curse cruelly. However, he didn't hate the master in his heart and didn't want to get back at him. He swallowed all the grievances and always thought about the safety of his master, which shows his sincerity and loyalty to his master and his perseverance in overcoming difficulties. Finally, he and his two younger brothers, Pig Bajie and Friar Sand, finally sent their master to Leiyin Temple to get the scriptures. He finally achieved a positive result and became a defeated Buddha. From this, we can realize that evil is invincible and truth is eternal. As long as we are not discouraged in the face of difficulties, do not compromise, give full play to our intelligence and courage, we will certainly be able to make further progress on the other side of success.
However, the Monkey King was trapped at the foot of Wuzhishan, with a hoop on his head, and was cheated. I still don't understand in my heart. Since the Tathagata Buddha is so powerful, why not just clean up the Monkey King and have a competition with him? Why did Master Guanyin not directly put an iron ring on Wukong's head when he thanked him, but let the Tang Priest seduce him to wear it? Also, when heaven is in trouble, he is invincible, and the gods can't help him. Why couldn't he deal with some treasures stolen from Buddhism by demons and ghosts on his way to the scriptures, and finally he had to ask the gods and buddhas for help? Why didn't the immortal use those treasures against him in the first place? Strange! Maybe it's because my understanding ability is not strong enough. Maybe when I open this book again in a few years, I will have another view. The only certainty is that The Journey to the West is an enduring masterpiece that many readers can never tire of reading. It has created the peak of fairy tales in China and even the world, and is worthy of being one of the four classical novels of China.
The Journey to the West is one of the four classical novels of China. Wu Cheng'en's masterpiece tells the story of Po Hou, Tang Sanzang, his younger brother Bajie and Friar Sand going to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures. Although I have read this book once, I don't know how many times I have read it on the TV edited by this book. It gives people a feeling of never getting tired of reading, and they like it after reading it.
After reading this novel, I am very touched. I think I should learn from Tang Priest's wholehearted spirit and the Monkey King's indomitable spirit.
In this book, a Po Hou who "jumped" out of a stone is vividly outlined, and it is written that he changed from daring to being a respectful monkey. He is desperate for his master's safety. He is not as lazy as a pig or as simple and honest as Friar Sand. With his help, the author outlined the Monkey King's great wisdom and courage. Since Tang Sanzang rescued the Monkey King from Wuzhishan, it was the Monkey King who was the manager during this period.
In the battle with Bai, he killed Bai who became human three times and was angry with Master. Tang Yan is a mortal. He doesn't know that he is a monster. Wukong didn't listen to his explanation at all, but read his spell, and the Monkey King rolled in pain. Finally, Tang Yan broke off the mentoring relationship with the Monkey King, and the Monkey King was forced to return to Huaguoshan. But the Monkey King didn't hate Master psychologically, and he didn't even want to get back at Master. He hides all his grievances in his heart, thinking about his master's safety all the time, which shows that he is sincere to his master. No matter how tired and hungry they are, no matter how cunning the monsters are, they will defeat them one by one and save their owners from danger.
As the saying goes, "Read thousands of books and take Wan Li Road." It is always good to read more books. In today's society, without culture, it is impossible and will be eliminated by society. Since we were born, our parents taught us to speak and read. When we grow up, they taught us how to be a man. We not only learned knowledge at school, but more importantly, learned to be a man. Only by learning how to be a man can we learn more knowledge and make more friends.
We will learn a lot from books, so we should read more books and read good books.
Notes on journey to the west
Growing up, I have read The Journey to the West many times. The first time I saw it, it was purely for its twists and turns and interesting plot. After reading it, I have some opinions on the characters and behaviors in the book. My favorite in The Journey to the West is the Monkey King, who is kind, naughty, smart, powerful, outspoken to immortals, persistent in beating monsters (especially Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon), and friendly to brothers, teachers and monkeys. Among the four Tang Priests, the Monkey King is often the first to find monsters, but his master Tang Priests is always easily deceived by monsters dressed as good people, punishing Wukong for killing monsters, and even driving him away regardless of his explanation. Although Wukong was unwilling, he listened to Master and did not stubbornly follow him. But when Bajie asked him for help again, as soon as he heard that the master was in trouble, he let bygones be bygones and ran to save the master without hesitation, without a complaint. Although he is impulsive, hot-tempered, and sometimes impulsive to kill people, in my opinion, those people all deserve it. They are bandits and tyrants who have killed countless people, but Tang Priest, who believes in Buddhism, doesn't believe him. Anyway, he won't let Wukong kill people, but he doesn't care if those wicked people harm others. I always feel that Wukong is wronged. Tang priest is one of the four of them, which makes it difficult for me to understand. He is always taken away by monsters. Among the four masters and apprentices, he always brings trouble, but he has no skill. He only knows that there is no Amitabha in the south, and sometimes there is trouble. If there is no Wukong, I think he must have gone to another Buddhist paradise. He is a kind and helpful teacher who can't tell whether a person is a demon or not. When he sees monsters hurting people, he always lets Wukong and others catch them. However, when Wukong killed those who had harmed ordinary people, he was shocked. Not only can he say spells, but sometimes he will drive him away. Doesn't he think that if Wukong doesn't kill people, they will harm people again, so isn't it a life for one more life? However, Tang Priest also has extraordinary perseverance. In order to get to the Western Heaven for the benefit of the people, he not only didn't want to get to the Western Heaven quickly without letting Wukong fly to get it himself, but even asked himself to be down-to-earth every step and never asked Wukong to help him fly. Tang Priest met many people on the road who tried their best to keep him, even offered him Jinshan Yinshan, and even the whole country, but he refused. I think this is because he has always insisted on learning from the scriptures. Pig Bajie is a lazy and greedy big fat pig. Sometimes Wukong asked him to find some fruits for his master to eat. He either slept on the road or picked a lot of fruits, but he ate them all on the way back, which often caused the other three people to wait for him in the same place. When he came back, he just found an excuse to tell a lie and tried to perfunctory things, but he was always caught by the clever Wukong, which made a mess. I think Bajie always thinks about this and that on his way to learn the scriptures, instead of hiding a little money here and a little treasure there. He always thinks about Gao Laozhuang's daughter-in-law and Chang 'e, and when his master is arrested, he always says, "Let's pack up and break up" and "I'm going back to Gao Laozhuang". He also has a bad habit of always boasting. Sometimes, when Wukong defeated the monster, he also vividly boasted to others how he defeated the monster. However, he sometimes plays a role. For example, Master was arrested for nothing. He came to Huaguoshan to get the monkey out and finally saved Master. Therefore, I think Bajie is quite cute. Although he uses his brain from time to time, he also has a spark of wisdom. Friar Sand is the most honest of the three disciples. He is loyal to his master and respectful to his two senior brothers. However, it is not soft to fight monsters. Although it is not as powerful as Wukong, it can still protect the master at the critical moment. Moreover, among the four master and apprentice, he is the most alert person except Wukong. You can also remind the master. Although Journey to the West is very old, I believe its charm will last forever, because these four men and women really have their own strong points and are very attractive.