Brief introduction to the contents of Pilgrim's Progress

The first volume was published in 1678. In the form of words and dreams, it tells the story that I saw a man named Christian reading a book in my dream, knowing that his city was about to be destroyed. He was frightened, so he ran home and told his wife and children the bad news and discussed ways to escape. But they didn't believe him, thought he was crazy and had to run away from home alone. Under the guidance of the preacher, he resolutely embarked on a distant and arduous road to worship the kingdom of heaven. Along the way, he almost suffered extinction in the discouraged swamp, then twice escaped the sniper arrow of the fortress demon king, and broke through the blockade of two fierce lions on the way, fighting to the death for the "scaly" hell demon king in the humiliating valley. Later, he met another pilgrim, Loyalty, and they came to fame and fortune together. Because they were not confused by the vanity fair run by the devil, they were sent to the trial table and "loyalty" was sentenced to the stake. However, when his body was about to be swallowed up by the flame, a carriage fell from the sky, connecting his soul to the kingdom of heaven, but the "Christian" could not escape from the prison. At this time, "Hope" was deeply encouraged by the example of "loyalty" and fled with him. They broke through the suspect fortress of the "desperate" giant and the net of flatterers, crossed the Styx, and finally reached the most beautiful, beautiful and blessed paradise, and won eternal life.

The next volume was published in 1684. The story was told for a long time. I fell asleep in a forest on the outskirts of the city of destruction, and then entered a dream. In my dream, an old man told me the story of a "female Christian" who made a pilgrimage to the Holy City with her four children. After the Christian ascended to heaven, his wife thought that she had tried to stop her husband from going. She felt guilty and extremely sad. Then the angel in the sky "secretly" sent a book to let her follow her husband and worship the kingdom of heaven. As a result, "female Christians" abandoned their families and children and went straight to heaven. The neighbor girl cares about her soul and walks with her. They were attacked by gangsters on the way and rescued by "rescuers". Later, the "translation" Pilars "intrepid" sent them forward. Along the way, "Dafearless" slaughtered the cruel and obstructive giants, defeated the dragon that harassed the town of fame and fortune, destroyed the fortress of suspicion, killed the desperate giant and his wife "suspicion", rescued the upright, the imbecile, the depressed and the timid, and met the innocent. When I woke up, the "female Christian" and others had been called into the kingdom of heaven, and only her children were still waiting there.

The purpose and process of these two journeys are basically similar, and they all go through all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, and finally get the salvation of their souls. However, there are also differences. The first part focuses on the spiritual journey of Christians as a person seeking truth, while the second part focuses on the collective life of Christians as a combination of love and pursuit of heaven goals. Its community includes all kinds of Christians. They are women, children and old people with different self-confidence and courage, but they love each other, encourage each other, support each other, tolerate each other and grow up together in heaven. Just like a loving family, there is no competition and victory, only harmony, order, understanding, tolerance and tolerance.