This skimming text is excerpted from the first chapter of the Chinese classical mythological novel "Journey to the West".
The text mainly writes about a fairy stone on Huaguo Mountain that gave birth to a stone monkey. When the stone monkey was playing with a group of monkeys, it was worshiped as the monkey king by the group of monkeys because it dared to be the first to jump into the water curtain cave. , showing the lively, cute and courageous characteristics of the stone monkey.
The text can be divided into three parts according to the order of development. The first part tells about the birth of Stone Monkey and his living conditions. The second part tells about the stone monkey and the group of monkeys looking for the source of the mountain stream and coming to the waterfall. The stone monkey was the first to jump into the waterfall and discovered the water curtain cave.
The third part writes about a group of monkeys entering the Water Curtain Cave and worshiping the stone monkey as their king.
The following word explanations are for reference.
Name: The name is. Said, called.
Circle: The article refers to the circumference of the immortal stone, the length of a circle.
Psychic: The article refers to the fairy stone having spiritual energy and connecting to human nature.
Xiaozi: play.
Shijie: stone tablet. Jie, stone tablet.
Close your eyes: close your eyes.
Good fortune: blessing; luck.
Created in heaven: naturally formed.
Prologue: People who are together are arranged according to their age
Reference materials
Journey to the West is a work of great scale, complete structure and practical use. A masterpiece that reflects social contradictions in fantasy form. The author is Wu Chengen of the Ming Dynasty. The book has one hundred chapters and is divided into three parts: Chapters 1 to 7 are about Sun Wukong becoming king of the Flower and Fruit Mountain and causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace; Chapters 8 to 12 are about the reason for seeking scriptures and the life experience of Tang Monk; Chapters 13 to 100 are about the The eighty-one difficulties that Tang Monk and his disciples experienced on their way to seek Buddhist scriptures. This mythological novel with a fairy tale flavor focuses on shaping the image of Sun Wukong, a bold and rebellious mythical hero. He dares to resist the rulers of heaven and earth, can ascend to heaven and earth, and control wind and rain. His words and deeds conform to the wishes of the people and entrust the ideal of the ancient people to conquer nature
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