The fifty-sixth chapter of "Journey to the West" is "The God is Crazy and Kills the Grass Bandits and the Daoist Monkey". It tells the story of Sun Wukong who killed many thieves who were robbing on the road. Tang Monk was kind-hearted and recited a tightening curse. And drove Sun Wukong away.
"Journey to the West" is the first romantic chapter-length novel about gods and demons in ancient China. None of the 100-chapter editions of "Journey to the West" published in the Ming Dynasty are signed by the author. Qing Dynasty scholar Wu Yuqi and others first proposed that the author of "Journey to the West" was Wu Chengen in the Ming Dynasty. This novel is based on the historical event of "Tang Monk's Study for Buddhist Scriptures". Through the author's artistic processing, it profoundly depicts the social reality at that time.
The whole book mainly describes that after Sun Wukong was born and caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace, he met Tang Monk, Zhu Bajie, Sha Monk and White Dragon Horse, traveled westward to obtain Buddhist scriptures, subjugated demons along the way, experienced ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties, and finally finally The story of reaching the Western Heaven and seeing Tathagata Buddha, and finally the Five Saints came true.
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Evaluation of the work
"Journey to the West" is a work that aims to save the fallen human heart and spirit; "Journey to the West" It is also a work about anti-corruption. ——Liu Ge
"Journey to the West" is full of fantasy, and its changes in vertical and horizontal directions, with the ape as the god of the heart, and the pig as the heart of the horse, its indulgence at the beginning cannot be restrained in the world. , and the curse of a tight band can make the mental ape tame and subjugate him until death. This is also a metaphor for peace of mind, which is not a waste of time. ——Xie Zhaozhe
"Journey to the West" is at most an interesting comic novel and a mythical novel; it has no subtle meaning, and at most it has a bit of cynicism that loves to curse people. . This point of cynicism is also very clear; it does not hide it, and we do not need to dig deep. "——Hu Shi
Although the author is a Confucian scholar, this book is really based on a game, not a conversation. Therefore, the whole book only occasionally contains common talk about the five elements and the contradictions. He especially has not studied Buddhism, so there are absurdities at the end of the book. The scriptures are due to mixed teachings and have been popular for a long time. Therefore, his writings are of the same style as Sakyamuni and Laojun, and the true nature and original spirit are mixed, so that followers of the three religions can follow suit. "—— Lu Xun
Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia--Journey to the West