The Monkey King in Journey to the West is something we all love to see.

You don't know the password of Journey to the West.

Linmencuo

The Journey to the West is a fairy tale;

Journey to the west is a carved dragon and a heavenly book;

Journey to the west is a magical prophecy;

The Journey to the West is a speech by Yu;

Journey to the West is a guide map of Longyuan; .

Read Journey to the West, and your dreams will come true!

The author's inscription

foreword

One by one was moved by Lao Liang's evaluation of Journey to the West.

The fables and fairy tales of all ethnic groups at all times and all over the world contain their psychological expectations and cultural codes.

China's fairy tales are no exception. For example, the well-known Goddess of Mending Heaven, Kuafu Daily and Dayu Water Control express people's determination to respect and transform nature. The well-known Mulan, Fairy Couple and butterfly lovers have placed people's psychological expectation of pursuing equality between men and women and beautiful love, which contains people's criticism of "men are superior to women" and "arranged marriage" in feudal times.

As a masterpiece with the most complete system in the history of China mythology, The Journey to the West reached its peak in art, which is unprecedented. The psychological expectation and cultural code of our Chinese nation must be hidden behind its story!

In order to unlock this code, countless writers, masters, experts, scholars and enthusiasts have written books and expressed their opinions for hundreds of years. Religious theory, alchemy theory, cultivation theory, fable theory, game theory, class struggle theory and so on. Benevolent people have different opinions, and wise people have different opinions. It is difficult to determine which is right and which is wrong.

Because Journey to the West, like the Book of Changes, is a "Taiji Eight Diagrams" to interpret China culture. People from different industries and levels can get different nutrition and wisdom from Journey to the West. From three-year-old children to the elderly, you can get fun from it; What philosophers see from it is the profound truth of world outlook and outlook on life; What strategists see is the best policy of "attacking the heart is the best"; Taoism saw an exciting speech about the secret of spiritual cultivation; After reading it, Buddhists proudly think that it is a monograph that preaches "causal reincarnation, good and evil are rewarded" ..... People from all walks of life can find fun from this platform, find their loved ones and get inspiration and encouragement. They are all interpreted from their own standpoint, each with its own points and reasons. But always "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain". Together with the Book of Changes, it is the leader in creating the traditional culture of China and the dragon tail in combing the traditional culture of China. Echoing each other from afar, they are all heavenly books.

Fortunately, these two "heavenly books" can feed people, and tens of millions of people rely on them to eat or even make a fortune every year, which is enough to make waves of experts, scholars and intellectuals who eat this bowl of rice, and people who interpret, joke and even spoof this famous book are endless.

For many people, it doesn't matter what the secret is behind the journey to the west. It's fun enough just to read all kinds of stories about Monkey Brother.

But for Mr. Liang Hongda, a cultural public figure who has read it himself and will tell it to the public, especially to the younger generation, he should have a higher understanding of The Journey to the West's masterpiece.

I must watch Lao Liang's program. His profound knowledge, rich life experience, grounding gas, humorous language, the depth of the problem, the skills and details of expression are admirable. It can be said that I am a "hardcore fan" of Lao Liang.

But recently I read Lao Liang's comments on Journey to the West and found that Lao Liang is playing "joking" now!

What's the story of Journey to the West? It's a play directed by Tathagata. This is a big game of chess. Taoism and Buddhism gained territory. The Monkey King is a high-level killer. The Monkey King is a wage earner and a cleaner. Pig Bajie is undercover. The Flame Mountain is in the middle of Asia. Grandfather Tai and Guanyin Bodhisattva are both vicious characters. Hong Haier is an illegitimate child. In the words of Monkey Brother, "This is a journey of 108,000 miles!" ; "Really!" .

Men are not experts, scholars, masters or gods. Open and lock the door for the mall every day, vigil. Called "security guard", he is actually an old doorman. In 1950s, he came into this world in tears, and was born in the fast land that was once dedicated to the "golden sacrificial man" under Qilian Mountain. As a monkey, I like "Brother Monkey". I like reading The Journey to the West. Originally known as a kind of grass, the real grass is called the right person.

Like my old friends around me, most of my life has been marked by major events: hunger, suspension of classes, going to the countryside and being laid off. Some old friends are hard to explain because of the "e", and they have gone to the West and become "immortals".

Fortunately, I like to watch "Journey to the West". Every time there is a big event, I always meet with Monkey Brother, and I am still on the journey to the West for fun.

After I was laid off, I worked in various places for nearly ten years. When you are in trouble, you sleep on the The Journey to the West and watch The Journey to the West relieve your worries.

I have turned over several different versions of Journey to the West, which actually has some flavor. Because when Lao Liang was commenting on the story of Journey to the West, he heard the voice of challenge. As a Qin Long native, his family likes Shaanxi opera, so he opened his mouth and shouted, Call Lao Liang and listen to me. ...

First, Journey to the West is a book about carving dragons!

As we all know, the dragon is a symbol of our Chinese nation and China culture.

With the aim of promoting Chinese culture, The Journey to the West combed the emergence, development and rise and fall of Chinese culture from Pangu's breaking of the HarmonyOS system and Fuxi's "one painting opens the sky" to the middle of Ming Dynasty. The fruits of this unparalleled towering tree for thousands of years have been collected and sorted one by one, and then processed by "boiling", "chopping with knives and axes" and "finely carving". Then, sort out the treasures of "longevity with heaven and immortality"; What are the rain and dew that "moisten the earth"? What are the magic weapons for "reducing demons and removing demons"? Which are the ghosts who change their ways to eat "Tang monk meat"; What are the poisonous soils that breed "corruption demons"? What is the "garbage and shit" in history? Take its essence and discard its dross, concentrate and purify it, and vividly show it to readers with the help of the characters, scenes and events in The Journey to the West's story.

Every story in The Journey to the West explains a certain part of China's cultural system. For example, the description of the characters, organizational structure and dynamic stories of "Tian" in the original work vividly shows readers the advantages and characteristics of China culture and the system structure of China culture; The first seven stories about the pregnancy, childbirth, prosperity and decline of the Monkey King, a "cow", explain the origin of China culture-the philosophical thought of "harmony between man and nature"; The descriptions of Taishang Laojun, Wang Long's family and Li Tianwang's heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals explain the thoughts of the three schools and are the core components of China culture. The Buddhist story represented by Guanyin Bodhisattva explains the Buddhist thought that has become an important part of China culture. The story of Erlang God's team skillfully introduces and praises the "miscellaneous family" thought, historical contribution and main representative figures, and is the first of a hundred schools. The Story of Yuan in Wuzhuangguan Town vividly shows Zhuangzi's thoughts, artistic achievements and Wen Sheng's demeanor. He is a sage of China's culture, literature and art and the founder of the world's romantic literature. The story of Niu Jia describes to us the excellent thought of Mohism "universal love, Shang Xian, frugality, self-improvement, skillful work and practicality". In particular, the conception and ending of Hong Haier highly praised the scientific thought of the post-Mohist school with a forward-looking vision and a wonderful stroke of genius. And predicted that industrialization is a "good boy" to strengthen the country and enrich the people! The author's most shocking masterpiece in the thirteenth episode, in the story of the Liu Boqin family in Shuangqialing, put forward the dream of making China rich! This coincides with our "Chinese dream" today. What a magical prophecy!

Between the lines of The Journey to the West, almost all the achievements and important elements in the history of China's cultural development are included.

Journey to the West vividly carved a dragon of Chinese culture for us, leading the Chinese nation to take off.

The final "positive result" of the Journey to the West is "forum merits, invincible, endless clean altar, invincible, soaring in the world", which clearly expresses the author's confidence in China culture!

Therefore, Mendoza believes that the password of Journey to the West is seven words: cultural self-confidence, Chinese dream!

The former is the cultural code of this book, and the latter is the psychological expectation of the Chinese nation.

Is the person who delivered the door following the trend and grandstanding?

First of all, let's take a look at the creative intention of Journey to the West:

Careful readers will find that when we watch The Journey to the West, we all call it "Journey to the West", but the author clearly tells us at the beginning of the original book that this is an interpretation of Eritrea! If you want to know the power of nature, you must watch A Chinese Odyssey. )

What does the Biography of Interpretation of Eritrea say?

Literally: release, shape and sound, from the hair, from the testis (y √), the testis also sounds. The original meaning of "Yan" is "animals rummage and distinguish food with their claws", which is extended to "rummage" and "separate". "Testis" means "things in the net". Together, it is the original intention of "dumping the catch of the whole net and classifying it by species": untie the net, pour it on the ground, and then classify it and sell it by classification. Extended meaning: sort out a mess and make it orderly.

Er pronunciation: è, suffering; Disaster; Barrier; Trapped; A dangerous place. Original meaning: in distress. Ernan, thank you very much.

Historical Records can best express the meaning of "biography". And telling "remember" and "pass" are not the same level!

Another meaning:

In the cultural history of China, there are a large number of well-known masterpieces, all based on the interpretation of "E": Wang Wen was arrested and interpreted the Book of Changes; Zhong You wrote Spring and Autumn Annals; Qu Yuan exiled Li Sao; Zuo Qiu is blind and has "Mandarin"; Sun Tzu stood on tiptoe in the art of war; Sima Qian was humiliated and left history books, and so on.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a book called Jiee Bamboo Slips, which was a very rare book that directly explained "E". (Author Yan Shu is brilliant, and the official worships the Prime Minister. Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu are all his students. ) This book mainly expounds wisdom and political strategy. The way of writing is to collect the influential wisdom, strategy and political school thoughts and viewpoints in China's history, and then sort out, classify, dissect and summarize them, draw conclusions and elaborate them. Scholars of all ages have highly appraised the book, saying that it is "the truth of every word and the wisdom of every sentence."

Ancient literati, especially those who are brilliant but frustrated and in a "difficult situation", will turn to writing books, regard "releasing Eritrea" and "releasing Eritrea" as a lofty spiritual sustenance realm to admire and pursue, and strive not for fame and fortune, but for merit. This is especially true of the famous works in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. This is also the main reason for the endless debate about who is the author of a famous book. )

The Journey to the West, a world-recognized masterpiece and brilliant Confucian writer, has no intention of writing the absurd story of "Guan Yu fights Qin Qiong style" directed by Tathagata. What he wants to elaborate is a big theme!

Secondly, let's look at The Journey to the West's conceptual structure:

A main line running through the journey to the west is the "dragon". The Journey to the West's whole story starts from Longyuan and Huaguoshan, the proud place of Long Mai, and never leaves the dragon's description in the middle. The original book wrote for the first time: "I feel that Pangu has opened up a world ruled by five emperors in Huang San, which is divided into four continents: Dongsheng Shenzhou, Xiniuhezhou, Zhouhe in the south and Luzhou in the north. This book list shows that Dongsheng wins China. Overseas, there is a country called Olego. There is a mountain in the sea near this country called Guo Huashan. This mountain is the ancestor of ten continents, and the origin and development of the three islands were formed after HarmonyOS's systematic judgment. What a nice mountain! There are lyrics as evidence. Fu yue:

Yaohai, Weining, Wang Yang. Wang Shizhen Yang Chaosong Yinshan fish enters the hole; Weining Yaohai waves turn over the snow waves and wander away from the abyss. The corner of wood fire is high in the East China Sea. Ya Dan stone cuts walls and peaks. On Dan Cliff, Cai Feng sang double; Kirin lies alone in front of the wall. At the top of the mountain, listen to the Golden Jiming Grottoes and watch dragons come and go. There are deer, fairies and foxes in the forest, and there are lingbirds and cranes in the trees. Yao Cao's flowers don't thank Song Qing, Bai Cui and Changchun. Xiantao often hangs fruit and prunes bamboo, leaving clouds every time. A ravine is densely covered with vines, and the original dike grass is completely new. It is the root of all rivers and will be in Optimus Prime. There is a fairy stone on the top of that mountain. Its stones are three feet six feet five inches high and two feet four feet round. Three feet, six feet and five inches high, calculated at 365 degrees on Sunday; According to the political calendar, it is 24 feet. There are nine orifices and eight points in the world, according to the nine palaces and eight diagrams. There are no trees on all sides, and there are orchids around. Since the beginning of the world, Gai has been well informed every time, and has been naively expressing his understanding of the essence of the sun and the moon. The fairy cells bred in it burst one day, producing a stone egg the size of a ball. Watch the wind turn into a stone monkey with five senses and all limbs. "

Here the author provides several pieces of information:

1. Time positioning. "Pangu opened Huang San and five emperors ruled the world" was the time when China culture was officially born.

2. Geographical positioning. Dongsheng China Overseas Ole Guo Huashan. These three places are great. For years, people have been guessing riddles, but they have not guessed the answer. In fact, the author is sending a message in vain, just like the writing of "stream of consciousness". Four continents, not a specific place. Four continents are four directions, the East wins China, and there are many immortals. Most of the founders of hundred schools of thought, such as Laozi, Confucius, Zhuangzi, Mencius and Mozi, came from the East. Many immortals in the Chinese immortal system also come from the East. Xi Niu Hezhou was the direction where farming was developed and cows were valued and respected at that time (cows were naturally happy); The southern island is the direction with rich water resources and strong financial resources; Living in Luzhou in the north is the main direction of grassland nomads (grass households).

Where is the proud country? The key is the word "pride", which may be funny to say. Think about the surnames of all the dragon brothers in Journey to the West. Ow! If you add "people", it's just a "human dragon". Proud to come to the country is a place where people grow up. As for the mountain, the author has made it clear that it is a beautiful place, and its assignment in Feng Shui theory describes the standard terrain.

3. The structure and birth of the stone monkey, the protagonist of the story, are the same as those of heaven and earth. Stone monkeys were born in this place.

The author here tells us that the stone monkey is a descendant of the dragon, and heaven and man are isomorphic.

In the100th finale of the five saints come true, he wrote: "In a short time, the horse lost its hair, changed its head and horns, and a silver beard grew under its chin. An auspicious four-claw Xiangyun flew out of Longtan and coiled around the Qingtianhua sentry post at the mountain gate. " Monkey Sun said to the Tang Priest, "Master, I have become a Buddha at this time, so I am not as successful as you. Why are you still wearing a golden hoop? "Read a loose hoop spell as soon as possible, take it down and smash it. Don't let that bodhisattva play tricks on others again. The Tang Priest said, "At that time, the rule of law was only because you were difficult to manage. Since I became a Buddha, I naturally want to go. Is it still on your head? Try to feel it. Monkey reached out and touched it, but it was empty. "。 At this time, the sandalwood Buddha, the fighting Buddha, the net altar messenger and the golden arhat have all come to fruition, and the standard dragon horse has also returned to its roots. "

Here is a question. Why don't you say more about the most important person, "Master" Tang Yan? Pig Bajie and Friar Sand didn't say much. Only Bai, who carried holy monks and scriptures all the way, wrote, "Golden Dragon takes off and is coiled on the huabiao column." Because the author expressed his intention to carve a dragon of Chinese culture in Journey to the West.

"Even a wise man worries a lot, he will lose" and "Dan Cheng knows his true face and is as healthy as a teacher". Finally, the Monkey King got rid of the "curse" (Guanyin-time urges). Expressed the author's feelings after finishing this work "The Carving of Dragons".

Third, let's look at The Journey to the West's artistic performance:

In the first chapter and the seventh chapter, the author clearly tells us that this book is based on "borrowing eggs to make monkeys finish the road, pretending to be worthy of Dan Cheng." Internally, I don't know why there is no phase, but externally, I know it is tangible. "The ape's Tao and body are in harmony with people's hearts, and the heart is the profound meaning of the ape", which is an artistic expression technique that relies on the characters in the story to express the theme. Borrowing sounds, shapes, meanings, positions, directions, numbers, things and reasons. This is the characteristic of The Journey to the West's artistic expression.

Fourth, let's look at The Journey to the West's writing skills:

The Journey to the West's writing style is characterized by humor, satire, humor and wit. He used a lot of word games. As Lu Xun, a great writer and stubborn old man, said, The Journey to the West's "author is good in temperament and humorous".

Chinese characters are the carrier of China culture and are very unique ideographic characters. Ideographic characters, metonymy, reference, cognition, annotation, harmony. Can be used flexibly to express meaning. Word-splitting and guessing is a very profound writing knowledge.

The author's application of these characteristics of Chinese characters has reached a perfect level and runs through the whole description. Main schools, representative figures, representative works, advantages and disadvantages, development trends, etc. In the development of China culture, it covers almost all the achievements and important elements in the history of China's cultural development, and is skillfully integrated between the lines. Every word in the whole work is full of mystery, every sentence is metaphorical, riddles are set everywhere, and the chapter is a warning.

To sum up, The Journey to the West and Journey to the West are tables, that is, fairy tales; One is Li, that is, China culture!

Whether this statement is reasonable is proved by the gatekeeper's detailed interpretation of the original work.

Second, read the original text and unlock the Journey to the West password.

Some tips:

1. In order to facilitate the interpretation, we still call this famous book The Journey to the West, in order to adapt to the established habits and avoid causing readers ambiguity.

2. Based on the traditional culture of China, that is, the artistic conception of "carving dragons", this paper interprets the original Journey to the West. It has nothing to do with the understanding of other artistic conception. Express your opinions and avoid misunderstanding.

3. To interpret The Journey to the West, we must combine a great deal of basic knowledge of China traditional culture, and make reference and comparison.

4. The artistic form of The Journey to the West is very similar to the artistic features of Zhuangzi, a cultural treasure of China. In his works, the author also expressed his high respect for Zhuangzi, Zhu and other sages. Understanding the achievements of the two sages is of great help to The Journey to the West's interpretation.

5. The third and fourth articles mentioned above must be given special understanding, which is helpful to the interpretation of the original work.

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Comparison between The Journey to the West s Story Clues and China s Cultural Development;

The content layout of Journey to the West can be divided into four parts: the first to seventh cycles are the first part; The eighth to twenty-second cycles are the second part; The third part is 23rd to 3rd1day. The thirty-second to the hundredth cycle is the fourth part.

The first part of the story * * * seven times, the beginning briefly introduces the formation and movement of the "three talents" avenue between heaven and earth. Then write that the protagonist the Monkey King was born from the stone monkey; Learn from the teacher; Shocked the world and had a lingering fear; Make a scene in heaven and be crushed under the Five Elements Mountain. The Monkey King is divided into four stages: pregnancy, childbirth, prosperity and decline. Time span is epoch-making-"Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty". It was suppressed for 500 years.

The Development of China Culture in this Period;

The legendary period of ancient culture (Pangu created the world, three emperors and five emperors); During the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties (Zhou Wenwang, patriarchal clan system, Zhouyi, Book of Rites, bronzes, immortal concept), China culture was formally born as a historical period; The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period (the formation of a hundred schools of thought led by Taoism, Confucianism, Legalism, Mohism and Miscellaneous Notes) is the axial period of China culture; "Qin and Han Dynasties (Legalists and Taoists) successively became the ruling theory and reached its climax. ), China's traditional cultural system has basically taken shape, laying the foundation of China culture and spiritual fashion for thousands of years. From the mid-Eastern Han Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, China society was in a state of split and turbulence in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Sixteen Countries in Wuhu. During these 500 years, Chinese culture went into decline, which was called the "middle decline period". China culture has also experienced four stages: gestation, birth, prosperity and decline. " Intermediate decline "has been nearly 500 years.

The second part of the story * * * with the appendix tells the story of the birth and resurrection of Tang Priest, the resurrection of Emperor Taizong, the return of the Monkey King, the extradition of Bai, Pig and Friar Sand. Guanyin Bodhisattva guides the Buddhist scripture team; Tang priest and his disciples embarked on the road of learning from the scriptures; In the "Double Fork Ridge" and "Two Boundaries Mountain", I met the tiger's den, Bo Ying, the old monk of Kannonji, the black bear monster and Huang Fengguai. Obviously, the theme of the first stage is that all the protagonists are reborn, embark on a new road and bid farewell to the past.

The Development of China Culture in this Period;

This stage is a period when Tang Zhenguan implemented the enlightened policy, and China's culture recovered and diversified.

The third part of the story, * * * eight times, mainly writes that after the conflict and running-in, the Tang Priest and his disciples finally reached the best state of learning together wholeheartedly. Among them, it tells the story of demons and ghosts, such as Bai and Zhenyuan immortals, that caused the Tang Priest to split or combine with his disciples.

The Development of China Culture in this Period;

During this period, China's traditional culture, Buddhist culture, national culture and western culture collided with each other, ran into each other and tolerated each other, and finally achieved integration. Then created the unprecedented prosperity of China culture.

The fourth part of the story, * * * sixty-nine, describes the Tang Priest and his disciples on their way to learn from the scriptures, and it is not complete until they get the true scriptures. Each story is relatively independent and incoherent.

The Development of China Culture in this Period;

During the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, China culture formed a complete system and reached a high degree of maturity. Has entered the inspection, induction and summary period. After reform and innovation, Taoism has formed the idea of the unity of the three religions. Neo-Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism combine Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, law and various schools into one. Literature, especially folk culture, has developed.

From the above comparison, it is not difficult to see that the clues of the fairy tales of Journey to the West are completely corresponding to the development of China culture. This is not a coincidence, but the author's ingenuity in carving dragons.

Next, we analyze the characters and stories in the original work.