western literature has no equivalent to the journey to the west. imagine dante mixed with kabala, and peopled by daniel boone, mother teresa and wile e. coyote. this sixteenth-century epic is both one of the half-dozen most venerated works in classical chinese literature and a staple of popular culture. its ubiquitous characters and stories appear in ic books, advertisements, even postage stamps. it is, simultaneously, a dragons-and-demons adventure, an allegory of self-mastery, a political satire, an anthology of rich, symbolic poetry, and an esoteric alchemical recipe book. it's picaresque, fantastical, wise. and hilarious.
"monkey" the most enchanting character is sun wukong, this all-resourceful monkey ascends the sky into, es and goes freely, unrestrained, has bee the children ideal symbol and reposing. west travels 81 with difficulty and a group mysterious strange, the moving heart and soul god evil spirit conflict, reflects learns from experienced people the tribulation which in the process suffers and difficult. “the daoist scripture” has bee “the success” and “the goal” symbol. when often i bump into the difficulty, i would to remember sun wukong to help skilled worker the tang xuanzang to take the daoist scripture, did not fear that difficult, indomitable spirit, i will be brave, will overe another difficulty.