Whenever I open Journey to the West, I always have a different mood. It is the most lively one among the four masterpieces. When I was young, I always thought it was both enjoyable and interesting. But today, what remains unchanged is the strange and colorful mythical world, but my understanding has changed.
This book mainly tells about the four people, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Monk Sha and Tang Monk's apprentices, who went from the Eastern Tang Dynasty to the Western Heaven to worship the Buddha and get scriptures. They went through ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties in killing demons and demons, and finally got the scripture and returned to the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
Among the four heroes, my favorite is Sun Wukong. First, he is clearly evil. He said that only Sun Wukong could see that the village girl, the old woman and the old man were the incarnation of the white bone spirit and were blamed by his master. Second: Sun Wukong is loyal to Tang Monk.
Because Monkey King killed the incarnation of Baigujing three times, Tang Monk thought that Monkey King killed a good man three times, so he drove Monkey King back to Huaguo Mountain. Later, Tang Monk was captured by Baigujing, and Monkey King still ignored his past grievances and went to rescue the master with Pig Bajie. Third: I like the Monkey King's wisdom and courage to overcome demons and ghosts, overcome difficulties one by one, and finally went to the Western Heaven with Pig Bajie, Monk Sha and Monk Tang to get the scripture.
This is a classic masterpiece that everyone likes to read. Everyone can get different feelings and enlightenment when reading it. Some people like its distinctive personality; Some people like its magnificent overall image; Some people like its lively and humorous dialogue narration; Some people also study its historical background and social phenomenon. But in my opinion, his tortuous plot hides people's yearning and unreachable life ideal and human pursuit, that is freedom.
In the 21st century, people yearn for freedom and the embodiment of freedom: the Monkey King. Sun Wukong broke out of the ground, "not under the jurisdiction of the unicorn, not under the control of the phoenix, and not under the constraint of the throne on earth". He broke into the Dragon Palace, made trouble with the Hell Division, and became king from the Huaguo Mountain. It can be said that human nature has been completely free from all constraints. In fact, Sun Wukong is the embodiment of freedom. The most prominent quality of him is to yearn for freedom. He always pursues freedom, and all his struggles are also for freedom.
Such a vivid image gives readers the strength and courage to pursue freedom. However, everyone knows that in the present, even in the future, complete freedom is ultimately impossible, and people will always be subject to such and such constraints. Although what surrounds us is a restricted world, we can make our heart as wide and deep as possible, so that it can be boundless and inclusive.
In Journey to the West, which has been honed as hard as possible, it contains the spirit of freedom that people most yearn for in the new century... I understand why it can be passed down to this day.