At this time, some of the more than 500 people in the class finally raised their doubts: "Teacher Sun, what is the benefit of all this you said to the world we are facing next and the direction we need to move forward?" Hua Feng saw that it was the white-clothed young man on the plane who spoke, he looked thin and weak, but he didn't expect to persist until he entered the academy.

"Yes, Mr. Sun, you admire Journey to the West and Sun Wukong so much, but what is the metaphor or something else?" asked a girl in red.

"Teacher Sun, is it because you have the same surname as Monkey King?" asked a tall black man who seemed to have developed limbs and a simple mind in jerky Chinese.

"Mr. Sun, I think you are wasting everyone's time. You don't make any sense to do this!" A girl in red was simple and direct, and did not leave a little face for the teacher in front of her.

"Teacher Sun......"

"I think you ......"

...... More voices converged from all directions, and these noisy voices made Mr. Sun like a bunch of flies circling around him.

"Okay! Don't argue! I'll have to answer your questions one by one, and you'll know in the future what you want to explain and how things turn out. Now, in my class, you just need to listen quietly, and don't speculate about things that you don't know! You are also the elite elected by various countries, how can you be so ignorant!"

Sun Xing's voice was not loud, but all the students present heard his voice, and although the cultural voices of the students were endless, no voice could overshadow his voice.

Hua Feng also felt that this voice seemed to go straight to the bottom of his heart, and when he spoke, the time and space around him stopped for a moment.

After a short silence, Sun Xing's voice continued to resound in everyone's hearts, and unconsciously, Hua Feng, Yun Meng, Bai Feng, and others were brought into this situation.

The "white-clothed Xiucai monkey walker" that appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty "The Poetry of the Three Tibetan Scriptures of the Tang Dynasty" is the first time that Sun Wukong appears in the textual materials, and it should be the prototype of Wu Chengen's creation of Sun Wukong.

The appearance of the monkey walker as the protector of the scripture learning process makes the story of Xuanzang's scripture study out of the historical prototype and adds rich and magical content to the scripture learning story. This monkey walker was originally a Daluo immortal, who was demoted to Huaguo Mountain for stealing the queen mother's peach. He is a learned talent who sincerely protects Tang monks and learns scriptures from the West. He claimed to be the 84,000 copper-headed iron-fronted macaque king of Ziyun Cave in Huaguo Mountain, and he could know the past and the future, and he also knew that there were millions of journeys to pass through 36 countries in the western heavens, and there were many disasters. He was able to cast a wide range of mana and bring Xuanzang and other six ordinary people to the Heavenly Crystal Palace to fast. The three magic weapons given to the Monkey Walkers by the Great Brahma King, such as the invisible hat, the golden tin rod, and the bowl, also played a huge role in the process of learning scriptures from the Western Heavens, subduing demons and subduing monsters, and conquering dangers.

At the same time, throughout the process of learning scriptures in the western heavens, he has been sharing the weal and suffering with the Venerable Master, walking together from the eastern soil to the western heavens. Although the "god" and "form" of this white-clothed Xiucai, known as the "84,000 copper-headed iron-fronted macaque king of Huaguo Mountain Ziyun Cave", often contradict the name and reality, the monkey walker in "Poetry" has initially possessed the prototype of Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West". It must be noted that in the monkey walker of "Poetry", the three artistic factors of humans, gods, and monkeys have not been well unified, and it was not until "Journey to the West" and the miscellaneous drama "Journey to the West" that there was a new leap.

Compared with the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty was an important link in the process of writing "Journey to the West". During this period, in addition to "Journey to the West" and other scripts, opera also contributed to the completion and improvement of "Journey to the West". For example, Jin Yuanben's "Tang Sanzang", Yuan Wu Changling's "Tang Sanzang Western Heaven Learns the Scriptures", and Yang Jingxian's "Journey to the West" miscellaneous dramas in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty all provided a wide range of materials for Wu Chengen to finally write "Journey to the West". The greatest contribution of the Yuan Dynasty in the process of writing "Journey to the West" is to dilute the religious color in the story of learning from the scriptures, enhance the content of traditional culture, and standardize the cultural choice of "Journey to the West" in a form that the audience likes to see.

Folk Craft "Monkey King"

The main manifestations of the image of the Monkey King at this stage are: (1) opposition to the Heavenly Palace, (2) infinite changes, and (3) difficulty in saving people. The so-called opposition to the Heavenly Palace is mainly manifested in the fact that there is already a relatively complete story of havoc in the Heavenly Palace. The so-called "infinite change" refers to the fact that Sun Wukong can not only transform into a certain object, but also associate with the natural characteristics of the monkey when he changes. The so-called "difficulty in saving people" refers to the fact that Sun Wukong can not only subdue demons and subdue monsters, but also save people from danger. For example, in the miscellaneous drama "Journey to the West", when Pei Taigong's daughter was abducted by the black pig spirit, he volunteered to catch the goblin, rescue Pei Nu, and reunite Pei's father and daughter.

Judging from the overall tendency of the miscellaneous drama "Journey to the West", although it also praises Sun Wukong's ability and sense of justice, it does not affirm his anti-Tiangong actions. When the Jade Emperor sent the Heavenly General to arrest him, his position immediately shifted to the side of the Heavenly Palace's orthodoxy. The mighty Monkey King was easily captured by the Heavenly Soldiers, and immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy after being captured. At the end of the whole play, there is such a paragraph: "Committing the Heavenly Monkey King, the criminal who steals immortal wine is not light." The thief elixir should be beheaded, and the punishment of the Yin Division shall not be exalted. Respect God's virtue of good life, and then stop talking about delusion and greed. From now on, change evil from good and worship God Sanqing. Looking at the whole play, the love and hate shown in it are not distinct. This also makes the characters in the play appear inconsistent.

The Monkey King in the miscellaneous drama "Journey to the West" is known as the Great Sage of Tongtian (his eldest brother is the Great Sage of Monkey King), and his rebellious character is relatively distinct. He said heroically: "As soon as the world is opened, Liangyi is my body." He once taught the spirit of the Three Realms Fei. The gods and ghosts of the four directions are afraid, and the ghosts and gods of the five mountains are tsk. ...... It's hard to catch me in nine days, 100,000 chief demon lords. ”

And he usually lives a free and easy life of "climbing vines and stirring up turbulence when he is happy, disturbing the sea and turning rivers when he is angry". He also stole Taishang Laojun's golden pill, "Nine turns of refining copper tendons and iron bones, fiery eyes".

Later, although the Jade Emperor sent heavenly soldiers and generals to surround and suppress him, he has been fighting bravely and not falling. If you are defeated, you will be captured, and after being crushed down the mountain, you will still be unrepentant. When Tang Seng rescued him, he immediately wanted to go back to Huaguo Mountain.

It is particularly noteworthy that the Monkey King in the "Journey to the West" miscellaneous drama has vast and varied skills. He can travel 108,000 miles with a somersault, has the ability to change three heads and six arms, and can also climb trees with dexterity to "turn into a scorch borer". His weapon has also become a "raw gold stick" that can be used freely, and can be reduced and placed in his ears when not in use.

This kind of "somersault cloud", "raw golden stick", "scorched borer", "climbing vines and stirring ge", "stirring the sea and turning the river" are all inherited by the novel "Journey to the West" when shaping Sun Wukong.

But the demonic nature left on Sun Wukong's body in the miscellaneous drama is still relatively strong. When Tang Seng rescued him from the foot of Huaguo Mountain, he had already worshiped Tang Seng as his teacher, but he carried Tang Seng behind his back and said that he was a fat monk, and he went to the front to eat a full meal.

As soon as he saw the princess of the iron fan, he wanted to marry her and say some vulgar things. caused the princess of the iron fan to be angry and refused to lend the fan. Although these plots are not dominant in the entire script, nor have they been shown in Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West", they reflect from another side that the image of the Monkey King at that time has changed considerably from the image of the Monkey King in "Journey to the West".

In "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong has experienced a development process from "ape" to "man". The so-called "ape" refers to the image of an "ape" with mythological and demonic characteristics. The so-called "man" refers to the mythological and artistic images with people's thoughts, feelings, and character characteristics. Wu Chengen of the Ming Dynasty retained the characteristics of this change in the recreation of the image of the Monkey King

"Journey to the West" has a total of 16 chapters, written by Dong Shuo at the end of the Ming Dynasty (the word is like rain, the legal name is Nanqian). In the sequel to "Journey to the West", "Journey to the West" can be said to be the most distinctive book. Lu Xun praised him well in "A Brief History of Chinese Novels", saying that "his deeds and resignations are rich and colorful, fleeting, fantastic, strange, amazing, sometimes harmonious, and often handsome, but not at the same time." Some scholars believe that "Journey to the West" has the style of Western stream-of-consciousness novels.

The synopsis of this book is based on the fact that after the Tang monks and apprentices crossed the Flame Mountain, Sun Xingzhi was fascinated by the mackerel essence and crashed into the "Qingqing World" created by the monster who called himself the Little Moon King. In order to find Qin Shi Huang's borrowing to drive away the mountain Duozi (which he wanted to use to drive away all the Tibetan monsters on the way to the West Heaven), and also in order to find the whereabouts of his master Tang Seng, he ran back and forth, exploring up and down, but fell to the "Ten Thousand Mirrors Tower", so that through the mirror on this platform, he entered the "world of the ancients", and later entered the "future world". He suddenly turned into a poppy beauty, and went around with the overlord of Chu, trying to find out the residence of Qin Shi Huang, and suddenly became the king of Yama, sitting in the hall to judge and execute Qin Hui, and worshipping Yue Fei as the third master.

Then, he jumped out of the mirror and had many experiences in the palace of King Xiaoyue and the "Qingqing World". In the end, Sun Wukong got the call of the master of the void and woke up, and when he got out of the fake world of "Qingqing World" and walked back to the old mountain road, he happened to see that the mackerel essence who wanted to eat Tang Seng had turned into a little monk and was coaxing Tang Seng. So, he hit the little monk with a stick, and the mackerel corpse was revealed. The description of this whole process, the plot of which is extremely fantastical and twisty. ”

Throughout the day, Hua Feng felt that except for a short recess, most of the time Teacher Sun's voice lingered like a spell.

Yun Meng's face was also tired, she snuggled up to Bai Feng and posed to Hua Feng with a loveless look, which made Hua Feng suddenly want to laugh out loud.