"Journey to the West" is a mythological novel with profound connotations, not only Wu Cheng'en's views on the people and things of the Ming Dynasty society in which he lived, but also his yearning for a better life.
Because the Ming Dynasty was a monarchical country like other dynasties, many things could not be written explicitly, otherwise there would be dangers and even affect family members and neighbors.
Therefore, Wu Cheng'en described the dissatisfaction and yearning for beauty in his heart in the form of a mythical story.
When the six-year-old child filmed "Wu Cheng'en and Journey to the West", he said that the Bull Demon King was Yan Song, and the Lotus Fairy was Wu Cheng'en's second wife Niu Yufeng. Bai BoneJing is The County Commander Luo Wanjin of Wu Cheng'en's hometown.
This Luo Wanjin is fierce and very good at deceiving people with clever words, and many people have been deceived by Luo Wanjin.
Wu Cheng'en's childhood hair Xiao Baixueyan became Luo Wanjin's concubine in order to collect evidence of Luo Wanjin's crimes to avenge his father.
Wu Cheng'en also misunderstood Bai Xueyan because of this, until Bai Xueyan was hung up by Luo Wanjin and beaten, Wu Cheng'en did not know that he misunderstood Bai Xueyan, so he wrote her as the king of the daughter country.
Most of our modern writers write for money, but Wu Cheng'en used his inspiration and moral cognition to create "Journey to the West" for the justice in his heart and the yearning for a better life.
That fierce and good at disguise, Luo Wanjin is a man, why did Wu Cheng'en shape the image of the white bone essence into a woman's appearance?
In the plot of "Wu Cheng'en and Journey to the West", Wu Cheng'en said the lines I remember I repeated to everyone: | I just said that he looked like a woman, did not say that he was a woman, I did not say that women in the world are like Luo Wangin.
Because bai bone essence wants to eat Tang monk meat is actually Luo Wanjin wants to marry Wu Cheng'en's sister Wu Chengjia.
This is described in the snowy Baidu Encyclopedia.
Bai Xueyan cut off Luo Wanjin's head for the people to eliminate harm, and it was actually Sun Xingren who killed Bai BoneJing.
In Fei Zhenxiang's version of "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong saw that the king of the daughter country called his sister because Wu Cheng'en and Bai Xueyan were small, so Sun Xing was very kind to the king of the daughter country.
Because the murderer died, not to mention that Luo Wanjin was an official, according to the Ming Dynasty law, Bai Xueyan would definitely be beheaded, so Bai Xueyan committed suicide in the plot.
If Bai Xueyan is a modern person, she may have a chance to survive because she is the one who killed the person who is a corrupt official bully, but she has no chance of surviving in the Ming Dynasty.
Fei Zhenxiang's version of "Journey to the West" in which the white bone essence itself is born in the past is actually the personal idea of director Cheng Lidong.
However, in the original "Journey to the West", Bai BoneJing is a man-eating youkai, she is a monster with little power but a very vicious heart.
Saying that the white bone essence eats people and deceives people is actually to show that there are people in the middle of the middle period who are like the white bone essence and will show weakness and deceive people.
After Luo Wanjin died in "Wu Cheng'en and Journey to the West", Luo Wanjin's son Luo Pang continued to do bad things, and Finally Luo Pang was arrested by the Ming Dynasty government and beheaded, but also provoked Yan Song.
So the White Bone Spirit, the Red Child, and the Bull Demon King are all villains together, but the author can't directly describe them and can only be virtual and real
Wu Cheng'en hated the local bullies and corrupt officials of their time but also sincerely hoped that the bad guys could be corrected and the good people could live better, so "Journey to the West" was the return of the Tang monks and disciples to the Eastern Tang Dynasty after 9981 difficulties.
Perhaps in Wu Cheng'en's heart, equality and peace for all sentient beings is his wish.
This article was first published on December 10