Wrote an article two days ago. From a scientific point of view, the article analyzes the credibility of the content of a novel and says a few fair words for the author of the novel. Therefore, it has received many praise from readers on some platforms, and has also aroused the high dissatisfaction of a small number of readers.
This small group of disgruntled readers, who are highly united in their opinions, try to misinterpret the meaning of the article, and almost deviate from the rhythm of the article.
The reason for their dissatisfaction is simple: in the past, they questioned the irrationality of the content of that novel, but I affirmed the novel from a scientific point of view by laying out the facts and reasoning.
So they weren't happy.
Annoyed and angry, they put forward a frightening point of view, can not be logical thinking and scientific perspective to analyze the novel, and even took out "Journey to the West" as a shield. It's just that their logic is confusing. After talking for half a day, I couldn't understand what they were talking about.
I have never heard of such strange and strange theories that have drilled the horns of the bull, and it is really refreshing.
Fiction is derived from real life and is higher than life. Real life is full of science and logic. Naturally, from a scientific point of view, it is reasonable to affirm the plot of a novel with logical thinking. Just as we analyze and solve common problems in life in this way. Why not?
Take, for example, "Journey to the West", which they exemplify.
The journey to the West was written during the Ming Dynasty. Before Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he worked as a monk in the temple for several days. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the status of Buddhism rose sharply. Against this background, the contradictions between the Buddhist Tao that have lasted for thousands of years have also intensified again, and the two sides have carried out many "debates." Taoism was invincible, and a large number of Taoist temples were occupied by Buddhism. For a time, a wave of enthusiasm for the promotion of Buddhism arose in the whole society...
On the surface, this part of the novel is just a magic novel. But on closer inspection, it's actually a realistic novel in the guise of a demon. After the evil deeds of the monsters with background were revealed, they were all picked up. Even if the youkai without background does not have a great evil, and even if the wind and rain are smooth, once they encounter the same Team of The Western Scriptures, they will either be killed or skinned and cramped.
Wu Cheng'en wants to tell the reader that the bloody storm that arose in the process of Buddhist expansion is not to be said for the time being.
Like the Yellow Lion Essence of Yuhua Prefecture. As a youkai, he has always been self-reliant and struggling to survive. You have to be careful about buying some wine and meat. But just because he stole a rake and a shovel and a stick, he was killed by Sun Wukong and eaten.
The three rhinoceros spirits of He Niu Zhou have always kept one side safe, never cannibalized, and can not move to ask for rain for the people. Just because he collected a little tax on sesame oil in the name of the Buddha, he was completely eradicated by Sun Wukong and the Heavenly Court. The three rhinoceros essences also ended up peeling and cramping, and the horns were also made into works of art by Sun Monkey, which was sent around when human feelings were sent.
The yellow-robed monster of Boyue Cave was originally an important member of the Heavenly Court, because of his lust for beauty, Fan was united with the princess of the Treasure Elephant Kingdom. Adulterous mortal women do not say, and love to eat human meat buns. It can be said that there are many evils and the crimes are extremely evil, and the final punishment is only to return to the Heavenly Court to help Taishang Laojun make fire. A penalty is almost the same as no penalty... The content of the novel coincides with some strange images of the Ming Dynasty, and is logically completely in line with reality.
The three monsters of Shi Huoling were originally Buddhists. Later became the king of the lion-camel country, and immediately a bloody storm arose throughout the country...
Combined with the historical background at that time, Wu Cheng'en's purpose was by no means as simple as letting the reader see "Tang Monk taking the Western Classics, Sun Wukong fighting monsters".
Fiction is derived from real life and is higher than life. Something that cannot be expressed in real life, the author can only express through fiction. The four Tang monks and disciples returned from taking the scriptures and passed by the Tongtian River, and the old turtle of the Tongtian River, because the Tang monks forgot what they had entrusted, threw all the Tang monks and disciples into the water in a fit of anger, and all the scriptures they had hard to get were soaked by the river.
In the process of drying the scriptures on the stone, some of the scriptures were eventually destroyed and mutilated. Tang Monk was heartbroken when he saw this, and Sun Wukong smiled instead. Perhaps it is because of the great enlightenment that Sun Wukong laughed.
There is no such thing as perfection in this world, whether it is the Heavenly Garden or the Spirit Mountain.
The same is true in real life.