Personality characteristics of the four sons of Tang Priest in The Journey to the West

Monkey King: Monkey King is smart, lively, loyal and hateful, and has become the embodiment of wit and courage in East Asian cultural circles. Some people in China regard it as a kind of worship of gods. The Monkey King represents the feelings and pursuits of kindness, justice and unkindness of the ancient people in China.

Pig Bajie: Bajie is simple and honest, strong, but lazy, loves to take advantage of small things and covets women.

Friar Sand: Peaceful, calm, patient, taking on the daily work of the team, keeping calm and unknown.

Tang Priest: a kind and sincere ascetic monk, tireless and fearless, but fatuous and stubborn, strong-willed, kind and compassionate.

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Cultural Communication in The Journey to the West

In the process of The Journey to the West's spread in the East, Tang Priest was once the undisputed protagonist; In the eyes of westerners, the Monkey King has always been the absolute "first hero". For example, in the eyes of French readers, the Monkey King is more energetic than dragons and phoenixes, unicorns, turtles and cranes. He is regarded as an optimistic, brave and well-connected rebel, winning the hearts of the French who believe in "neither God nor master".

French writers also took the Monkey King as the prototype, westernized it, created the novel The Monkey King, and created a Faust with a Chinese soul. In fact, it is easy to understand that the Monkey King, a monkey with miraculous powers and both wisdom and courage, can easily be interpreted as "individualism" or "heroism" in the west.

After all, such a wonderful and rich cultural text as The Journey to the West can completely withstand multi-dimensional and multi-angle re-editing, and as a cultural symbol with real global influence, China will swim further.

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Baidu encyclopedia-journey to the west