Pilgrim To The West.pptVIP

Journey To The West ————西游记 Brief introduction The author:Wu Chengen The status:One of the Four Great classical Chinese novels Background:A true story of a Chinese monk,Xuan Zang to fetch back some Buddhist scriptures Brief introduction Journey to the west is a historic Chinese novel that is considered one of the four classics from the Ming Dynasty. These novels along with the golden lotus water margins as well as the romances of the three kingdoms have won popular acclaim from generation to generation. Journey to the west is a combination of myth parable and comedy. It is a story about a Buddhist monk and bunch of animals with human characteristic. The animals actually in the story are a very fairy tale type of mood and they traveled west to India to find Buddhist scriptures. The animals themselves are celestial being in mortal forms and they have magical powers that protect them from the goblins and the evil spirits. The theme Keywords: A monster and three apprentices 81 difficulties Ghosts and monsters Buddhist scriptures Fantasy and myth 81 difficulties *The difficulties of Tong Sanzang(唐三藏) starts from his previous life, to birth, through to the end of his journey of collecting sutras and back home. *81 = 9x9, meaning endless perils. (9 meaning endless in Chinese) *However, the actual perils of the journey were less than 81 Authorship Wu Chengen 1.Historical significance2.Influence on future  generations: * Movies  *TV plays  *Cartoons Significances Do you remember these? Overview of the Novel 100 chapters: Part I: ch.1-7– prelude Part II: ch.8-12—biography and background Part III: ch.13-99—adventures stories Part IV : ch.100– return journey The foibles of human nature, social ills in Chinese society, absurd features of the Chinese pantheon—all are subjected to scrutiny, giving rise to numerous comic passages. * * * * 组员：李春梅