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The Journey to the West, one of the classical Four Great Classical Novels in China, is the first romance novel of Han nationality in ancient China, which was perfected by the novelist Wu Cheng'en in Ming Dynasty. Mainly describes the story of the Monkey King, Pig Bajie and Friar Sand protecting Tang Priest's Buddhist scriptures. They met with eighty-one difficulties along the way, turned the devil all the way, saved the day, and finally arrived in the Western Heaven to learn from the scriptures. According to Tang Sanzang's Buddhist scriptures and Han folklore.
Since the advent of The Journey to the West, it has been widely circulated among the people, and various versions have emerged one after another. There were six editions in Ming Dynasty, seven editions and manuscripts in Qing Dynasty, and thirteen editions of ancient books have been lost. After the Opium War, a large number of China classical literary works were translated into western languages and gradually spread to Europe and America. There are already English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Spanish (Esperanto), Sri Lankan (Swahili), Russia, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam. He also published many research papers and monographs, and made a very high evaluation of this novel.
The Records of the Western Regions of Datang recorded Xuanzang's experience of studying and learning scriptures, mainly in various countries. The name, geographical situation, wide and narrow territory, capital size, king, surname, palace, agriculture, products, currency, diet, clothing, language, etiquette, military punishment, customs, Buddhist holy places, the number of temples, the number of monks, the popularity of Buddhism, etc. There are no stories, fairy tales are all created by later generations imitating Buddhist fables. Xuanzang's travel experience is as follows:
6 12 years, Xuanzang 13 years old. He was admitted to a monk and lived in Jingtu Temple. At the end of Sui Dynasty, Xuanzang traveled wild to the west, from his brother to Chang 'an, and then crossed Jiange to reach the capital of Shu. In 622, at the age of 23, she married a businessman, went to Jingzhou via the Three Gorges, and turned to Xiangzhou and Zhaozhou in the north, covering half of China. I talked and learned along the way, but it was difficult to ask questions and explore, and finally I entered Chang' an. Here, Xuanzang continued to participate in many studies.
In 629, 30-year-old Li Shimin went abroad in the third year. Under the strong sponsorship of Turkish King Gao Changguo and Yehukhan, Xuanzang crossed Central Asia, entered the territory of North India, crossed the Indus River, passed a fork and came to Kashmir, where he studied for two years. Later, he went to Raja Kingdom (western Punjab Province), Napudi Kingdom, Gaolanda Kingdom (Jalandhar) and Qunnvcheng ... In 633, at the age of 34, he arrived at King Snake City and entered Nalanda Temple. Xuanzang was promoted to one of the top ten virtues in Nalanduo Temple, with respected status and generous treatment. He listened to the yoga teacher's theory about land, which was taught by the sage Sanzang, and was accompanied by other works of the yoga school and some representatives of primary and secondary schools. It lasted for five years.
In 638, at the age of 39, Xuanzang left Nalanduo Temple to continue his studies in East India, South India and West India. In 642, at the age of 43, I returned to Nalanduo Temple. Jiexian asked him to talk about Mahayana, knowing only the choice. ..... King Jerzy and King Moro received Xuanzang grandly and decided to hold a five-seal meeting for Xuanzang in Qunnvcheng. At that time, there were 18 kings, more than 3,000 monks, more than 2,000 Brahmins and Nigan Waidao, and10,000 monks in Narando Temple. As the main commentator, Xuanzang wrote down the meaning of the discussion, which was read to the public by the wise master. Don't hang books outside the venue, please ask questions. I didn't expect 18 no one to discuss it. Xuanzang won a great victory and was known as "Mahayana Paradise" and "Free Paradise". In 643, 44-year-old Xuanzang thanked the Japanese kings and set foot on his way home. In 645, at the age of 46, he was welcomed into Chang 'an. From beginning to end, it lasted 17 years, practiced 1 10 countries in person, rumored 28 countries, and brought back 657 classics. In 646, Xuanzang dictated what he had seen and heard on his journey to the West, which was compiled by his disciples into 12 volume "Records of the Western Regions of Datang".