Study Of The Old Nick Images Related With God And Buddha In Journey To The West

Journey to the West is a milestone in classical novel of China especially in Chinese novel of gods and spirits. It has attracted attention since coming out. It has been listed in"Four Wonderful Books". The reason is that it builds up numerous character images , and these character images possesses complicated and preternatural cultural connotation. Besides four teachers and prentices of Monk Tang, this novel builds up a series of Old Nick images by a lot rooms. Therefore, it is defined as"novel of gods and spirits"by Mr. Lu Xun. A class of Old Nick in a good many Old Nick images relate to God and Buddha. This class Old Nick images can embody unique creation concept and characteristic of author.The creation of Old Nick images in Journey to the West has important significance and value. It has profound significance and rich connotation. Discussing this problem is help for deepening realization and understanding of the thematic. Thus the artistic achievement of Journey to the West will be better inherited.The full text is divided into three parts:In the first part, the Old Nick images related with God and Buddha in Journey to the West were studied and sorted concretely. According to the relationship with God and Buddha, the images can be divided into six kinds. They are boy of God and Buddha, squat of God and Buddha, pet of God and Buddha, kindred of God and Buddha, avatar, and immortal endued by God and Buddha.In the second part, characteristic of Old Nick images related with God and Buddha in Journey to the West was analyzed and investigated from skill, the motives of descend to the world, and the final.In the last part, we discussed the reason and significance of Old Nick images related with God and Buddha in Journey to the West. At the same time, the influence of artistic achievement of Journey to the West by the image is probed.