Truth of the Journey to the West: Humanity in Myth

Author: Deng Shuguang
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Just calculating what you have lost will not only fail to retrieve what you've lost but also cause you to lose what you might have. Unequal rewards for equal efforts are unfair, and equal rewards for unequal efforts are equally unfair. Perhaps all living beings are willing to believe that there will be a day when the world will be unified, but before that beautiful day arrives, everyone can only first face this cruel and merciless world and strive to survive. The Truth About Journey to the West combines relatively independent short stories into a larger story and structure. It tells complex stories in a simple way and expresses profound philosophies in concise language, attempting to uncover the actions and motivations of Sun Wukong and his companions, ultimately completely subverting the original ending of Journey to the West. If Journey to the West is a tale of different paths leading to the same destination, then The Truth About Journey to the West is a story of the same path leading to different destinations. Different personalities and experiences determine different choices, and different choices determine different fates and outcomes.