This book provides an in-depth analysis of the character backgrounds, cultural symbolism, challenges and hardships, and social metaphors in "Journey the West," revealing the profound connotation of the work under the cultural background of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.

      Through the analysis of the main such as Sun Wukong, Tang Seng, and Zhu Bajie, it explores their mythological prototypes, cultural attributes, and their relationship with Taoism Buddhism. The book also provides detailed interpretations of the symbolic meanings behind the characters' names, such as Guanyin Bodhisattva's human resource management strategy and reasons for the Iron Fan Princess's unhappy marriage, revealing the social and cultural phenomena in literary works.

      Through the analysis of the eighty-one difficulties, this book shows how protagonists in "Journey to the West" face demons, natural disasters, and man-made obstacles, and how these difficulties test the protagonists' cultivation. Finally, the discusses the literary value of "Journey to the West" and its important position in the history of Chinese literature, demonstrating its extensive influence as a cultural IP