Study On The Evolution Of The Image Of The Monkey King In The Post Westward Travel Era

Journey to the West,as a century-old classic,represents the highest achievement of ancient Chinese gods and demons novels.The story of "Journey to the West" has been handed down from generation to generation since Xuanzang’s ability to fetch Buddhist scriptures in the Tang Dynasty.Wu Cheng’en improved Sun Wukong’s dominant position in the story system,creating the Monkey King with an extraordinary image,a complex personality,and progressive thoughts.Since then,Sun Wukong has been circulated in the world through various communication channels.This article will be based on the evolution process of Sun Wukong in the post-"Journey to the West" era,and explore the personality characteristics and spiritual connotations of Sun Wukong in different periods through various methods.This is of great significance for the in-depth understanding of the contemporary value and artistic value of Sun Wukong’s image.The thesis is mainly divided into five parts:The introduction introduces the research status,significance and methods;The first chapter discusses the formation process of Sun Wukong from Tang to Ming and clarifies the characteristics and spiritual connotations of Sun Wukong;The second chapter deals with the secularization of Sun Wukong in the late Ming Dynasty.This is mainly reflected in the richness of Sun Wukong’s emotions,the calmness of his personality,and the ordinariness of his skills in the sequel,The secularization of characters is closely related to the popularity of education,the development of the theory of real novels and the relaxed cultural environment;The third chapter analyse the utilitarianism of Sun Wukong in the early Qing Dynasty,which is refleted comment and opera"Shengping bo raft",the change of image is influenced by ideological rule,textual study and Taoism;The fourth chapter Analyzes the pluralistic changes of Sun Wukong in modern and contemporary times,After the reform and opening up,Sun Wukong in film and television works reflects the subversion and banter of the tradition and in literary works tends to highlight of human nature.They together constitute the image of Sun Wukong in the new era,and Sun Wukong has the characteristics of the times.