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The Monkey King is a classic episode of the Journey to the West, how do you think about the Monkey King's havoc in the Palace of Heaven, the author of the novel wants to reflect what kind of society t

The Monkey King is a classic episode of the Journey to the West, how do you think about the Monkey King's havoc in the Palace of Heaven, the author of the novel wants to reflect what kind of society through this incident.

This chapter can be said to be the beginning of the Monkey King began to rebel against the court of heaven, for the following he once again down as a demon and later punished under the Five Finger Mountain and the beginning of the nine hundred and ninety-one difficult to play a good role in paving the way, but also focuses on the reflection of the Sun Wukong that the innate rebellious character, and the hierarchical, rules of the court of heaven out of place.

At the same time, it also reflects that the Heavenly Court is just like the society at that time, with the oppression of feudal hierarchy and the lack of freedom for the people. The main character, Sun Wukong, becomes the ideal character in the author's mind and dares to break through these constraints in pursuit of freedom and happiness.

The novel, "The Palace of Heaven," reflects the resistance of the people in the feudal society of China through the form of a mythological story. Of course, the reflection of reality in fantasy novels has its own characteristics, which are different from those of literary works that directly reflect real life.

The rebels in "The Palace of Heaven" put up the banner of "The Great Sage of Qi Tian" and put forward the slogan of "The emperor takes turns to be the emperor, and next year will come to my home", and 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals fled. The Jade Emperor had to ask for help because the rule of the Heavenly Palace was so shaky that the Jade Emperor had to ask for help. These fictional and fantastical episodes are based on the reality of the Peasants' Revolt and the Peasants' War.

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In Wu Cheng'en's Hundred Times Book, the end of the Dajiaodong (Heavenly Palace), although tragic, the heroic image of the rebels is created with infinite vitality. In contrast, the rulers of the Heavenly Palace are colorful and ridiculous.

They used all kinds of plots and tricks against the Monkey King. The reader does not feel that the Monkey King was suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain, but on the contrary, he sympathizes with him and laments for him. The author's idea of resistance in this story is the progressive idea of the time.