Chinese mythological characters are derived from the Journey to the West, or the Journey to the West is just a consolidated borrowing of myths

Most of the Chinese mythological stories have been handed down from generation to generation and recorded in ancient pre-Qin books, such as the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and Journey to the West is a novel of the Ming Dynasty, which was also influenced by the previous ones! Mythological storytelling originated from the ancient people's understanding of natural and cultural phenomena in the imagination, it is the early unconscious artistic creation of mankind. Therefore, it can not be said that all Chinese mythological characters are derived from the Journey to the West, and the Journey to the West is not the integration of so mythological stories, but only along part of it!