This book explores the various changes in the story of Xuanzang''s journey to the West from the Tang Dynasty, through the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties to the present, and summarizes and analyzes the relevant theoretical issues of "e;cultural genes"e;. This book mainly includes five aspects: first, to explore the evolution of the story of Journey to the West itself, such as the evolution of the image of Monkey King; second, to deeply study the many situations of the classic text of Journey to the West; third, in-depth study of the middle stage works in the evolution history of Journey to the West, such as Tang Sanzang''s Poetry, The Comment on Journey to the West, Journey to the West Drama, etc.; fourth, use more than 20,000 words to discuss the situation of nearly 100 Journey to the West film and television dramas at home and abroad; fifth, the most important thing is to form a research case for the study of literary evolution. This book forms a strong case support for New Explorations on Literary Evolution and is suitable for literary theory researchers and story lovers of Journey to the West.

This book explores the various changes in the story of Xuanzang''s journey to the West from the Tang Dynasty, through the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties to the present, and summarizes and analyzes the relevant theoretical issues of "e;cultural genes"e;. This book mainly includes five aspects: first, to explore the evolution of the story of Journey to the West itself, such as the evolution of the image of Monkey King; second, to deeply study the many situations of the classic text of Journey to the West; third, in-depth study of the middle stage works in the evolution history of Journey to the West, such as Tang Sanzang''s Poetry, The Comment on Journey to the West, Journey to the West Drama, etc.; fourth, use more than 20,000 words to discuss the situation of nearly 100 Journey to the West film and television dramas at home and abroad; fifth, the most important thing is to form a research case for the study of literary evolution. This book forms a strong case support for New Explorations on Literary Evolution and is suitable for literary theory researchers and story lovers of Journey to the West.