Journey to the West - The Story of a Monkey King

One of the four classical novels in china c ot embodies how confusing the entire system is. A buddhist monk goes on a journey to obtain sutres from the west of china, protected by a monkey king who learns the way of the dao. They encounter demons and animal spirits on the way who want to commit cannibalism and eat the monk. And means a great story, but an utter mess when it comes to all these beliefs,. Because it just kind of mixes altogether in one pod, doesn't it? Yea, that is, which also makes it a great story. I mean, to me, it really epitomizes the of spirit of not being a