《西游记》取经故事的生命意蕴

The Implication of Life in "The Pilgrimage to the West

《西游记》西天取经故事的人物行为功能模式由有感于生命现状 ,自东向西的行进旅程和灵山见佛修成正果三个环节构成。它隐喻了作者对人类生命意识的觉醒 ,对生命永恒的追求 ,以及对生命价值的实现等问题的探索 ,体现了作者对人类生命奥秘的独特理解。它与神羿求药故事的思维范式和人物行为功能模式相同 ,由此推测神羿求药故事为西天取经故事之原型。两个故事相比较 ,《西游记》取经故事的新意在于追求精神生命的超越 。

In the novel 'The Pilgrimage to the West', the characters' behavioral function mode is made up of three links: the feeling about the life reality, the long journey west and the meeting with Buddha. This implies the author's consciousness about man's life sense, the eternal pursuit of life and the quest for the realization of the life values, which embody the author's peculiar understanding of the mysteries of life. This is comparable to the story of 'Shen Yi', who sought wonder drug for eternal life, in the way of thinking and characters' behavioral function mode. From this we can infer that the story about 'Shen Yi' seeking the powerful drug is the prototype of the story of going on a pilgrimage to the west for Buddhist scriptures. In comparison, the novel meaning of the story 'The Pilgrimage to the West' is the pursuit of the spiritual transcendence, and its intention is to represent artistically the purpose of man's existence.