On the Spiritual Connection between The Record of Travelling South and The Story of Asking for the Buddha
The Record of Travelling South is a famous writing for a Chinese modern writer named Ai Wu.With the author's personal experience as the source material and the era slogan"labor sacred"as the spiritual fulcrum,this work shapes the image of a group of boundary people and describes the specific social culture.It can be traced to the source that the distinctive narrative perspective of The Record of Travelling South cannot be separated from the profound influence from the story"a young Mr.Wei asking for the Buddha to the Western Paradise",which is told by the author's grandmother in his childhood.The story of"asking for the Buddha"belongs to the Chinese form of the world AT461 story,which has a strong spiritual drive of religious sanctity.The spiritual connection between The Record of Travelling South and the story of"asking for the Buddha"is mainly reflected in the fact that the outlook on life and values of their potential participants are very consistent.The Record of Travelling South and the story of asking for the Buddha,both taking travel as the main thread of their plots,outline the spiritual picture of pilgrimage,ascetic practices,great love and harmonious by using ideological factors such as politics,religion,Confucianism,Mohism,Buddhism.
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