| dc.description.abstract | “The Journey to the West” inherit from the historical Chinese culture of ‘You.’（遊） The ‘You-culture’（遊文化） is not only explained by the pilgrimage to the west, but also discusses the connotation of the characters in the book. Therefore, this article discusses those distinctive wanderers in different ways of ‘You’（遊） based on “The Journey to the West.”
“The Journey to the West” presents lots of people, gods, and monsters with the status of wandering and that the characters of wandering including the five saints（五聖） in the journey to the west. The characters of the five saints（五聖） vary from the dimension and the status of wandering. Among the five saints（五聖）, Sun Wukong（孫悟空）, the representative role of the culture of ‘You’（遊） shows the most splendid character of wandering. The ‘You’（遊） of the five saints（五聖）, people, monsters, gods reflect wanderers, especially homeless people who have been despised for a long time in the real world. This group of people should have the rights to be blessed by gods.
Thus, “The Journey to the West” creates a character called “Lang Dang You Shen”（浪蕩遊神）, and discusses the salvation relationship between people and those wandering spirits（遊神）. Aside from benefit-oriented purposes, the Wandering Spirit represents higher ‘You’（遊） spirit. As the result, “The Journey to the West” not only represents the ‘You-culture’（遊文化） but also implies mercy to wanderers and standing out for them. | en_US |