西游记 英文简介

第一篇：西游记 英文简介

Journey to the west is a historic Chinese novel that is considered one of the four classics from the Ming Dynasty.These novels along with the golden lotus water margins as well as the romances of the three kingdoms have won popular acclaim from generation to generation.Journey to the west is a combination of myth parable and comedy.It is a story about a Buddhist monk and bunch of animals with human characteristic.The animals actually in the story are a very fairy tale type of mood and they traveled west to India to find Buddhist scriptures.The animals themselves are celestial being in mortal forms and they have magical powers that protect them from the goblins and the evil spirits.Author Wu Cheng-en writings create an imaginary world that creates a life like with the absurd giving us a glance of the different sides of human nature.Monkey was created out of a rock.He not only has the sharp wit and an unruly nature of a monkey but also extra ordinary powers that he uses to overcome demons and monsters.Pig sets off his pig like clumsiness with the disposition that is the epitome of honesty and directness.He is always making a mess out of things and generating a lot of humor in the process.Before the monk can find the scriptures he must surmounts 81 obstacles including overcoming such supernatural beings as cow demon the spider beast and a living skeleton.These obstacles symbolize the difficulties and challenges that people meet in the course of ideals.The character is the main reason that journey to the west keeps reader in thrall.The book gets more then and uproars comedy.It gives us readers an unforgivable insight into life itself.As for the historical record of journey to the west let's go back to the Tang dynasty.History actually recalls the Buddhist monk master Shan-chang or master Xuan Zhuang who crossed he mighty desert to reach the India continent during the Tang dynasty.19 years later he came back to china with over 600 Buddhist scriptures.So the factual basis of journey to the west was born.However master Xuan Zhuang actually was a little bit different from master san tong.Who was actually a fictional character created by the author? In a novel, Tang Shan-chang maybe a monk on a daring mission to find Buddha scriptures.But he is also a faint-hearted hypocrite who lacks transcendent insight and lives life in pectoral fear.He is kind and compassionate but his inability to distinguish between true and false hood make him all to susceptible to pig's effort to sew this court.The result is that he wrongly distresses monkey who can see through the bio schemes of evil spirits and demons.But of course when he has fallow blindly in the trap of some fin or other it is always monkey that fall back on for help.Actually the character of the monk happens to be quite similar to the mythical scholar although he is an idealist at heart he is as weak as a kitten and just sets there helplessly for rescue when he gets into a predicament.The author is perhaps making a sly jab at the incompetent rulers of his time.But if Tang Shan-chang is evaluated purely from his viewpoint of religion or spiritual attainment he appears as not a saintly monk but rather an ordinary man.So monkey is the real hero in journey to the west.Monkey is created from a rock on enchanted mountain and because of his courage and insight is later anointed by his peers as king.But one day in a flash of enlightenment, this glorious monkey king see that life is a very temporary thing and that the delights of his timely existence in the area mountain tree cannot go on forever.Amazingly he gives it all up to find a master who can guide him on to the path of spiritual motivation.Monkey is gifted with intelligence and agility both mentally and physically.So he puts his talents to use by mastering his skills of wizardry to the point of where he can transform himself 72 times in a blink of an eye.He has a magic wan that can shrink smaller the pen or expand till it is like a club of bronze and a magic cloud that can take him up to the heavens or down to the bales of the earth.The monkey still retains his mischievous and playful temperament of his fellow apes.His intelligence and child like naughtiness are reviled when he does things like deliberately sending pig to scan the near by mountain and then transforming himself into an insect to keep an eye on his indolent companion.Fearing nothing the monkey would play in the palace of the sea god in heaven or in Hades itself.He even makes a bet with Buddha.His is a rebellious character that will just not bow to established rules.Full of life and filled with spirit as well as being sincere and optimistic in nature, he is not bothered by suffering and is always ready to face up to new challenges.This kind of wiliness to forge ahead maybe the stuff those heroes are made out of.But it carries with it a weakness of arrogance impulsiveness and a desire to excel over others.Pig fills a role that symbolizes the desire to comfort and pleasure.He to has magical powers but it is just not the same as monkey.Who makes him seem naive and clumsy by comparison monkey just love to tease him so pig does his level best to be a thorn in monkeys side by telling lies about him to tong song jon.Pig is a lazy gluttonous that needs his material comforts when it comes to trouble he just can't hold his side up so is always first to call on for help.During their journey he nearly cast his companion in his own spiritual cultivation inside.When he falls for enticement of beautiful women and riches.But if finally turns out to be all work of Buddha salvia that has come to test him.Yet thanks to the author pig ludicrous behavior brings an ironic smile to the readers face rather then a frown of disapproval because while pig makes a laughing stock of him self-the reader is reminded of the covetous raspy nature that empathy the human condition.Another character that appears quite less frequently is friar san when he does take the stage.His quite resolute and down to nature are readily apparent.Actually In journey of the west is purification of the mind so that the entire expedition to find Buddha scriptures is actually a way of achieving spiritual goodness.So in this play three arrogant weakness laziness even ignorance they are all weakness of human nature that requires spiritual correction.However honesty goodness and courage are all our friends in the depths of our soul.And this way the journey to the west the various characters in battle with evil and they teach us that in human life it is possible and temper ourselves to achieve ideals and goodness.

第二篇：西游记简介

西游记简介

中国古典四大名著之一，是最优秀的神话小说，也是一部群众创作和文人创作相结合的作品。小说以整整七回的“大闹天宫”故事开始，把孙悟空的形象提到全书首要的地位。第八至十二回写如来说法，观音访僧，魏徵斩龙，唐僧出世等故事，交待取经的缘起。从十四回到全书结束，写孙悟空被迫皈依佛教，保护唐《西游记》内容简介

《西游记》产生于十六世纪的中国明朝嘉靖公元 1522 —1566)时期,距今已四百多年了.作者吴承恩,字汝忠,号射阳居士 ,《西游记》是吴承恩中年时期写成初稿,后来经过润饰而成的.他在前代多年积累下来并在民间流传的有关唐僧取经的文学作品和故事的基础上进行艺术再创造,并且把原来的以唐僧取经为主的故事,改为孙悟空为主的战天斗地史.孙悟空是全书中最光辉的形象.“ 大闹天宫”突出他热爱自由,勇于反抗的精神“西天取经”表现他见恶必除,除恶必尽的精神.孙悟空大闹天宫失败后,经过五行山下五百年的镇压,被唐僧放出,同往西天.他已不再是一个叛逆者的形象,而是一个头戴紧箍,身穿虎皮裙,专为人间解除魔难的英雄.在重重困难之前顽强不屈,随机应机,就是镇魔者孙悟空的主要特征.《西游记》描写的幻想世界和神话人物,大都有现实生活作基础,同时在神奇的形态下体现了作家与人民的某些美好愿望.八十一难,七十二变,各种神魔的本领都充满幻想色彩;五花八门,奇光异彩的宝贝,显然是人们为了征服自然或战胜敌人才假想出来的.《西游记》 构成了浪漫主义的基本艺术特征.《西游记》把善意的嘲笑,辛辣的讽刺和严峻的批判艺术地结合起来,使不少章回妙趣横生,完满地表达了深刻的思想内容和作者的鲜明爱憎.九九八十一难所包含的四十一个小故事也都通过僧徒,神佛,妖魔间的错综关系表现出来,一波未平一波又起.在这无数充满斗争的幻想情节中,意味深长地寄寓了广大人民反抗恶势力,要求战胜自然,困难的乐观精神,曲折地反映了封建时代的社会现实僧取经，在八戒、沙僧协助下，一路斩妖除魔，到西天成了“正果”。

内容梗概

《红楼梦》是以贾、史、王、薛四大家族为背景，故事情节由主次两条矛盾线索构成的。

一条是以贾宝玉、林黛玉的爱情为中心，贯穿全书的全线。它以贾、林争取爱情自由、婚姻自主和个性解放的思想同封建制度、封建礼教之间的矛盾为线索，以贾、林最后对封建制度和封建礼教的彻底背叛和爱情的悲剧结局而告终。

这条线索从第三、四两回，林黛玉和薛宝钗接踵来到贾府，与宝玉的爱情纠葛开始形成，并在矛盾中向前开展。直到第九十七、九十八两回，黛玉和宝钗在“哀”“乐”截然不同，“悲”“欢”强烈对比之下，一个“魂归离恨天”，一个“出闺成大礼”，终成悲剧结局，是主线的高潮，也是实现全书主题的集中所在。后二十一回，则是在高潮的余波中，情节的下降、结尾阶段。在这个阶段里，贾家被抄而又赢得一个回光反照的局面。最后宝玉遁入空门，全书结束。

从这条主线看，造成贾、林爱情悲剧的根本原因是：在封建制度与礼教的桎梏下，青年男女爱情、婚姻不能自主，而取决于封建家长的意愿。具体地说，贾、林的爱情、婚姻不取决于他们自己的意志，而由以贾母为代表的荣府当权派们决定，而贾母又以封建的阶级利益做点为基点，她对林黛玉的“疼”，仅仅是从“骨血”关系出发，并不喜爱她不符封建道德规范要求的“孤高自许”、“目下无尘”和“小性儿”；而对薛宝钗的“爱”，则是以她“端方”的封建品格为基点，尤其是适应封建道德要求的“行为豁达，随分从时”的性格。由此终于选中了薛宝钗而弃置了林黛玉。其结果是，同时酿成3个人的悲剧：林黛玉，为爱情熬尽最后一滴眼泪，含恨而死；贾宝玉，终于离弃“温柔富贵之乡”而遁入了空门；薛宝钗，虽成了荣府的“二奶奶”，却没有真正赢得爱情，陪伴她提终生的凄凉孤苦。她和林黛玉，只不过是同一条封建毒草藤上两颗属性不同的苦瓜而已。

这条主线揭示了封建制度、封建礼教的罪恶；也歌颂了青年男女对封建制度的礼教的叛逆精神。

《红楼梦》的另一条线索赔是以宁、荣二府及其社会关系为中心，由一些彼此独立而又互相关联的情节组成的副线。它以封建的阶级压迫，等级制度以及封建遗族寄生腐朽，荒淫糜烂的生活所造成的封建制度自身的矛盾为线索，它以贾府及其亲族的所造成的封建制度自身的矛盾为线索，它以贾府及其亲族的一一衰败为结局，不仅构成主线的社会背景，并与主线殊途同归，提示和鞭笞了封建制度的罪恶

第三篇：西游记英文读后感

My impression on reading Journey to the West

Jouney to the West is a historic Chinese novel that is considered one of the 4 classics from the Ming Dynasty.These novels along with Outlaws of the Marsh, A Dream in Red Mansion as well as Three Kindoms have won popular acclaim from generation to generation.Jouney to the West is actually a combination of myth , parable and comedy.It is filled with imagination and have enjoyed a great and immensepopularity among the people in China for over 400 years on account of its fresh and convoluted plots , distinctive and life-like characters, profound and incisive ideological content and life-hearted style.It is based on a story about a Buddhist monk and a bunch of animals with human characteristic(which are his 3 disciples ,the irrevent and capable Monkey, greedy Pig, and Friar Sand).The animals in the story are actually of a very fairy tale type of mood and they traveled west to India to find Buddhist scriptures.The animals themselves are celestial being in mortal forms and they have magical powers that protect them from the goblins and the evil spirits.Monkey was created out of a rock.He not only has the sharp wit and an unruly nature of a monkey but also extra ordinary powers that he uses to overcome demons and monsters.Monkey is also gifted with intelligence and agility both mentally and physically.So he puts his talents to use by mastering his skills of wizardry to the point of where he can transform himself 72 times in a blink of an eye.He has a magic wand that can shrink smaller than a pen or expand till it is like a club of bronze and a magic cloud that can take him up to the heavens or down to the bales of the earth.Full of life and filled with spirit as well as being sincere and optimistic in nature, he is not bothered by suffering and is always ready to face up to new challenges.Pig sets off his pig like clumsiness with the disposition that is the epitome of honesty and directness.He is always making a mess out of things and generating a lot of humor in the process.Pig fills a role that symbolizes the desire to comfort and pleasure.He too has magical powers but it is just not the same as monkey , who

makes him seem naive and clumsy by comparison.Monkey just love to tease him , so pig does all his best to be a thorn in monkey’s side by telling lies about him to Tang Priest.Another character that appears quite less frequently is Friar Sand.He is quite resolute and his down-to-earth nature is readily apparent.In Jouney to the West, a total of 87 chapters are dedicated to the story of the Tang Priest ,Xuang Zang’s quest for the Buddhist scriptures.In the course of their journey , they brave a series of dangers and vanquish devils and monsters.The road to the Western Paradise is fraught with danger , whether in mountains and forests or in villages and towns.Before the monk can find the scriptures he must surmount 81 obstacles.Demons of all descriptions like the ferocious Red Boy, the scorpion sipirt

of Pipa Cave and spiderwomen ,etc.try to bar their way ,even to the extent of killing and eating XuangZang.Some of these ghostly opponents appear openly hostile ,while others are cunningly disguised.Some wield power over kingdoms or feign to officials carrying out their lawful duties.Monkey plays a central role in every battle with the monsters ,not only contending with them face to face , but also helping his

companions overcome the obstacles and restraints that originate within themselves.After overcoming all kinds of evil and devious enemies , with Monkey as the backbone of the company ,the travelers finally reach the Western Paradise and accomplish their sacred mission of taking back the scriptures.Inthis so-called “ stories of the 81 obstacles” which symbolize the difficulties and challenges that people meet in the course of pursuing their ideals , the staunch spirit and character of the 4 companions to battle all enemies and overcome all hurdles in order to attain their goal is manifested very clearly and as much it is a vivid portrayal of the spirit and character of the Chinese nation.With supernatural beings as its protagonists ,Journey to the West creates a world full of fantasy and illusion.But this fantasy world reflects various kinds of contradictions in the society of Wu Chen’en’s time.The characters of the demons are generalizations and sublimations of the characters of ordinary mortals.Fantasy and reality reach a high level of synthesis in Jouney to the West.Humor is a major characteristic of the style of Jouney to the West.Money is the supreme comic figure in this classical Chinese novel.His humor springs from his optimistic self-confidence and his sharp ability to perceive people’s true natures ,as well as his tolerance of others’ weaknesses and his hatred of evil.The humor in this novel is also manisfested in certain plots & subplots of the nature of comedies.Pig’s clumsy actions and speech are invariably hilarious ,but the laughter he elicits is tolerant but sad at the same time.This is because the weaknesses in Pig’s character are not unique or accidental ,they ’re common traits of the Chinese character.The author’s humor is built up on a base of profound knowledge of human society and a high degree of psychological penetration.Actually Journey to the west is purification of the mind in that the entire expedition to find Buddhist scriptures is actually a way of achieving spiritual

goodness.So in this play three weaknesses arrogance, laziness, even ignorance, they are all weakness of human nature that requires spiritual correction.However

honesty ,goodness ,and courage are all our friends in the depths of our soul.And this way the Journey to the westteach us that in human life it is possible to temper ourselves to achieve ideals and goodness.

第四篇：西游记简介、主旨

作者：吴承恩,生于1499年（明弘治8年），逝世于1582年（明万历10年），活了81岁。字汝忠，号射阳山人，淮安府山阳县（今江苏淮安）人。我国明代著名小说家，他所创作的《西游记》为我国古代四大名著之一。

唐僧

特征：有气质、修养、风度，不会办实事。

孙悟空

特征：有能力，会办事，也能出风头，但有时也会恃才傲物、桀敖不驯和冲动。

猪八戒

特征：好吃懒做、好色、愚蠢、爱贪小,但本性善良。

沙僧

特征:肯吃苦,憨厚老实,但又没有主见.故事情节：写了唐僧受大唐皇帝李世民的委派去西天求取真经，在取经路上先后收了孙悟空；猪八戒；沙和尚；为徒。唐僧和悟空的师徒四人一路降妖除魔，历经九九八十一难，行程十万八千里余里，最终到达西天大雷音寺取得真经，并四人终成正果

主旨：《西游记》告诉人们：为了寻找、追求、实现一个美好的理想和目标，为了完成一项伟大的事业，必然会遇上或多或少的、或大或小的、各种各样的困难和挫折，必须去顽强地战胜这些困难，克服这些挫折。

第五篇：西游记名著简介

名著简介

《西游记》为明代小说家吴承恩所著，取材于《大唐西域记》和民间传说、元杂剧。宋代《大唐三藏取经诗话》（本名《大唐三藏取经记》）是西游记故事见于说话文字的最早雏形，其中，唐僧就是以玄奘法师为原型的。

作为中国古代第一部浪漫主义长篇神魔小说，该书深刻地描绘了当时的社会现实，是魔幻现实主义的开创作品。先写了孙悟空出世，然后遇见了唐僧、猪八戒和沙和尚三人，但还是主要描写了孙悟空、猪八戒、沙和尚三人保护唐僧西行取经，唐僧从投胎到取经受了九九八十一难，一路降妖伏魔，九九归一，终于到达西天见到如来佛祖，最终五圣成真。

来点常识

1、作者：吴承恩，明代小说家。字汝忠，号射阳山人。淮安阳山（今江苏淮安人。

2、体裁：长篇神话小说

3、主要内容：本书主要描述了孙悟空大闹天宫，唐僧出世和师徒四人西天取经等故事，赞扬了以孙悟空为主的师徒四人不畏艰险、百折不挠的可贵精神。由孙悟空大闹天宫、唐僧出世、孙悟空、猪八戒、沙僧一起保护唐僧取经等三大部分组成。一路上历尽千辛万苦，战胜形形色色的妖魔鬼怪，经过九九八十一难，功成圆满，终成正果

4、精彩情节：大闹天宫、三打白骨精、车迟国斗法、女儿国遇难、真假美猴王、智取红孩儿、三调芭蕉扇、四圣试禅心等。

5、内容：由三大部分组成——孙悟空大闹天宫、唐僧出世、唐僧和孙悟空师徒四人西天取经。

6、艺术特色：

①善于说故事，可读性强。

②善于塑造人物，形象十分鲜明。③充满天马行空的想象和大胆奇特的夸张。

《西游记》通过神话的形式，曲折地反映出现实的社会矛盾，表现了人民群众惩恶扬善的愿望和要求。在孙悟空身上集中反映了人民群众反抗专制压迫、战胜黑暗势力和征服自然的强烈愿望，是正义的化身。孙悟空不畏强暴、敢于斗争的精神，具有深刻的社会意义，作为孙悟空对立面的神佛世界和妖魔鬼怪，象征着黑暗势力。这一正一反，既突出了孙悟空的英雄形象，又突出了斩妖降魔的内容，从而使贯穿全书的取经的目的退居次要地位。在吴承恩笔下，取经一事的宗教意义已大大淡化，仅仅具有象征意义。它给读者的启示在于：为了实现某一崇高的目的，人们必须艰苦奋斗，长期坚持，勇敢地战胜一切敌人。

1、孙悟空（行者）：

①号称：美猴王和齐天大圣。②出世：仙石孕育而生。③性格：桀骜不驯、忠心耿耿、聪明幽默、爱憎分明、勇敢机智，好勇斗胜，重视承诺，嫉恶如仇，不怕困难，坚韧不拔，英勇无畏。

④本领：手持一根一万三千五百斤，能任意伸缩的金箍棒；能耍七十二变；一个筋斗能翻十万八千里；在太上老君的炼丹炉里炼了四十九天不死，反而炼出一双火眼金睛，能识破世间一切妖魔鬼怪；偷吃无数蟠桃和各种仙丹练就而成金刚不坏之身。

⑤典型情节：大闹天宫、三打白骨精、真假美猴王、智取红孩儿、三借芭蕉扇、车迟国斗法。

一路上历经九九八十一难，终成大果，被释迦如来封为“斗战胜佛”。孙悟空那种不畏艰辛困苦的精神贯穿取经始末。

孙悟空被压在五行山下五百年后，被唐僧所救，拜其为师，踏上西天取经之路：两界山除六意，鹰愁涧收玉龙为唐僧坐骑，黑风山斗熊罴，取回被偷袈裟，又先后在高老庄和流沙河收猪刚鬣和沙悟净为师弟，于黄风岭苦战黄风怪，在五庄观为救活人参果树。白虎岭三打白骨夫人，却被唐僧误会赶走。后为了救被变成老虎的唐僧，巧战黄袍怪。平顶山斗智斗勇，降服金银角。在乌鸡国救活被害死三年的国王，在枯松涧大战红孩儿，车迟国解救被迫害众僧。又在通天河、金兜山、毒敌山与灵感大王、兕大王、蝎子精多方激战。诛除二心，三调芭蕉扇，荡除碧波潭，误入小雷音寺，七绝山除红蟒精，朱紫国三折肱，盘丝洞扫七妖，黄花观斗蜈蚣精，狮驼岭会战三魔，比丘国救众小孩，无底洞寻师，隐雾山诛豹精，凤仙郡求雨，玉华州收徒，竹节山大战众狮精，青龙山力斗三犀，天竺国擒玉兔，助寇洪还魂。

2、唐僧（玄奘）：

①姓名：俗姓陈，小名江流儿，法号玄奘，号三藏，被唐太宗赐姓为唐。

②身世： 如来佛祖第二弟子金蝉长老投胎。由于父母凄惨、离奇的经历，自幼在寺庙中出家、长大，在化生寺出家，最终迁移到京城的著名寺院中落户、修行。

③性格：勤敏好学，意志坚定，勇往直前、心地善良、正直不阿、毫无主见、迂腐顽固，胆小懦弱，无智无能，是非不分，耳根子软。

④典型情节：三打白骨精；四圣试禅心；女儿国遇难。唐僧是如来佛祖的弟子金蝉子转世投胎作状元陈光蕊之子，出家后法名玄奘，修成正果后被封为旃檀功德佛。

唐僧是一个带有浓厚封建士人气质的人物，恪守宗教信条和封建礼教，乃至迂腐顽固，而又胆小懦弱，而且常常误信谗言，颠倒是非，无理责骂和残忍地处罚为取经建立了巨大功勋的孙悟空。但同时也是一个信仰坚定的人，在取经的路上，经历了九九八十一难，其中绝大多是对唐僧的考验，唐僧从来没有动摇过。

两界山中救石猴，鹰愁涧驾白龙，高老庄中收八戒，四圣试禅心，女儿国情深，女妖诱惑，男怪捆绑蒸煮，唐僧始终没有动摇过取经的决心，虽然在三打白骨精中，对孙悟空多番误会，但也从另一个层面显示出唐僧的慈悲为怀，总是听信猪八戒的谗言，但是意识到自己的错误后，也同样能够勇于认错。

唐僧由一个被歌颂的人物，变成一个被讽刺嘲笑的对象，作者对他是批评多于肯定。这一点是《西游记》和传统的取经故事一个很大不同之处。

3、猪八戒（悟能）： ①身世：原是仙界天蓬元帅，因醉调嫦娥，被贬下凡，投错了胎，长成一副长嘴大耳、呆头呆脸的模样。

②性格：贪吃好色，见识短浅、搬弄是非，耍小聪明、胆小怕事、吃苦耐劳、忠勇善良、知错就改、淳朴憨厚。③兵器：九齿钉耙

④典型情节：四圣试禅心，三打白骨精，偷吃人参果

猪八戒又叫悟能，原为管理天河水兵的天蓬元帅，获罪下凡，误投猪胎，曾占云栈洞为妖，后经菩萨点化，保唐僧取经，得成正果，封为净坛使者。

猪八戒本是仙界的天蓬元帅，主管天河。后因醉酒调戏嫦娥，被贬下凡，到人间投胎，却错投猪胎，嘴脸与猪相似。曾占福陵山云栈洞为妖。自称“猪刚鬣”。唐僧西去取经路过高老庄，在云栈洞与孙悟空大战，听说唐僧之名，前去拜见。被唐僧收为二徒弟后，为让其继续戒五荤三厌，唐僧给他起了个别名叫“八戒”。在去西天取经途中，他总是挥舞钉耙，与妖魔勇猛战斗，是孙悟空的得力助手。而且他能够知错改错，淳朴憨厚。但他好吃懒做，见识短浅，一遇困难就嚷嚷着要散伙，还经常搬弄是非、耍小聪明、说谎，又爱占小便宜，贪恋女色，因此常常当众出丑，成为惹人发笑的喜剧形象。

4、沙和尚（悟净）

①身世：原是天庭中的卷帘大将，因失手打碎琉璃盏被贬下凡，盘踞在流沙河 ,兴风作浪，危害一方。唐僧途径流沙河时收为徒弟。②性格：正直无私，任劳任怨，忠心不二，踏踏实实，谨守本分 ③兵器：降妖宝杖

④典型情节：大战流沙河

沙僧法号悟净，原为天宫中的卷帘大将，被贬下界，在流沙河为妖，后保唐僧取经，经过九九八十一难后，功德圆满，封为金身罗汉。沙悟净，又叫沙僧、沙和尚，原为天宫玉皇大帝的卷帘大将，因打破了琉璃盏，触犯天条，被贬出天界，在人间流沙河兴风作浪，危害一方，专吃过路人。后经观音点化，赐法号悟净，一心归佛，同八戒、悟空一同保护唐僧西天拜佛求取真经。沙僧外貌丑恶，但个性憨厚，忠心耿耿。他不像孙悟空那么叛逆，也不像猪八戒那样好吃懒惰、贪恋女色，自他放弃妖怪的身份起，他就一心跟着唐僧，正直无私，任劳任怨，谨守佛门戒律，踏踏实实，谨守本分，最终功德圆满，被如来佛祖封为南无金身罗汉。