This paper takes the key plot of “Lingyundu Rebirth” in the hundred-fold version of “Journey to the West” as the object of discussion, thinks about the significance of “water” for Tang monks to cultivate their body and mind, compares “Tang Sanzang Scriptures and Poems” and “Journey to the West Miscellaneous Dramas”, and explores how the novel reverses and weakens the original strong meaning of death and death in the predecessor of “Journey to the West”, and points the death of Tang Seng’s body to the meaning of “new birth”. and how to naturally integrate the imagery of water passing through water and rebirth into the text, symbolizing the process of “from man to holiness”.
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Chen, X. (2025) “Death and Rebirth”: on the “Lingyundu Rebirth” in “Journey to the West”. Journal of Social Development and History, 1(2), 36-42.