Abstract:
In this paper, from two aspects, the beginning and its meanings for the Concept of Virtuality and Reality have been triggered in the "
Journey to the West". Firstly, Chen Yuanzhi’
Preface to Publi-cation of Journey to the West is interpreted, and through the structure layout, the writing inten-tion, which conveys the specific purpose, of the author’s preface and postscript is analyzed. Secondly, observed from the prefaces and postscripts in other novels, we state some literature evaluation of the "
Journey to the West", and attempt to elucidate the generation rhyme of these evaluations.