But that story actually makes up just the first seven chapters of the 100-chapter novel. If Monkey is a rebel, what are we to make of his subsequent submission to the Buddha, obedience to Kuan Yin, and guardianship of the priest Hsuan Tsang on his quest to India to fetch the scriptures? Critics 'opinions have been varied.
「這個角度實在很難說得周延」，張靜二分析說：「如果頭七回孫悟空結拜眾妖、大鬧天宮算是打抱不平、揭竿起義，那麼其後聽命觀音，隨唐僧取經，反成當權派鷹爪，一路降妖伏魔、殘害同胞，又怎麼解釋？」