Generally, readers appreciate Sun Wu-kung the most, but deep inside our hearts, Chu Pa-chieh feels the most accessible, because the "Pa-chieh" is closest to our nature. Pigs in parables There are abundant cases where hogs are treated as the subject matter of fables.
一般讀者讀到《西遊記》，固然最欣賞孫悟空，但內心深處卻對豬八戒感到無比親切，因為八戒最像我們原始的本性，最像自己！