A: My own view is that it's very easy to read all kinds of deep meanings into a book like the Hsi-yu chi. A Marxist finds it's obviously an exposition of Marxism. A student of child psychological development says, "Oh, it's all written so clearly." Even Neo-Confucianists and Taoists of the Five Elements school can make it fit their theories.
但我對這整個問題的看法是，像西遊記這樣的故事，你如果要從本文中找出另一些深意，是非常容易的：馬列主義者看到西遊記，覺得這分明就在闡揚馬列主義；研究兒童心理階段式發展的人，看了西遊記，也會說：「喔，原來這裡寫得那麼清楚。」