Analysis of the Evil Spirit of the Bones of the Dead in “Journey to the West”

Here is a close connection between the Buddhist Practices of the Bones of the Dead and the story of "beating the Evil Spirit of the Bones of the Dead three times" in "Journey to the west". The successful portray of the Evil Spirit of the Bones of the Dead embodies author's feeling and expression of the impermanence of life, interprets the Buddhist admonition about abandoning the Six Primary Afflictions and leaping over the life of the Bones of the Dead.