纵观建国四十多年《西游记》研究,取得了可喜的成果,但横向来看,与其它几部古典小说研究相比,《西游记》研究是较为沉闷的。面对现实,我们认为《西游记》研究状况是令人担忧的。四十多年来,《西游记》研究仍有几大难题让人纠缠不清,诸如《西游记》作者与成书问题、《西游记》主题和思想倾向、《西游记》中神魔与神佛的关系、孙悟空形象的源流和典型性问题等 Looking at the study of the Journey to the West during the more than 40 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, we have made gratifying achievements. However, compared with other studies of several classical novels, the study of Journey to the West is rather dull. In the face of reality, we think the study status of Journey to the West is a cause for concern. Over the past 40 years, the Journey to the West has several major problems such as the author and the book writing of Journey to the West, the theme and ideological inclination of Journey to the West, the demon and god in Journey to the West The relationship between Buddha, the origin and typical issues of Sun Wukong image