The author categorizes all the strife in Journey to the West into the following major sections: the Battle of All Things, the Battle with the Dragon, the Battle for Immortality, the Battle with Trees, the Siege of the Three Islands, the Battle for the Peaches, the Chaos in the West, the Battle at Spirit Mountain, and the Journey to the West to fetch Buddhist scriptures. The author draws on many Chinese philosophical views and worldviews to explore human psychology.