动物形象的塑造和美化,本质上是人与自然的关系。猿猴是灵长类中除了人类之外的统称。它们与人具有最多的相似性,是所有动物中地位最靠近人类的。正是这种特性,使得人对它们的态度不仅仅停留在普遍的人与自然关系上,更在一定程度上具有揽镜自照的意味。猴与人类这种同类又异己的关系,使得猴文化在众多动物文化中具有无可代替的地位。从猴祖神话、猴妖传说到猴神故事,文学作品中无德猴、猿君子到猴英雄,宗教和外来文化对猴形象的渗 The shaping and beautification of the animal image is essentially the relationship between man and nature. Apes are primates other than humans in primates. They have the most similarities to humans and are the closest human beings to all animals. It is this characteristic that makes people’s attitudes toward them not only stay in the universal relationship between man and nature, but also to a certain extent take on the mirror. The same kind of homosexual relationship between monkeys and humans makes the monkey culture play an irreplaceable role in many animal cultures. From monkey ancestral myths, monster demon legend to the story of monkey god, literary no-ethic monkey, ape gentleman to the monkey heroes, religious and foreign culture on the seepage of the monkey image