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Journey to the West, foremost Chinese comic novel, written by Wu Cheng’en, a novelist and poet of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). The novel is based on the actual 7th-century pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang (602–664) to India in search of sacred texts.
The Journey to the West: Volume I (1983), translated and edited by Anthony C. Yu, contains the first 25 chapters of a 100-chapter hero’s epic, an allegory designed to impart knowledge on how to behave and what values to extol.
Sep 5, 2023 · Journey to the West, a monumental novel composed of one-hundred chapters loosely divided into four sections, depicts the spiritual journey of Tripitaka, a Buddhist monk striving to retrieve lost...
Brief Synopsis. Plot Overview. The novel follows the adventures of the monk Xuanzang as he travels to India in search of Buddhist scriptures. Along the way, he is accompanied by three disciples: Sun Wukong, the Monkey King; Zhu Bajie, the Pig Demon; and Sha Wujing, the Friar Sand.
Journey to the West ( Chinese: 西遊記; pinyin: Xīyóujì) is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. It is regarded as one of the greatest Classic Chinese Novels, and has been described as arguably the most popular literary work in East Asia. [2]
Nov 21, 2023 · Lesson Summary. Journey to the West is an epic Chinese tale written in the 16th century and part of the four great classical novels of China, a group of books which form the...
Summary. The Monkey's Story. A stone monkey is born in the country of Ao-li and anoints himself king of the monkeys. After 200 years, he seeks out religion in a bid to be immortal. After years of study, he becomes illuminated and earns the name Aware-of-Vacuity. He also learns how to do 72 transformations. That's not enough for Monkey, though.
