Written in the mid-sixteenth century, this Chinese legend tells of the journey of Tripitaka, Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy to India and all the adventures that happen on the way.

Penguin Readers Level 5: "Monkey" (Penguin Readers) (Penguin Longman Penguin Readers)

Reference

吴承恩

Michael Dean

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Penguin Longman Publishing

Physical description: 223 pages, illustrations ; 24cm. Subjects: Monkeys -- Legends and stories. Buddhist stories, Chinese.

Dear Monkey.

Waley, Arthur: Translator

Bobbs-Merrill

Journey to the West is a classic Chinese mythological novel. It was written during the Ming Dynasty based on traditional folktales. Consisting of 100 chapters, this fantasy relates the adventures of a Tang Dynasty (618-907) priest Sanzang and his three disciples, Monkey, Pig and Friar Sand, as they travel west in search of Buddhist Sutra. The first seven chapters recount the birth of the Monkey King and his rebellion against Heaven. Then in chapters eight to twelve, we learn how Sanzang was born and why he is searching for the scriptures, as well as his preparations for the journey. The rest of the story describes how they vanquish demons and monsters, tramp over the Fiery Mountain, cross the Milky Way, and after overcoming many dangers, finally arrive at their destination - the Thunder Monastery in the Western Heaven - and find the Sutra. Attached are a number of illustrations drawn during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

Journey to the West

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Foreign Languages Press

The first complete English translation of the classic fictional narrative about the sixteen-year pilgrimage of the seventh-century monk Hsuan-tsang to bring back to China from India thousands of items of Buddhist scripture

Journey to the West: Volume 2

Foreign Language Press

It is a Chinese mythological novel. It was written during the Ming Dynasty based on traditional folktales. Consisting of 100 chapters, this fantasy relates the adventures of a Tang Dynasty (618-907) priest Sanzang and his three disciples, Monkey, Pig and

Journey to the West, Vol. 3

Journey to the West - Classic Novel in Four Volumes - First Edition

Journey to the West, Vol. 2

Journey to the West Volume IV (Volume 4)

Adventures of the Monkey God

History & Criticism

Heian Intl Pub Co

Also known as Journey to the West, Wu Ch'eng-en's Monkey is one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature, translated by Arthur Waley in Penguin Classics. Monkey depicts the adventures of Prince Tripitaka, a young Buddhist priest on a dangerous pilgrimage to India to retrieve sacred scriptures accompanied by his three unruly disciples: the greedy pig creature Pipsy, the river monster Sandy - and Monkey. Hatched from a stone egg and given the secrets of heaven and earth, the irrepressible trickster Monkey can ride on the clouds, become invisible and transform into other shapes - skills that prove very useful when the four travellers come up against the dragons, bandits, demons and evil wizards that threaten to prevent them in their quest. Wu Ch'eng-en wrote Monkey in the mid-sixteenth century, adding his own distinctive style to an ancient Chinese legend, and in so doing created a dazzling combination of nonsense with profundity, slapstick comedy with spiritual wisdom. Arthur Waley's humorous and energetic translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing the story's background in history and legend, its elements of anti-bureaucratic satire and the allegorical nature of its characters Very little is known about Wu Ch'eng-en (c.1505-80) although he is believed to have held the post of District Magistrate for a time. He had a reputation as a good poet but only a few rather commonplace verses of his survive in an anthology of Ming poetry and in a local gazetteer.If you enjoyed Monkey, you might like Confucius's The Analects, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.

Monkey: A Selection of Incidents from a 16th Century Chinese Novel (English and Chinese Edition)

Wu, Chʻeng-en

Hazard, Eleanor

Contemporary

Green Tiger Press

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