Journey to the West: The Monkey King's Amazing Adventures
Sep 2008 · Tuttle Publishing
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China's most popular traditional novel, Journey to the West is the thrilling story of the Monkey King and his epic quest, with his trusted companions, to redeem himself. They face fantastic foes, demons and monsters during their amazing adventures traveling to the Western paradise.
No matter what obstacle was put before him, the clever, wily Monkey King always got what he wanted-unimaginable strength, eternal life, even his own position in the Celestial Realm with the gods. More than anything else, though, the Monkey King loved mischief and rule-breaking and was sure he was the most powerful creature in the world.
But after defeat and punishment for his tricks, the Monkey King found himself wanting some things he never expected: to be disciplined and good enough to help the monk Hsuan Zhang on his mission to bring Buddhist Scriptures-and enlightenment-to China.
Readers of all ages will thrill to Timothy Richard's retelling of the Monkey King's exploits-whether in the Dragon King's underwater castle, the Halls of the Dead or the palace of Buddha himself-and find themselves captivated as the Monkey King joins Hsuan Zhang and their companions the Dragon Horse, the Monk Sand and the equally mischievous Pig on the dangerous trek West. Despite the tale's ancient origins, Journey to the West proves as fresh and engaging an adventure as anything written today.
No matter what obstacle was put before him, the clever, wily Monkey King always got what he wanted-unimaginable strength, eternal life, even his own position in the Celestial Realm with the gods. More than anything else, though, the Monkey King loved mischief and rule-breaking and was sure he was the most powerful creature in the world.
But after defeat and punishment for his tricks, the Monkey King found himself wanting some things he never expected: to be disciplined and good enough to help the monk Hsuan Zhang on his mission to bring Buddhist Scriptures-and enlightenment-to China.
Readers of all ages will thrill to Timothy Richard's retelling of the Monkey King's exploits-whether in the Dragon King's underwater castle, the Halls of the Dead or the palace of Buddha himself-and find themselves captivated as the Monkey King joins Hsuan Zhang and their companions the Dragon Horse, the Monk Sand and the equally mischievous Pig on the dangerous trek West. Despite the tale's ancient origins, Journey to the West proves as fresh and engaging an adventure as anything written today.
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4.4
14 reviews
Maurice Léon Mertens
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February 26, 2022
comparing the original, the translation by WJF Jenner and this book. you can easily see in the first chapter of the story the mistakes and continuity errors. e.g the Jade emperor wants a telescope (1) and then two messangers and say what happened (2). (1) this story is older than the telescope, in the original he orders two messangers/officers-ish to look who disturbed the palace. (2) is correct, that they returned with the seeing of the Sun Wukong. This is just one example of many that can be found when comparing the first Chapter with the original. no buy for me, hoped to find a shorter more sharable version without the need that the other person needs to see the 1k+ pages of the original. but the historical context is interesting. (pre-chapter)
Lilille Di
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July 4, 2021
A journey interesting to read and watch. Brief recount of events and situations. Poetic expression of insights. I imagined myself accompanying them through the journey.
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Yahkim Douglas
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June 23, 2023
Amazing read
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