Journey to the West by Wu Ch'eng-En

Journey to the West

Journey to the West

Wu Ch'eng-En with William John Francis Jenner (Translator)

674 pages first pub 1592 (editions)

fiction classics adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
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The novel is an extended account of the legendary pilgrimage of the Tang dynasty Buddhist monk Xuanzang who traveled to the "Western Regions", that is, India, to obtain sacred texts and returned after many trials and much suffering. It retains the...

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