Timothy Richard traveled to China in 1868 as a Baptist missionary. When other missionaries were attempting to stamp out the popular local tales of gods and heroes such as Journey to the West, Timothy Richard championed them for the universal messages of spiritual challenge and growth they contain. He is also the author of Forty-five Years in China.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wu, Cheng’en, ca. 1500-ca. 1582.
[Xi you ji. English]
Journey to the west: the monkey king’s amazing adventures / By Wu Cheng’en;
translated by Timothy Richards.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-8048-3949-5 (pbk.)
I. Richards, Timothy. II. Title.
PL2697.H7513 2008
895.1’34--dc22
2007045249
ISBN 978-0-8048-3949-5
ISBN 978-1-4629-0218-7 (ebook)
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Contents
| Introduction vii | |
| 1. | Monkey Gets Restless and Seeks Immortality 1 |
| 2. | Monkey Studies Magic 13 |
| 3. | Monkey Visits the Dragon King 21 |
| 4. | Monkey Declines Being a Stud Master 35 |
| 5. | Monkey Upsets the Peach Banquet 48 |
| 6. | The Great Sage Captured 60 |
| 7. | Imprisoned For 500 Years 71 |
| 8. | Guanyin Recruits the Disciples 83 |
| 9. | The Emperor Goes to Hell 87 |
| 10. | Xuanzang Starts Out on His Mission 103 |
| 11. | The Mandrake 122 |
| 12. | The Lotus Cave 132 |
| 13. | The Baolin Temple 137 |
| 14. | The Red Child Demon 141 |
| 15. | Buddhists and Taoists Compete 145 |
| 16. | The Demon of the House 152 |
| 17. | True Monkeys and False Monkeys 157 |
| 18. | The Flaming Mountain 164 |
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