西游记英文简介

Journey to the West is a mythologi-
cal novel based on many centuries
of popular tradition. It was probably put
into its present form in the 15708 by
Wu Cheng’en (1500-82).
This lively fantasy relates the
amazing adventures of the priest San-
zang as he travels west in search of
Buddhist sutras with his three disci-
ples, the irreverent and capable Mon-
key, greedy Pig, and Friar Sand. The
opening chapters recount the earlier
exploits of Monkey, culminating in his
rebellion against Heaven. We then
learn how Sanzang became a monk
and was sent on his pilgrimage by the
Tang emperor who had escaped death
with the help of an Underworld official.
The main story, the journey, takes the
priest through all kinds of entertaining
trials and tribulations, mainly at the
hands of monsters and spirits who
want to eat him. Only the courage
and powers of his disciples, especially
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