Journey to the West: Chinese-English Parallel Text (6 Volumes)

Author: Wu Cheng'en and Jannard
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: The Journey to the West is an outstanding romantic fantasy novel in the history of Chinese literature. It tells the story of how Sun Wukong and others protect Tang Sanzang on his journey to the West to retrieve Buddhist scriptures, defeating demons and overcoming obstacles along the way. With vivid brushwork, the author portrays the vivid and deeply beloved mythological heroes such as Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, depicting many romantic and magnificent, highly infectious magical tales. At the same time, it subtly reflects the social and historical conditions of the time and the progressive political ideals. The Journey to the West is imaginative and boundless, with a plot that is fascinating and interesting, a grand yet rigorous structure, and humorous and witty language. It is a masterpiece of ancient Chinese fantasy novels. The story of Tang Sanzang's pilgrimage to retrieve the scriptures had already been widely circulated before the book was completed, with relatively well-formed works such as The Journey to the West and The Poetic Tale of the Trip to the West emerging during the Song and Yuan dynasties. Based on this, The Journey to the West was formally compiled in the 1970s of the 16th century. After its completion, it became even more widely disseminated and had numerous versions. Since the 18th century, it has been translated into many languages and spread overseas. The English translation of this book was completed by the British sinologist Professor Jannard, making it the most recent English translation of the original work.