Journey to the West (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Wu Cheng'en
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The Popular Series of 30 Chinese Classical Novel Masterpieces This edition of Journey to the West is divided into two volumes. The main story depicts Sun Wukong protecting Tang Sanzang on his journey to the West to retrieve sacred Buddhist scriptures. Along the way, he subdues demons and overcomes numerous challenges, ultimately succeeding in his mission. The journey of Tang Sanzang to retrieve the scriptures is based on a real historical event. The Tang monk Xuanzang spent seventeen years traveling from Chang'an, covering tens of thousands of miles, and returned to China with over 600 Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures from India. Xuanzang dictated his experiences of the westward journey, which were recorded by his disciple Bianji in the book The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions. Later, his disciples Huili and Yanzong wrote The Biography of the Venerable Master Xuanzang of the Great Tang Temple, detailing the detailed account of Xuanzang's journey to the West.