Monkey King Chinese (Early Childhood)(Lower). Textbook B

Author: Liu Fuhua
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Sun Wukong, the Handsome Monk King, is the hero of the Chinese literary classic Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en, the Ming Dynasty). This novel was based on a true story of a famous Chinese monk, Xuanzang (602-664). After years of trial and tribulation, he traveled on foot to what is today India, the birthplace of Buddhism, to seek for the Sutras, the Buddhist holy book. Finally, he got the sutras and returned to China, or the Great Tang as it was called at that time. He translated the sutras into Chinese, thus making contribution to the development of Buddhism in China. In this novel, Buddha arranged for a monkey to become the monk's disciple and escort him to ensure that he makes it to the west to get the sutras. The monkey, called Sun Wukong, made the adventurous journey with Tangseng (the master), the other two disciples - Zhubajie (the pig-man) and Shaheshang (the monk) - and Bao Liongma (the horse).