Journey to the West. Wu Cheng'en

      

      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

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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
19.	The Demon of the Thunder Temple 169
20.	Sun Becomes a Doctor 175
21.	The Spider Women 179
22.	The Golden-Nosed White Rat 186
23.	Sun Shaves a Village 193
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