Journey to the West -Four Books- Fully Annotated Edition

by Wu Cheng'en

The book tells a story of Tang Sanzang with his apprentice Monkey King, the Pig, Sha Seng and white Ryoma, after suffering 81 difficulties on the way to the Buddhist sutras, the four are fighting with different ghosts and goblins, and finally reach the Western Paradise to retrieve the Scriptures. The classic stories the Monkey King disturbing the heaven palace, receive the pig in Gao Laozhuang village, received Shahe Shang in Liu Shahe river, 3 times fighting with the Skeleton, ginseng fruits, cave of silken, Flaming fire Mountain, true and false Monkey King, etc.. in the fighting process with the ghosts and goblins, portrayed distinct personalities of the Mentoring four and for centuries, it is suitable for all ages.

199 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2012

About the author

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Wu Cheng'en (simplified Chinese: 吴承恩; traditional Chinese: 吳承恩; pinyin: Wú Chéng'ēn, ca. 1505–1580 or 1500–1582, courtesy name Ruzhong (汝忠), pen name "Sheyang Hermit," was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty, best known for being the probable author of one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, Journey to the West, also called Monkey.