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Journey to the West (Chinese: 西遊記; pinyin: Xīyóu Jì) is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en.It is regarded as one of the great Chinese novels, and has been described as arguably the most popular literary work in East Asia. [2]
Monkey: A Folk-Tale of China, more often known as simply Monkey, is an abridged translation published in 1942 by Arthur Waley of the sixteenth-century Chinese novel Journey to the West conventionally attributed to Wu Cheng'en of the Ming dynasty. Waley's remains one of the most-read English-language versions of the novel.
Metal Lord of the West (西方太白金德真君), often referred to as Taibai Jinxing (太白金星; 'Great White Golden Star') in the novel, shows up occasionally to help the protagonists deal with yaoguai.
In the earlier portions of Journey to the West, Wukong and Tang Sanzang come to Gao village and find that a daughter of the village elder had been kidnapped and the abductor left a note demanding marriage. In some versions of the story Bajie has convinced the elder to allow him to marry the daughter based on his ability to do large amounts of ...
His backstory also roughly follows the story of Journey to the West. [24] In Heroes of the Storm, a legendary skin is based on Sun Wukong. [25] Enslaved: Odyssey to the West ' s plot and protagonist, Monkey, are loosely based on Journey to the West and Wukong, respectively. [26] League of Legends has a champion based on and named after Wukong. [27]
The monk's title Sanzang refers to his mission to seek the Tripitaka, which is the Sanskrit name for collections of ancient Buddhist scriptures. In most English translations of Journey to the West, including the authoritative translation by Anthony Yu, his name is rendered as Tripitaka.
The translation seen at the top of the comments section for Ye’s fresh post reads: “I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any unintended outburst caused by my words or actions.
Journey to the West is the first to show strong signs of a single author who composed all or most of the text, which became more common in later novels. [citation needed] In the late Ming and early Qing, new commercial publishing houses found it profitable to issue novels that claimed specific authors and authentic texts.