The Journey to the West, Volume 1 – Full Audiobook

From Wu Cheng’en comes The Journey to the West, Volume 1, available as a complete audiobook for Literature & Fiction listeners.

Yu’s four-volume translation of Hsi-yu Chi, one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature. The strong tale recounts the sixteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Hsüan-tsang (596-664), one of China’s most illustrious religious heroes, who journeyed to India with four animal disciples in quest of Buddhist scriptures. For nearly a thousand years, his exploits were celebrated and embellished in various accounts, culminating in the hundred-chapter Journey to the West, which combines religious allegory with romance, fantasy, humor, and satire. First published in 1592, The Journey to the West, volume I, comprises the first twenty-five chapters of Anthony C.

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