The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 2 - (Hardcover)
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About this item
Highlights
- Read the legendary Chinese classic that inspired the hit game Black Myth: Wukong!
- 432 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical
Description
About the Book
The story of Xuanzang, the monk who went from China to India in quest of Buddhist scriptures.Book Synopsis
Read the legendary Chinese classic that inspired the hit game Black Myth: Wukong!
Anthony C. Yu's translation of The Journey to the West, initially published in 1983, introduced English-speaking audiences to the classic Chinese novel in its entirety for the first time. Written in the sixteenth century, The Journey to the West tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China's most famous religious heroes, and his three supernatural disciples, in search of Buddhist scriptures. Throughout his journey, Xuanzang fights demons who wish to eat him, communes with spirits, and traverses a land riddled with a multitude of obstacles, both real and fantastical. An adventure rich with danger and excitement, this seminal work of the Chinese literary canonis by turns allegory, satire, and fantasy. With over a hundred chapters written in both prose and poetry, The Journey to the West has always been a complicated and difficult text to render in English while preserving the lyricism of its language and the content of its plot. But Yu has successfully taken on the task, and in this new edition he has made his translations even more accurate and accessible. The explanatory notes are updated and augmented, and Yu has added new material to his introduction, based on his original research as well as on the newest literary criticism and scholarship on Chinese religious traditions. He has also modernized the transliterations included in each volume, using the now-standard Hanyu Pinyin romanization system. Perhaps most important, Yu has made changes to the translation itself in order to make it as precise as possible. One of the great works of Chinese literature, The Journey to the West is not only invaluable to scholars of Eastern religion and literature, but, in Yu's elegant rendering, also a delight for any reader.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.3 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.55 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 432
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Historical
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Theme: General
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Street Date: December 10, 2012
TCIN: 1006092428
UPC: 9780226971339
Item Number (DPCI): 247-28-4081
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 1.55 pounds
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