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Journey to the West (Chinese: 西遊記; pinyin: Xīyóujì) 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 greatest Classic Chinese Novels , and has been described as arguably the most popular literary work in East Asia. [2]
Journey to the West, foremost Chinese comic novel, written by Wu Cheng’en, a novelist and poet of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). The novel is based on the actual 7th-century pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang (602–664) to India in search of sacred texts.
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Journey to the West is a fictionalized account of the legends surrounding the 16-year pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuánzàng (602–664) to India during the Táng dynasty, to obtain Buddhist religious texts (sutras). Xuánzàng reached India after experiencing innumerable trials and hardships.
Oct 11, 2022 · Journey to the West (西游记, Xīyóu Jì), is a Chinese novel written in the 16th century by Wu Cheng’en (吴承恩, Wú Chéng’ēn). It is probably the most famous and best-loved novel in China and is considered one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature. Its place in Chinese literature is roughly comparable to Homer ...
Sep 5, 2023 · Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West is a meandering, fictionalized account of an actual seventh-century pilgrimage to India made by Xuanzang, a Chinese Buddhist monk searching for sacred texts ...
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Jan 9, 2021 · During the journey, he usually wears an old, patched monk's robe (commonly brown) and a straw hat. This is in contrast with the more iconic look of Tripitaka from the classic 1986 Journey to the West TV show, where he is inaccurately portrayed with a kasaya cassock and Vairocana hat on at all times.
The distance, scholars believe, is like walking from Maine to California, only you’d have to cross an enormous desert and the Himalayan Mountains, home to Mt. Everest (and much taller than the Rocky Mountains). The land at Hsuan Tsang’s time was mostly unmapped, and early listeners to the stories that would make up Journey to the West might ...
