1) I just learned of “The Fifth Monkey” and theirJourney to the West – An Audio Drama Series, which presents a new English translation alongside the original Chinese.They explain: One reason that led our team to start this audio drama project is to correct some of the mistranslations fo...
These are acquired through spiritual cultivation, redacting heavenly paperwork, partaking in celestial foodstuffs, and (at the journey’s end) attaining Buddhahood. But “immortality” in Chinese vernacular literature doesn’t mean “invulnerable to harm.” Despite his great durability, during the ...
Journey to the West is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, which Dragon Ball (as well Dragon Boy) is loosely based upon. Originally published anonymously in the 1590s during the Ming Dynasty, it has been ascribed to the scholar Wú Chéng'ēn since the 20th ...
Journey to the West(Xiyouji) 1. English 1.A. Complete 1) This is a PDF forThe Journey to the West(2012 Rev. ed.)translated by Anthony C.Yu. 2) This is a text PDF forJourney to the West(1993/2020)translated by W. J. F. Jenner. ...
1.2. Links to Buddhism The translators ofA Supplement to the Journey to the Westexplain King Pāramitā’s name serves as a pun: In the Chinese transliteration for Pāramitā, the character used to render the syllable “mi” [蜜] has the intrinsic meaning of “honey,” while the character t...
The 162nd episode (episode 7 of season 9) will feature a battle between the hero Hercules from Greco-Roman myth and Sun Wukong from the Chinese Journey to the West (Xiyouji, 西遊記, 1592, JTTW hereafter) story cycle. I only learned about this upcoming fight a little over a week ago ...