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translated by Anthony C. Yu
University of Chicago Press, 1977
Cloth: 978-0-226-97145-2 | Paper: 978-0-226-97150-6
Library of Congress Classification PL2697.H75E596 1977
Dewey Decimal Classification 895.134

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
First published in 1952, The Journey to the West, volume I, comprises the first twenty-five chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-volume translation of Hsi-yu Chi, one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature. The fantastic 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.

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