Journey To The West. Tsai Chih Chung. 4.00. 2 ratings2 reviews. 358 pages, Paperback. Published April 1, 2020. Book details & editions. About the author. Tsai Chih Chung. 115 books49 followers. Tsai Chih Chung (蔡志忠) is a world-renowned cartoonist and popularizer of Chinese classics whose books have sold more than 40 millions copies worldwide.
Journey to the West, a classic Chinese novel by Wu Cheng'en (Ruzhong). Published in the 16th century, it narrates mythological Chinese tales. First part deals with the Monkey "Sun Wukong" who loots the heavens. Second part, the Pig "Zhu Bajie", i.e. "Eight Precepts Pig," tastes his cosmic issues sometimes in conflict with the Monkey.
Vol. 1 Birth of the Stone Monkey. Cited as one of the greatest Chinese novels, MONKEY KING (The Journey to the West) follows the adventures of Sun Wu Kong, born from a stone on Spring Mountain and given the title of the Handsome Monkey King, who seeks to learn the secret of eternal life.
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