The Journey to the west

volume one

Sachbuch

• FS.E : Fremdsprachige Schriften : Einzelne Sprachen : Englische Schriften
• ER.S : Historische Reiseberichte : Asien

Verfasser Angabe:
transl. and edit. by Anthony C. Yu. Ch'eng-en Wu

Personen:
Yu, Anthony C. [Übers.]
Wu, Cheng'en

Sprache:
Englisch

• China
• Englisch
• Reisebericht
• Sachbuch

Verlag:
Chicago Press

Erscheinungsort:
Chicago

Jahr:
2001

Umfang:
530 S.

ISBN:
978-0-226-97150-6

Bandangabe:
1

Inhalt:
First published in 1592, 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.