The Journey to the West, volume 2, comprises the second 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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Anthony C. Yu is Carl Darling Buck Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities; chairman and professor in the department of East Asian languages and civilizations; professor in the Committee on Social Thought; and professor of English language and literature, and comparative literature in the Divinty School at the University of Chicago.
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The most reliable translation available in English so far,
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This review is from: The Journey to the West, Volume 2 (Paperback)
Yu has done an excellent job in this translation. The book is heavily footnoted with Buddhist and Dao references. It's an older translation so it uses Wade-Giles instead of modern pinyin. It's also the least abridged. If you can't read the original Chinese this comes a close second.
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Part II, For Intelligent Readers Only!,
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This is part two of one of the four great written masterpieces of China, beautifully translated by Professor Yu. It is, I believe, the closest English speakers will get to the original Chinese text. Occasional awkwardness of wording in the translation is unavoidable as this work has gone from its original to a greatly contrasting culture. Do not let this discourage you as you read, let it instead encourage you to learn to read the Chinese original. Seeing it via one of the many movies / TV productions available is a great help in enjoying this work. I highly recommend the CCTV production from mainland China done in both 1986 and 2000.
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This translation of Journey to the West is awesome. I'll admit that I haven't read other translations, but, from people that I know that have read the Chinese version, and also seen the Chinese series, and I have discussed the book with them, they say it is a great translation of the book.
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two little fiends, auspicious luminosity, rescript certified, travel rescript, vast magic powers, white jade steps, cloudy luminosity, bronze mallet, ginseng fruits, immaculate vase, preparatory mass, various fiends, testimonial poem, steel crop, treasure staff, lotus platform, diamond pupils, great snow fall, subduing monsters, pure vase, dharma power, mortal stock, monster king, second demon, fiendish creature Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Sage, Sha Monk, Great King, Pilgrim Sun, Western Heaven, Chu Pa-chieh, Great Immortal, Monkey King, Lao Tzu, Great T'ang, Sun Wu-k'ung, Black River, South Sea, Black Rooster Kingdom, Region Above, Tight-Fillet Spell, National Preceptors, Precious Image Kingdom, Western Ocean, Wily Worm, Hall of Golden Chimes, Three Pure Ones, Five Phases, Lotus-Flower Cave, Red Boy New!
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- Truth and Tradition in Chinese Buddhism: A Study of Chinmese Mahayana Buddhism by Karl Ludwig Reichelt in Back Matter
- Chinese Ways in Warfare (Harvard East Asian series) by Frank A. Kierman in Back Matter
- Golden Treasury of Chinese Poetry: One Hundred and Twenty One Classical Poems (A Renditions book) by John A. Turner in Back Matter
- Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology; Part 6, Medicine by Joseph Needham in Back Matter
- Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry (Midland Book) by Wu-Chi Liu in Back Matter
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