Monkey and the Monk, The: An Abridgment of the Journey to the West
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781281966896 (1281966894)
Publish date: January 1st 2008
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
In the Táng dynasty, a monk named Xuánzàng set off alone, under a political cloud, to seek Buddhist scriptures in India. Seventeen years later, at the end of an arduous, successful journey, he returned to a hero's welcome and spent the last years of his life translating and popularizing the scriptur...