The Journey to the West
Wu Cheng-en
Adapted from the WJF Jenner translation (Beijing, 1955) by Collinson Fair. reformatted for html RCW 2015.
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The Divine Root Conceives and the Spring Breaks Forth
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He Becomes Aware of the Wonderful Truth of Enlightenment
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The Four Seas and Thousand Mountains All Submit
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Dissatisfied at Being Appointed Protector of the Horses
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After Chaos Among the Peaches the Great Sage Steals the Pills
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Guanyin Comes to the Feast and Asks the Reason Why The Little Sage Uses His Might to Subdue the Great Sage
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The Great Sage Escapes from the Eight Trigrams Furnace
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Our Buddha Creates the Scriptures and Passes on Perfect Bliss
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Chen Guangrui Comes to Grief on His Way to His Post
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With a Stupid Plan the Dragon King Breaks the Laws of Heaven
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After Touring the Underworld, Taizong Returns to Life.
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The Tang Emperor Keeps Faith and Holds a Great Mass
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He Falls into the Tiger's Den and Is Saved by the Planet Venus
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The Mind-Ape Returns to Truth
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On the Coiled Snake Mountain the Gods Give Secret Help
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The Monks of the Guanyin Monastery Plot to Take the Treasure
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Brother Monkey Makes Trouble on the Black Wind Mountain Guanyin Subdues the Bear Spirit
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The Tang Priest Is Rescued in the Guanyin Temple
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In the Cloud Pathway Cave Sun Wukong Wins over Zhu Bajie
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The Tang Priest Meets Trouble on the Yellow Wind Ridge Pig Wins Mastery Halfway up the Mountain
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The Protectors of the Faith Build a Farm for the Great Sage
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Pig Fights a Great Battle in the Flowing Sands River
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Sanzang Does Not Forget the Basic
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On the Mountain of Infinite Longevity a Great Immortal
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The Immortal Zhen Yuan Captures the Pilgrim Priest
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Sun Wukong Looks for the Formula in the Three Islands
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The Corpse Fiend Thrice Tricks Tang Sanzang
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On the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit the Devils Rise
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Sanzang, Delivered, Crosses a Border
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An Evil Monster Harms the True Law
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Pig Moves the Monkey King Through His Goodness
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On Flat-Top Mountain the Duty God Delivers a Message
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Heterodoxy Confuses the True Nature
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The Demon King's Cunning Causes the Mind-Ape Trouble
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The Power of Heterodoxy Oppresses the True Nature
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When the Mind-Ape Stands Correct All Evil Causes Submit
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The Royal Ghost Visits the Tang Priest at Night
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Questioning His Mother, the Boy Sorts Right from Wrong
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A Pill of Red Cinnabar Is Brought from Heaven
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The Boy Fools with Transformations, Disturbing the Dhyana Heart
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The Mind-Ape Is Defeated by Fire
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The Great Sage Reverently Visits the Southern Sea
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At the Black River a Monster Carries Off the Priest
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Evil in the Heart's Centre Crosses the Backbone Pass
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In the Hall of the Three Pure Ones the Great Sage Leaves
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False Faith Oppresses the True Dharma
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The Holy Monk Is Stopped by the River of Heaven at Night
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A Devilish Blizzard Makes the Snow Whirl
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Sanzang's Great Misfortune Is to Fall into the River
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Feelings Run Wild and Nature Gets Loose Because of Desire
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In Vain Does the Mind-Ape Use a Thousand Tricks
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Monkey Makes Havoc in the Jindou Cave
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The Dhyana Master Conceives after Eating a Meal
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The Buddha-Nature Traveling West Enters Womankind
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The Tang Priest Is Tempted with Sex and Debauchery
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The Spirit Goes Wild and Wipes Out the Bandits
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The True Sun Wukong Makes His Complaint at Potaraka
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Two Minds Throw Heaven and Earth into Uproar
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Sanzang's Way Is Blocked at the Fiery Mountains
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The Bull Demon King Gives Up the Fight to Go to a Feast
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Zhu Bajie Helps to Defeat a Demon King
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Cleansed and with a Washed Heart He Sweeps the Pagoda
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Two Monks Wipe out the Demons in the Dragon Palace
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Wuneng Works Hard on Thorn Ridge
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A Demon Creates a False Thunder Peak
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All the Gods Meet a Vicious Foe
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The Dhyana-Nature Is Stable and Tuoluo Village Is Saved
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In the Land of Purpuria the Tang Priest Discusses History
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The Heart's Master Prepares Medicine in the Night
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The Evil Monster's Treasures Emit Smoke,
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Under a False Name Monkey Beats the Demon Hound
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The Seven Emotions Confuse the Basic in Gossamer Cave
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The Emotions Bear a Grudge and Inflict Disaster
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Li Changgeng Reports the Demons' Vicious Nature
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The Mind-Ape Bores a Hole in the Male and Female Jar
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When the Heart Spirit Stays in the Home the Demons Submit
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The Demon Host Mistreats the Fundamental Nature
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In Bhiksuland the Hidden Gods Are Sent on an Errand of Mercy
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Searching the Cave to Capture the Fiend They Meet Longevity
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The Young Girl Seeks a Mate to Build Up the Male
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The Mind-Ape Recognizes a Monster in the Monastery
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The Girl Seeks the Male
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The Mind-Ape Recognizes the Refiner of Cinnabar
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The Indestructible Proteges of the Buddha Complete Enlightenment
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The Mind-ape is jealous of the Mother of Wood
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The Mother of Wood Lends His Might in Defeating the Ogre
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When Heaven Is Offended in Fengxian It Stops the Rain
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When the Dhyana Reaches Yuhua a Display of Magic Is Given
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The Tawny Lion Spirit Arranges a Rake Feast in Vain
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By Giving and Receiving the Master and the Lion Turn into One
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Admiring the Moon Festival Lanterns in Jinping
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Three Monks Wage a Great Fight on Green Dragon Mountain
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In the Almsgiver's Garden Antiquity and Causes Are Discussed
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The Four Monks Dine to Music in the Palace Gardens
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False and True Form Combine When the Jade Hare is Captured
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Squire Kou Entertains the Lofty Monk
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The Monks and Their Supporters Meet With Demonic Attack
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When the Ape and the Horse Are Tamed They Cast Off Their Husks
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When the Nine Nines Are Complete the Demons Are All Destroyed
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The Journey Back to the East Is Made