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Journey to the West

西遊記

Wú Chéng'ēn (吳承恩) · Ming dynasty, 16th century

One of the Four Great Classical Novels of China, 《西遊記》 follows the Monkey King — born from a stone — through his rebellion against Heaven and the long pilgrimage west to fetch the Buddhist scriptures. This edition presents the original text passage by passage, with pinyin you can switch on, a line-by-line English translation, and commentary on its many allusions.

Pinyin is hidden by default — switch it on inside any passage to place a reading beneath each character. Every passage pairs the original 繁體 text with a line-by-line translation and notes.
目 錄
卷一 第一回 – 第十回
卷二 第十一回 – 第二十回
卷三 第二十一回 – 第三十回
卷四 第三十一回 – 第四十回
第三十九回 — — — — — — · — — — — — — COMING SOON

The remaining chapters, through 第一百回, will be added over time — passage by passage.