Anthony C. Yu's translation of "The Journey to the West,"
initially published in 1983, introduced English-speaking audiences
to the classic Chinese novel in its entirety for the first time.
Written in the sixteenth century, "The Journey to the West "tells
the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one
of China's most famous religious heroes, and his three supernatural
disciples, in search of Buddhist scriptures. Throughout his
journey, Xuanzang fights demons who wish to eat him, communes with
spirits, and traverses a land riddled with a multitude of
obstacles, both real and fantastical. An adventure rich with danger
and excitement, this seminal work of the Chinese literary canonis
by turns allegory, satire, and fantasy.
With over a hundred chapters written in both prose and poetry, "The
Journey to the West "has always been a complicated and difficult
text to render in English while preserving the lyricism of its
language and the content of its plot. But Yu has successfully taken
on the task, and in this new edition he has made his translations
even more accurate and accessible. The explanatory notes are
updated and augmented, and Yu has added new material to his
introduction, based on his original research as well as on the
newest literary criticism and scholarship on Chinese religious
traditions. He has also modernized the transliterations included in
each volume, using the now-standard Hanyu Pinyin romanization
system. Perhaps most important, Yu has made changes to the
translation itself in order to make it as precise as
possible.
One of the great works of Chinese literature, "The Journey to the
West "is not only invaluable to scholars of Eastern religion and
literature, but, in Yu's elegant rendering, also a delight for any
reader.
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