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JourneytotheWestisamythologi-calnovelbasedonmanycenturiesofpopulartradition.Itwasprobablyputintoitspresentforminthe15708byWuCheng'en(1500-82).ThislivelyfantasyrelatestheamazingadventuresofthepriestSan-zangashetravelswestinsearchofBuddhistsutraswithhisthreedisci-ples,theirreverentandcapableMon-key,greedyPig,andFriarSand.TheopeningchaptersrecounttheearlierexploitsofMonkey,culminatinginhisrebellionagainstHeaven.WethenlearnhowSanzangbecameamonkandwassentonhispilgrimagebytheTangemperorwhohadescapeddeathwiththehelpofanUnderworldofficial.Themainstory,thejourney,takesthepriestthroughallkindsofentertainingtrialsandtribulations,mainlyatthehandsofmonstersandspiritswhowanttoeathim.Onlythecourageandpowersofhisdisciples,especiallyMonkey,savehimfromdeath.Monkeyistheheroofthefantasy,andtheread-erwillsoonlearnwhyhehaslongbeensolovedinChina.WillthepilgrimsreachtheVulturePeakandobtainthescriptures?TheanswerwillonlybefoundattheendofthelOO-chapternovel.ThestoryisasfullofimaginationasMonkeyisofmagic,andpackedwithincidentanddown-to-earthhu-mour.Theillustrationsarefrom19th-centuryChineseedition.Thisisthefirstofthethreevolumesofthenovel.Jacketdrawingby:WeiWei片断：JOURNEYTOTHEWESTbeingsandinanimatethingsvanishedfromtheworld,forthisreasonitwascalledChaos.Another5,400yearslaterPhaseXIIwasdrawingtoacloseandanewcyclewasabouttobegin.AsPhase1oftheneweraapproached,graduallytherewaslight.AsShaoYongsaid,"Wbenthewmlersolsticeisatthemid-pointofPhaselTheheartofHeavendoesnotmove.WherethePositivefirstappearsNothinghasyetcometolife."Atthistime,Heavenfirsthadafoundation.5,400yearslater,inthemiddleofPhase1,thelightandpureroseupwards,andsun,moon,stars,andconstellatioriswerecreated.ThesewerecalledthePourImages.Hencethesayingthatheavenbeganin1.Another5,400yearslater,whenPhase1wasnearingitsendandPhase11wasimminent,thingsgraduallysolidified.AstheBookofChangessays,"GreatisthePositive;far-reachingistheNegativelAllthingsareendowedandborninaccordancewithHeaven."Thiswaswhentheearthbegantocongeal.After5,400moreyearscametheheightofPhase11,whentheheavyandimpuresolidified,andwater,fire,mountains,stone,andEarthcameintobeing.ThesefivewerecalledtheFiveMovers.ThereforeitissaidthattheEarthwascreatedinPhase11.Afterafurther5,400years,attheendofPhase11andthebeginningofthePhaseIII,livingbeingswerecreated.InthewordsoftheBookoftbeCalendar:"Theessenceoftheskycamedownandtheessenceofearthwentup.HeavenandEarthintermingled,andallcreatureswereborn."ThenHeavenwasbrightandEarthwasfresh,andthePositiveintermingledwiththeNegative.5,400yearslater,whenPhaseIIIwasatitsheight,men,birdsandbeastswerecreated.ThustheThreePrimaries-Heaven,EarthandMan-nowhadtheirsetplaces.ThereforeitissaidthatmanwascreatedinPhaseIII.MovedbyPanGu'screation,theThreeEmperorsputtheworldinorderandtheFiveRulerslaiddownthemoralcode-CHAPTER1Theworldwasthendividedintofourgreatcontinents:TheEasternContinentofSuperiorBody,theWesternContinentofCattle-gift,theSouthernContinentofJambuandtheNorth-ernContinentofKuru.ThisbookdealsonlywiththeEasternContinentofSuperiorBody.BeyondtheseasthereisacountrycalledAolai.Thiscountryisnexttoanocean,andinthemid-dleoftheoceanisafamousislandcalledtheMountainofFlowersandFruit.ThismountainistheancestralchainoftheTenContinents,theoriginoftheThreeIslands;itwasformedwhentheclearandimpurewereseparatedandtheEnormousVaguenesswasdivided.Itisareallysplendidmountainandtherearesomeversestoproveit:Itstills'theoceanwithitsmight,Itawesthedeseaintocalm.Itstillstbeoceanwithitsmight:Tideswashitssilverslopesandfishswimintoitscaves.Itawesthejadeseaintocalm:Amidthesnowybreakersthesea-serpentrisesfromthedeep.ItriseshighinthecorneroftheworldwberePireand-Woodmeet;ItssummittowersabovetheEasternSea.Redcliffsandstrangerocks;Beetlingcragsandjaggedpeaks.Ontheredcliffsphoenixessinginpairs;Loneumcornsliebeforethebeetlingcrags.Tbecryofpbeasantsishearduponthepeaks;Incavesthedragonscomeandgo.ThereareflowersofiadeandstrangeplantsthatwitherMiraculousbirdsandblackcranesinthetrees.Thereareflowersofjadeandstrangeplantsthatwithernot;Greenpineandbluisbcypresseverinleal,Magicpeachesalwaysinfruit.Cloudsgatherroundthetallbamboo.