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The monkey & the monk : a revised abridgment of The journey to the west, translated and edited by Anthony C. Yu

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Anthony C. Yu's translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literature's most beloved classics for English-speaking audiences when it first appeared thirty years ago. These fantastic episodes recount the adventures of Xuanzang, a seventh-century monk who became one of China's most illustrious religious heroes after traveling for sixteen years in search of Buddhist scriptures. In The Monkey and the Monk he travels to India with four animal disciples, most significant among them a guardian-monkey known as the 'Great Sage, Equal to Heaven'
Language
  • eng
  • chi
  • eng
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Extent
xiv, 497 pages
Contents
  • The divine root being conceived, the origin appears ; The moral nature cultivated, the Great Dao is born -- Having fully awakened to Bodhi's wondrous truths, Cut Māra, return to the root, and fuse the primal spirit -- The Four Seas and the Thousand Mountains all bow to submit ; From Ninefold Darkness ten species' names are removed -- Appointed as a Bima, how could he be content? ; Named Equal to Heaven, he's still unpacified -- Disrupting the Peach Festival, the Great Sage steals elixir ; With revolt in Heaven, many gods try to seize the fiend -- Guanyin, attending the banquet, inquires into the affair ; The Little Sage, exerting his power, subdues the Great Sage -- From the Eight Trigrams Brazier the Great Sage escapes ; Beneath the Five Phases Mountain, Mind Monkey is stilled -- Our Sovereign Buddha makes scriptures to impart ultimate bliss ; Guanyin receives the decree to go up to Chang'an -- Chen Guangrui, going to his post, meets disaster ; Monk River Float, avenging his parents, repays their kindness -- The Old Dragon King, in foolish schemes, transgresses Heaven's decrees ; Prime Minister Wei sends a letter to an official of the dead -- Having toured the Underworld, Taizong returns to life ; Having presented melons and fruits, Liu Quan marries again -- The Tang emperor, firm in sincerity, convenes the Grand Mass ; Guanyin, revealing herself, converts Gold Cicada -- In the Den of Tigers, the Gold Star brings deliverance ; At Double-Fork Ridge, Boqin detains the monk -- Mind Monkey returns to the Right ; The Six Robbers vanish from sight -- At Serpent Coil Mountain, the gods give secret protection ; At Eagle Grief Stream, the Horse of the Will is reined
  • At the Guanyin Hall the Tang monk escapes his ordeal ; At the Gao Village the Great Sage disposes of the monster -- At Cloudy Paths Cave, Wukong takes in Bajie ; At Pagoda Mountain, Tripitaka receives the Heart Sūtra -- Bajie fights fiercely at the Flowing-Sand River ; Mokṣa by order receives Wujing's submission -- Tripitaka does not forget his origin ; The Four Sages test the priestly mind -- The dharma-body in primary cycle meets the force of the cart ; The mind, righting monstrous deviates, crosses the spine-ridge pass -- At the Three Pure Ones Temple the Great Sage leaves his name ; At the Car Slow Kingdom the Monkey King reveals his power -- Heresy flaunts its strength to mock orthodoxy ; Mind Monkey shows his saintliness to slay the deviates -- The Chan Master, taking food, is demonically conceived ; Yellow Hag brings water to dissolve the perverse pregnancy -- Dharma-nature, going west, reaches the Women Nation ; Mind Monkey devises a plan to flee the fair sex -- Deviant form makes lustful play for Tripitaka Tang ; Upright nature safeguards the uncorrupted self -- The true Pilgrim lays bare his woes at Mount Potalaka ; The false Monkey King transcribes documents at Water-Curtain Cave -- Two Minds cause disturbance in the great cosmos ; It's hard for one substance to reach Perfect Rest -- Priests are hard to destroy -- that's great awakening ; The Dharma-king perfects the right, his body's naturalized -- Only when ape and horse are tamed will shells be cast ; With merit and work perfected, they see the Real -- Nine times nine ends the count and Māra's all destroyed ; The work of three times three done, the Dao reverts to its root -- They return to the Land of the East ; The Five Sages attain immortality
Isbn
9780226971568
Instance
Label
The monkey & the monk : a revised abridgment of The journey to the west
Title
The monkey & the monk
Title remainder
a revised abridgment of The journey to the west
Statement of responsibility
translated and edited by Anthony C. Yu
Title variation
Monkey and the monk
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Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • chi
  • eng
Summary
Anthony C. Yu's translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literature's most beloved classics for English-speaking audiences when it first appeared thirty years ago. These fantastic episodes recount the adventures of Xuanzang, a seventh-century monk who became one of China's most illustrious religious heroes after traveling for sixteen years in search of Buddhist scriptures. In The Monkey and the Monk he travels to India with four animal disciples, most significant among them a guardian-monkey known as the 'Great Sage, Equal to Heaven'
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approximately 1500-approximately 1582
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Wu, Cheng'en
Dewey number
895.1/34
Index
no index present
Language note
Translated from the Chinese
LC call number
PL2697.H75
LC item number
E596 2006
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1938-2015
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Yu, Anthony C.
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Xuanzang
  • Xuanzang
Label
The monkey & the monk : a revised abridgment of The journey to the west, translated and edited by Anthony C. Yu
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The divine root being conceived, the origin appears ; The moral nature cultivated, the Great Dao is born -- Having fully awakened to Bodhi's wondrous truths, Cut Māra, return to the root, and fuse the primal spirit -- The Four Seas and the Thousand Mountains all bow to submit ; From Ninefold Darkness ten species' names are removed -- Appointed as a Bima, how could he be content? ; Named Equal to Heaven, he's still unpacified -- Disrupting the Peach Festival, the Great Sage steals elixir ; With revolt in Heaven, many gods try to seize the fiend -- Guanyin, attending the banquet, inquires into the affair ; The Little Sage, exerting his power, subdues the Great Sage -- From the Eight Trigrams Brazier the Great Sage escapes ; Beneath the Five Phases Mountain, Mind Monkey is stilled -- Our Sovereign Buddha makes scriptures to impart ultimate bliss ; Guanyin receives the decree to go up to Chang'an -- Chen Guangrui, going to his post, meets disaster ; Monk River Float, avenging his parents, repays their kindness -- The Old Dragon King, in foolish schemes, transgresses Heaven's decrees ; Prime Minister Wei sends a letter to an official of the dead -- Having toured the Underworld, Taizong returns to life ; Having presented melons and fruits, Liu Quan marries again -- The Tang emperor, firm in sincerity, convenes the Grand Mass ; Guanyin, revealing herself, converts Gold Cicada -- In the Den of Tigers, the Gold Star brings deliverance ; At Double-Fork Ridge, Boqin detains the monk -- Mind Monkey returns to the Right ; The Six Robbers vanish from sight -- At Serpent Coil Mountain, the gods give secret protection ; At Eagle Grief Stream, the Horse of the Will is reined
  • At the Guanyin Hall the Tang monk escapes his ordeal ; At the Gao Village the Great Sage disposes of the monster -- At Cloudy Paths Cave, Wukong takes in Bajie ; At Pagoda Mountain, Tripitaka receives the Heart Sūtra -- Bajie fights fiercely at the Flowing-Sand River ; Mokṣa by order receives Wujing's submission -- Tripitaka does not forget his origin ; The Four Sages test the priestly mind -- The dharma-body in primary cycle meets the force of the cart ; The mind, righting monstrous deviates, crosses the spine-ridge pass -- At the Three Pure Ones Temple the Great Sage leaves his name ; At the Car Slow Kingdom the Monkey King reveals his power -- Heresy flaunts its strength to mock orthodoxy ; Mind Monkey shows his saintliness to slay the deviates -- The Chan Master, taking food, is demonically conceived ; Yellow Hag brings water to dissolve the perverse pregnancy -- Dharma-nature, going west, reaches the Women Nation ; Mind Monkey devises a plan to flee the fair sex -- Deviant form makes lustful play for Tripitaka Tang ; Upright nature safeguards the uncorrupted self -- The true Pilgrim lays bare his woes at Mount Potalaka ; The false Monkey King transcribes documents at Water-Curtain Cave -- Two Minds cause disturbance in the great cosmos ; It's hard for one substance to reach Perfect Rest -- Priests are hard to destroy -- that's great awakening ; The Dharma-king perfects the right, his body's naturalized -- Only when ape and horse are tamed will shells be cast ; With merit and work perfected, they see the Real -- Nine times nine ends the count and Māra's all destroyed ; The work of three times three done, the Dao reverts to its root -- They return to the Land of the East ; The Five Sages attain immortality
Control code
ocm65820325
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xiv, 497 pages
Isbn
9780226971568
Lccn
2006011826
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
  • 2451510
  • 9780226971568
  • 9780226971551
System control number
(OCoLC)65820325
Label
The monkey & the monk : a revised abridgment of The journey to the west, translated and edited by Anthony C. Yu
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The divine root being conceived, the origin appears ; The moral nature cultivated, the Great Dao is born -- Having fully awakened to Bodhi's wondrous truths, Cut Māra, return to the root, and fuse the primal spirit -- The Four Seas and the Thousand Mountains all bow to submit ; From Ninefold Darkness ten species' names are removed -- Appointed as a Bima, how could he be content? ; Named Equal to Heaven, he's still unpacified -- Disrupting the Peach Festival, the Great Sage steals elixir ; With revolt in Heaven, many gods try to seize the fiend -- Guanyin, attending the banquet, inquires into the affair ; The Little Sage, exerting his power, subdues the Great Sage -- From the Eight Trigrams Brazier the Great Sage escapes ; Beneath the Five Phases Mountain, Mind Monkey is stilled -- Our Sovereign Buddha makes scriptures to impart ultimate bliss ; Guanyin receives the decree to go up to Chang'an -- Chen Guangrui, going to his post, meets disaster ; Monk River Float, avenging his parents, repays their kindness -- The Old Dragon King, in foolish schemes, transgresses Heaven's decrees ; Prime Minister Wei sends a letter to an official of the dead -- Having toured the Underworld, Taizong returns to life ; Having presented melons and fruits, Liu Quan marries again -- The Tang emperor, firm in sincerity, convenes the Grand Mass ; Guanyin, revealing herself, converts Gold Cicada -- In the Den of Tigers, the Gold Star brings deliverance ; At Double-Fork Ridge, Boqin detains the monk -- Mind Monkey returns to the Right ; The Six Robbers vanish from sight -- At Serpent Coil Mountain, the gods give secret protection ; At Eagle Grief Stream, the Horse of the Will is reined
  • At the Guanyin Hall the Tang monk escapes his ordeal ; At the Gao Village the Great Sage disposes of the monster -- At Cloudy Paths Cave, Wukong takes in Bajie ; At Pagoda Mountain, Tripitaka receives the Heart Sūtra -- Bajie fights fiercely at the Flowing-Sand River ; Mokṣa by order receives Wujing's submission -- Tripitaka does not forget his origin ; The Four Sages test the priestly mind -- The dharma-body in primary cycle meets the force of the cart ; The mind, righting monstrous deviates, crosses the spine-ridge pass -- At the Three Pure Ones Temple the Great Sage leaves his name ; At the Car Slow Kingdom the Monkey King reveals his power -- Heresy flaunts its strength to mock orthodoxy ; Mind Monkey shows his saintliness to slay the deviates -- The Chan Master, taking food, is demonically conceived ; Yellow Hag brings water to dissolve the perverse pregnancy -- Dharma-nature, going west, reaches the Women Nation ; Mind Monkey devises a plan to flee the fair sex -- Deviant form makes lustful play for Tripitaka Tang ; Upright nature safeguards the uncorrupted self -- The true Pilgrim lays bare his woes at Mount Potalaka ; The false Monkey King transcribes documents at Water-Curtain Cave -- Two Minds cause disturbance in the great cosmos ; It's hard for one substance to reach Perfect Rest -- Priests are hard to destroy -- that's great awakening ; The Dharma-king perfects the right, his body's naturalized -- Only when ape and horse are tamed will shells be cast ; With merit and work perfected, they see the Real -- Nine times nine ends the count and Māra's all destroyed ; The work of three times three done, the Dao reverts to its root -- They return to the Land of the East ; The Five Sages attain immortality
Control code
ocm65820325
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xiv, 497 pages
Isbn
9780226971568
Lccn
2006011826
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
  • 2451510
  • 9780226971568
  • 9780226971551
System control number
(OCoLC)65820325

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