{"product_id":"the-journey-to-the-west-revised-edition-volume-4-volume-4-9780226971391","title":"The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 4: Volume 4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead the legendary Chinese classic that inspired the hit game Black Myth: Wukong!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Anthony C. Yu's translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Journey to the West\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Journey to the West \u003c\/i\u003etells 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With over a hundred chapters written in both prose and poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe Journey to the West \u003c\/i\u003ehas 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One of the great works of Chinese literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Journey to the West \u003c\/i\u003eis not only invaluable to scholars of Eastern religion and literature, but, in Yu's elegant rendering, also a delight for any reader. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony C. Yu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226971391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony C. Yu \u003c\/b\u003eis the Carl Darling Buck Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Humanities and Professor, The Divinity School, Departments of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, English Language and Literature, Comparative Literature, and the Committee on Social Thought, The University of Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Anthony C. Yu \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47579930787997,"sku":"9780226971391","price":74.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_82259bf5-9d4d-41f7-8385-0e3c41ecfbda.jpg?v=1768899293","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-journey-to-the-west-revised-edition-volume-4-volume-4-9780226971391","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}