Il viaggio in Occidente

Thật sự hiếm có cuốn sách nào được như Tây Du Ký khi có cả 3 thứ: giải trí, nghệ thuật và triết lý. Phần đa những sách viết theo kiểu sử thi lớp lang đều đọc rất nản. Điển hình như Thần thoại Hy Lạp hay thậm chí là kinh sách một số tôn giáo. Kiểu sự việc cứ lặp đi lặp lại không chán sao được. Nhưng Leggi tutto

Kurz: Ein Meilenstein der Weltliteratur. Dem Reclam-Verlag ist gar nicht genug zu danken dieses Projekt finnziert zu haben, wohlwissend, dass bei dem Verkaufspreis das Buch sicherlich nicht die Bestsellerlisten erklimmt. Nichtsdestotrotz ist man den Weg gegangen und hat so ein Werk der Weltliteratur Leggi tutto

Here ends the Journey to the West. After taking so long to read it I thought that I would never read those words. But now that I finished it, I am starting to miss Monkey smugness, Pig idiocy and Xanzang naivety. And... Well Friar Sand carried the luggage. Journey to the West is something really uni Leggi tutto

Hiroshi Saito translation Heaven Arc The lesson of the this, the prequel section that sets up the main story, is that you can be an enormous asshole and you'll totally get your way, at least until you piss off Buddha. Earth Arc You can continue to be an enormous ass and mouth off to gods as long as you Leggi tutto

Fantastically entertaining I am always astonished how readable and accessible are those old Chinese classical books. I've stated that for The Marshes of Mount Liang , and it's even more true for the 西遊記 Xiyouji, or "Journey to the West". Dating back to the 16th century, it's as readable as if it was o Leggi tutto

Over 60 years since I first read this. It took a lot longer for my brain to assimilate it this time, but glad I stayed with it for in the end I did enjoy it just as much.

The book consists of 100 chapters. The first seven deal with the tale of Monkey's revolt against heaven. A stone monkey is born on the Eastern Continent, becomes the monkey king, and travels west to attain immortality. He is taught by a Taoist master who warns him never to reveal how it was that he