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 Midnight Eye review: Journey to the West ('Saiyuki' - Taiji YABUSHITA, Daisaku SHIRAKAWA, Osamu TEZUKA - 1960)
Set way back in the distant past, Journey to the West begins with a pair of angels gazing down from their celestial golden cloud surveying events way down below on earth and immediately singling out the figure of solitary monkey wandering through a forest grove as a potential troublemaker.
Journey to the West cracks off at an incredibly fast pace and barely lets up for its entire duration, carrying the viewer through a dense, episodic-ridden plot, which, in keeping with the manga, only focuses on certain episodes within the original story.
Journey to the West was Tezuka's first experience in the world of animation, but it proved positive enough to inspire this legendary figure of the manga art form to found his own company in 1961.
www.midnighteye.com /reviews/journeytothewest.shtml   (1277 words)

  
 DBZ Saiyan Chronicles - For those of you who can't have enough of DBZ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Xi You Ji - or Journey to the West, is the story which Dragonball is based upon, of a monk by the name of Tang Seng.
Journey to the West isn't the true story but it is based on one of Tang Seng going from China to India from 629AD to 646AD, adding many mythical areas to the story and it has become one of the most loved stories in Chinese history.
The main characters in Journey to the West are Tang Seng; "Sun Wu Kong"(translated into Son Goku for Dragonball) or "Wu Kong" for short; "Zhu Ba Jie" (mildly translates into Pig Monk); and "Sha Seng"(Sand Monk).
www.dbzsc.com /?dbzsc=xiyouji   (1248 words)

  
 Most Popular CCTV Series: Xi You Ji, Journey to the West
Adapted from the famous Chinese classic novel of the same title by Wu Cheng'en, a writer in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), "Journey to the West" in the TV version is directed by the female director Yang Jie.
Journey to the West is a mythological novel based on many centuries of popular tradition.
The main story, the journey, takes the priest through all kinds of entertaining trials and tribulations, mainly at the hands of monsters and spirits who want to eat him.
www.china-guide.com /entertainment/journey.html   (772 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Journey to the West, Volume 2: Books: Anthony C. Yu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Journey to the West, Volume 1 by Anthony C. Yu
The Journey to the West, volume 2, comprises the second twenty-five chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-volume translation of Hsi-yu Chi, one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature.
For nearly a thousand years, his exploits were celebrated and embellished in various accounts, culminating in the hundred-chapter Journey to the West, which combines religious allegory with romance, fantasy, humor, and satire.
www.amazon.ca /Journey-West-Anthony-C-Yu/dp/0226971465   (446 words)

  
 Dragonball/Z: Journey To The West
Journey to the West isn't the true story but it's based on Tang Seng going from China to India in 629AD to 646AD, adding many mythical areas to the story and it has become one of the most loved stories in Chinese history.
A recurring sight in Journey to the West is Monkey having to rescue a sobbing Sanzang who's been stripped naked and tied by demons who want to gain immortality by eating his flesh.
In Journey to the West and Chinese mythology, he's one of the ten kings of hell who judge the deceased.
www.myfavoritegames.com /dragonball-z/Info/JourneyToTheWest.htm   (1022 words)

  
 Amazon.de: Journey to the West, Volume 1 (Journey to the West): English Books: Anthony C. Yu,Wu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Journey to the West, Volume 2 (Journey to the West) von Wu
Journey to the West, Volume 4 (Journey to the West) von Anthony C. Yu
Journey to the West is a Chinese mythological novel.
www.amazon.de /Journey-West-1/dp/0226971503   (996 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : The Journey to the West: Livres en anglais: Anthony C. Yu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Amazon.fr : The Journey to the West: Livres en anglais: Anthony C. Yu
Journey to the West is a classic Chinese mythological novel.
The illustrations were selected from a lithographic edition (New Edition of Pictures for "Journey to the West") published in the 14th year (1888) of the Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty.
www.amazon.fr /Journey-West-Anthony-C-Yu/dp/0226971481   (444 words)

  
 Journey to the West - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Journey to the West (Traditional Chinese: 西遊記; Simplified Chinese: 西游记; Hanyu Pinyin: Xī Yóu Jì; Wade-Giles: Hsi Yu Chi) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.
Saiyuki: Journey West – A tactical RPG videogame for the PlayStation developed by KOEI.
Journey to the West: The Musical - A stage musical currently in development, which received its world premiere at the New York Musical Theatre Festival on September 25, 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Journey_to_the_West   (2900 words)

  
 Geographic and ethnic diversity of China
Journey to the West and diversity in China
His travel and story became fantastic legends, which were used in plays and novels, such as Wu Ch'eng-en's famous novel of the 16th century, Journey to the West (please refer to the strand Journey to the West: The Monkey King).
In the novel Journey to the West, stories took place in various cultural settings, and by reading some of the stories, people may have the chance to see a bit of the geographic and cultural diversity in China.
www.einaudi.cornell.edu /curriculum/monkey/geographic/index.asp?grade=3   (2358 words)

  
 Journey to the West: The Monkey King (the story)
Journey To the West was written by Wu Chen-en, and is considered to be one of the four great classic novels written during the Ming Dynasty (c.
To insure that Tripitaka could make the journey to the West to get the Buddhist scriptures, Buddha had arranged for the Monkey King to become his disciple and escort him, along with two other disciples they later came across.
There the four started their stormy journey west which was packed with actions and adventures.
www.einaudi.cornell.edu /curriculum/monkey/journey/index.asp?grade=6   (2230 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Journey to the West, Volume 1: Books: Anthony C. Yu,Wu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Journey to the West, Volume 2 by Wu
First published in 1952, The Journey to the West, volume I, comprises the first twenty-five chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-volume translation of Hsi-yu Chi, one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature.
Journey to the West has the same status in Chinese popular literature as Dickens, the the Wizard of Oz and the Superman comics combined.
www.amazon.ca /Journey-West-Anthony-C-Yu/dp/0226971503   (1138 words)

  
 Journey to the West - Moviefone
A review by Jasper Sharp of Journey to the West, aka Saiyuki / Alakazam the...
Journey to the West Welcome to Journey to the West.
Journey to the West - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
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 Journey to the West
One of the most popular novels in the history of Buddhism (as well as in Chinese literature) is Journey to the West, also known as The Monkey King, written by Wu Chengen about 500 years ago, during the Ming Dynasty.
It is a fiction that is enjoyed by millions of people of different cultures, countries and religions in Asia, from Japan to Korea to China to Singapore and from Buddhists to Muslims to Catholics to Christians.
However, the Journey to India was many thousand miles long, and the route was full of man-eating wild beasts, monsters, devils, demons, and plagued with other difficulties.
www.purifymind.com /JourneyWest.htm   (1513 words)

  
 Introduction to the novel
While average readers are facsinated with the prowess and wisdom of the Monkey King, many critics agree that the protagonist embodies what the author tried to convey to his readers: a rebellious spirit against the then untouchable feudal rulers.
One is the humorous and not uncourageous pig transgressed from a heavenly general for his crime of assaulting a fairy, and the other a used-to-be sea monster.
There the four started their stormy journey west which was packed with actions and adventures that brought into full play the puissance of the monks' disciples, the Monkey King in particular.
www.china-on-site.com /literatu/classic/west/intro.htm   (787 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Journey to the West: v. 1: Books: Anthony C Yu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The narrative follows the adventures of a stone monkey, hatched from a stone egg, who causes uproar in Heaven (their own fault: hiring The Great Sage Equal of Heaven as a mere horse-groom indeed!) until he's pinned under a mountain by the Buddha to await the arrival of a Holy Pilgrim.
He's to guard this monk as he journeys to India to collect holy sciptures, and along the way they are joined by a pig-spirit (Pigsy -a former Marshal of Heaven being punished for lechery), a river spirit (Sandy -also a former official of Heaven) and a horse that was once a dragon.
As the journey proceeds, various obstacles -monsters, demons, evil Daoists, their own frailties etc.- block their path, but eventually they reach their goal, which is as much enlightenment as it is the Sutras the monk was sent to collect: it isn't for nothing that this novel has been called "a Buddhist 'Pilgrim's Progress'".
www.amazon.co.uk /Journey-West-Anthony-C-Yu/dp/0226971503   (926 words)

  
 Journey To The West~NEW DVD SET~SAIYUKI XI YOU JI: 1000195 movieSville
"Journey to the west", commonly known to the western readers as "Monkey King", is one of the Four Great classical Chinese novels(the other three are ""The Water Margins", "Dream of the Red Mansion" and "Romance of Three Kingdoms").
They continue to set foot on the way to the West, which is full of dangers, hardships, as well as demons and ghosts.
Xi You Ji, Journey to the West (Saiyuki), 25 Television episodes produced by CCTV, 6 pieces of DVDs published by China International TV Corporation, Caption in Chinese without translation.
stores.channeladvisor.com /movieSville/Items/1000195   (1443 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Journey to the West, Volume 1 (Journey to the West): Books: Anthony C. Yu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Journey to the West, Volume 2 by Anthony C. Yu
The Journey to the West, Volume 3 by Anthony C. Yu
Journey to the West, Volume 1 (Journey to the West) by Anthony C. Yu
www.amazon.com /Journey-West-1/dp/0226971503   (1424 words)

  
 TVB: Journey to the West
Following the "Journey to the West" (JTTW) fever, I decide to write reviews for any JTTW series that I have watched so far.
He was sent to disrupt the journey and practically to distinguish the fine qualities of his fellow travelers opposite to all his weaknesses.
He learned his lessons the hard way throughout the journey though, and his master was kind enough to forgive him every time.
www.spcnet.tv /tvb_journeytowest.shtml   (3214 words)

  
 Journey to the West
The novel 'Journey to the West' (Xiyouji), attributed to Wu Cheng'en (c.
Having eaten the peaches of immortality specially grown for the banquet to be held by the Heavenly Queen Mother of the West, and upset the Jade Emperor and other deities, he is finally incarcerated beneath the Mountain of the Five Elements by the Buddha.
The story is loosely based on an actual journey undertaken by the monk Xuanzang in the 7th century across the desert wastes of Chinese Central Asia to India (equated with Paradise in the novel), the home of Buddhism, to collect Buddhist texts for translation into Chinese.
www.bl.uk /onlinegallery/features/mythical/journey.html   (328 words)

  
 Journey to the West -- Prologue
Rising with the sun, chanting sutras to the moon, his life is one of peace, tranquility, and contemplation....
Tir Na n'Og, the Summerlands, the source of immortality after which the Monkey King quested, the Egyptian afterlife, all are located to the west.
When things are too hectic, and you need a little mental rest, some laughter, maybe even a little creative confusion, journey to the west.
www.journeytothewest.com /preview.html   (455 words)

  
 Monkey King (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
"Monkey King",or known to the Chinese as "Journey to West",written by Wu Ch'eng-en(1500?-1582),a scholar-official, is one of the renowned classical Chinese novels about an allegorical rendition of the journey, mingled with Chinese fables, fairy tables, legends,superstitions, popuar beliefs, monster stories as well as whatever the author could find in the Taoist and Buddhist religions.
The Monkey King become the desciple of the monk and escort him with Buddha's arrange to insure that he could make for the West to get the sutras, along with two other desciples they later came across, (actually also arranged by the Buddha).
There started the four's stormy journey west which was packed with actions and adventures that brought into full play the puissance of the monks' disciples, the Monkey King in particular.
www.china-on-site.com.cob-web.org:8888 /literatu/classic/west   (556 words)

  
 Chinese Legends
While average readers are fascinated with the prowess and wisdom of the Monkey King, many reviewers agree that the protagonist embodies what the author tried to convey to his readers: a rebellious spirit against the then untouchable feudal rulers.
One is the humorous and not uncourageous pig transgressed from an inebrious celestial general for his assault against a fairy; the other a sea monster who also used to be a celestial general now in exile for a misdemeanor.
The party of four was further reenforced by a horse, an incarnation of a dragon's son, start their stormy journey to the West -- a journey packed with actions and adventures that brought into full play the puissance of the monks' disciples, Monkey King in particular.
www.wku.edu /~yuanh/China/tales/monkey.html   (712 words)

  
 Journey to the West: to Find the East
We left Hutchinson, Kansas, by automobile, that Friday morning in June, 1981, on a Journey to the West, in search of new knowledge out of the East, out of the pages of the Japanese books then becoming available in English translation in increasing numbers.
It was a journey back in time for Naomi, as she remembered the trips she had taken to Yosemite with her family as their regular Sunday outing when she was a child, and for both of us as we remembered the problems of the road with the boys and trailers.
We had made our journey to the West to become better acquainted with some of the literature coming out of the East, which I then hoped to be teaching in Topeka, Kansas, and it had been a very good summer--one of the best I can remember as I look back over these notes.
www.washburn.edu /reference/bridge24/journey.html   (11738 words)

  
 Journey to the West
Journey to the West is actually my all time favorite Chinese TV series.
It is about a monk and his four disciples from China going on a journey to India to bring back Buddhist teachings.
Journey to the West, going from Vietnam to US.
www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~mqho/about.html   (914 words)

  
 Journey to the West (4-Volume Boxed Set)
The demons they met on their way represent different sins and temptations, to fight them is a battle within oneself, fighting for what is right and against what is wrong.
This simple story is lesser known as a religious story, but is still highly recommended by me, because of its exciting plot, great characters,a reflection of Chinese feudalism and society of the time Wu Cheng'en lived, teachings of Buddhism, and knowing a thing or two about Chinese culture, all packaged in one.
"Journey to the West" is a satirical, high-spirited adventure story; Brenner is idiomatic and readable, but he can occasionally sacrifice some of the original's comic mischievousness.
www.cruiseandrelax.com /bookstore/isbn7119016636.html   (1902 words)

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