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 Journey to the West - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Journey to the West has a strong background in Chinese folk religion, Chinese mythology, religion, and value systems.
The demons on the later parts of the journey include spider-women who spin webs from their navels, a pride of lion monsters, the white-bone demon with shape-shifting powers, and a terrible female spirit who carries Xuanzang down into her bottomless cave to marry him.
Part of the novel's enduring popularity comes from the fact that it works on multiple levels: it is an adventure story, a dispenser of spiritual insight, and an extended metaphor in which the group of pilgrims journeying toward India stands for the individual journeying toward enlightenment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West   (1389 words)

  
 Sun Wukong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There he remained imprisoned for five centuries until he offered to serve Tangseng/Xuanzhang, the Tang Priest, who was destined to make the journey to the West to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures for China.
The novel narrates his adventures from birth, in particular how he accompanied the monk Xuanzang, also known as Sanzang or Tangseng, to retrieve Buddhist sutras from India.
With all their other options exhausted, the Jade Emperor and the authorities of Heaven finally appealed to Buddha himself, who arrived in an instant from his temple in the West.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_King   (2329 words)

  
 Dragonball/Z: Journey To The West
In Journey to the West and Chinese mythology, he's one of the ten kings of hell who judge the deceased.
Xi You Ji also known as Journey to the West, is the story of a monk by the name of Tang Seng.
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.
http://www.myfavoritegames.com/dragonball-z/Info/JourneyToTheWest.htm   (1022 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Journey to the West: v. 1: Books
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'".
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.
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.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226971503   (968 words)

  
 The Legend of Journey to the West
The story is based on an actual journey undertaken by the monk Xuan Zang (602-664) in the 7th century from Chinese Central Asia to India, the home of Buddhism, to collect Buddhist texts for translation into Chinese.
Five hundred years later, Wukong was released by the monk Xuan Zang on his quest to obtain the holy Buddhist scriptures from India.
During the reign of Emperor Tai Zong(627-649) of the Tang Dynasty, Buddhist Monk Xuan Zang was sent to India by the Emperor.
http://ngokhong.iconrate.net/legend.htm   (459 words)

  
 Midnight Eye review: Journey to the West ('Saiyuki' - Taiji YABUSHITA, Daisaku SHIRAKAWA, Osamu TEZUKA - 1960)
Fortunately he is offered a chance of redemption from a passing Priest, Sanzohoshi (aka Tripitaka), who enlists Songoku's help in journeying to India to retrieve the Buddhist sutras, placing a golden headband around his skull to curb his impetuous nature.
Despite managing to make off from heaven with a magic fighting staff that changes in size on command, for his presumptuousness he is imprisoned in a sealed off cave in the peak of a remote mountain by none other than Buddha himself.
The original story recounted the adventures of a young priest travelling to India charged with the task of bringing back Buddhist sutras to China, assisted by a motley crew of a monkey, a gluttonous pig-man and a fallen monk.
http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/journeytothewest.shtml   (1277 words)

  
 Journey to the West: The Monkey King (the story)
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.
His epic sixteen-year-long journey to discover the heart of Buddhism in India and bring the scriptures back to China.
Wu Chen-en was an elder statesman who witnessed a lot in his life, both good and bad, yet ultimately came away with great faith in human nature to face hardships and survive with good humor and compassion.
http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/curriculum/monkey/journey/index.asp?grade=3   (2210 words)

  
 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.
In order for his sin to be forgiven, Sandy had to become a disciple of the Holy Buddhist Monk and to accompany him on the long difficult journey.
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.
http://www.purifymind.com/JourneyWest.htm   (1513 words)

  
 movieSville 1000195: Journey To The West~NEW DVD SET~SAIYUKI XI YOU JI
This lively fantasy relates the amazing adventures of the priest Xuanzang as he travels west in search of Buddhist sutras with his three disciples, the irreverent and capable Monkey, greedy Pig, and Friar Sand.
Among them are spider-women who spin webs from their navels, a pride of lion monsters and a terrible female spirit who carries the Tang Priest down into her bottomless cave to marry him.
On the last part of the journey the demons come in as wide a range of shapes and kinds as ever.
http://stores.channeladvisor.com/movieSville/Items/1000195   (1493 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Journey to the West, Volume 4: Books: Anthony C. Yu
Journey to the West tells of a Tang Priest who is sent on the Tang Emperor's orders to get the scriptures from the Tathagata Buddha in the West.
The fantastic tale recounts the sixteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Hsüan-tsang (596-664), one of China's most illustrious religious heroes, who journeyed to India with four animal disciples in quest of Buddhist scriptures.
They overcome 81 obstacles to finally reach the Buddha and become buddhas themselves.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0226971546?v=glance   (1201 words)

  
 Monkey King
"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).
Only five hundred years later, there came to his rescuer,the Tang Monk, Xuan Zang, whom we mentioned at the beginning of the story.
http://www.china-on-site.com/monkey.php   (556 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Journey to the West: Books
The banter between the brethren on the journey is superb and alway entertaining, and often very earthy.
A unique work of its time, it relates the adventures of Tripitaka and his companions on their quest to bring buddhist scriptures to China from the west.
The book is not always an easy read, but is superb to pick up and read small sections once in a while- due to its nature as being presented in the style of a story teller's narration.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/7119016636   (626 words)

  
 Outlaws of the Marsh: A Somewhat Less Than Critical Commentary
This book details the travels of a monk, Tripitaka Tang, from China to India in the seventh century to obtain Buddhist Scriptures and return them to the Emperor of China.
The Bodhisattva Kuan-yin sends three supernatural disciples to protect Tripitaka Tang along his journey.
First and foremost among these disciples is Monkey, the "Great Sage Equal to Heaven" as he likes to call himself.
http://clausius.engr.utk.edu/planetc/books/outlaws/text/referenc.html   (1542 words)

  
 AnimeMusicVideos.org :: View topic - "Saiyuki" vs. "Journey to the West"
He's a Buddhist monk who is sent on the journey to begin with.
The second installment of Saiyuki anime is also based on a well known story in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan about a real journey of one Buddhist monk (AD 629) who travelled from China to India.
From the above description, it seems as though it may be somewhat linked, as the priest of the story is assigned by the heaven a task to head to the West (India), pairing him with the Monkey, the Pig(sy), Sandy (Sha Sheng).
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=643166   (2503 words)

  
 JOURNEY TO THE WEST GOES HOLLYWOOD
An American businessman working in China goes on a journey to the mythical world of Chinese gods and demons to save the world from destruction and to recapture the original manuscript and author of 'Journey to the West'.
manuscript Journey To The West from a group of demons whove kept it and Wu prisoner in a mythical underground world.
Not only must he defeat Shu and rescue Journey To The West, he must also convince Wu, its
http://eee.uci.edu/faculty/losh/resources/in-class/JTWgoesHollywood.htm   (1667 words)

  
 Journey to the West
It descripted the story about a Buddhist monk Tripitaka and his four disciples travel to the west in search of authentic Buddhist scriptures.
"Xi You Ji" is related to the most famous Chinese myth, "Journey to the West".
The most popular character is one of the disciples, Sun Wukong, the Monkey King.
http://www.kunqu.org/exyj.html   (208 words)

  
 Terms on Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism
In the 1950s, after the establishment of the Communist regime, Taoism was officially proscribed in China, and since the Cultural Revolution (1966-69) the religion has flourished mainly in Taiwan.
When China began to suffer from foreign invasion toward the end of the Tang, Buddhism suffered imperial persecution.
In her garden, she grows the peaches of immortality.
http://e3.uci.edu/faculty/losh/resources/in-class/JTWglossary.html   (3776 words)

  
 Covey's GFX - Journey to the West
But in the Journey to the West, we meet the Ox King as Son Goku's sworn brother.
Overall, although I do believe Akira Toriyama took some of his content from the journey to the west, he didn’t steal it, twist it in some places and destroy it; he actually made it better.
Although this Monkey King resembling a human is similar to Son Goku from Dragonball, he creates mischief and wrecks havoc among the lands, especially in the celestial kingdom of the Jade Emperor.
http://www.angelfire.com/dragon2/icons/west.htm   (447 words)

  
 Sun Wu-Kung
Sun Wu-Kung is the one of the major characters in the classic tale "Journey to the West", about the Tang Monk Tripitaka and his journey to the Western Heaven to gain holy scriptures from Buddha and bring them back to China.
He kept watch over the monk for nearly the entire journey, becoming his disciple, along with Chu Pa-Chieh, The Sha Monk, and the Dragon Horse.
Whenever a spell was recited, it would constrict and crush his skull.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/sun_wu-kung.html   (1026 words)

  
 Journey to the West: Feng Shui Shop at Dragon Gate
It is said that the Journey to the West is actually symbolic of the journey through life that many of us must make in order to achieve fulfillment and enlightenment.
Each of the monsters that they meet (and conquer) along their journey is representative of what is known as the seven deadly sins.
So begins an arduous travel by our foursome who must cross many obstacles, demons and monsters to achieve their goal.
http://www.dragon-gate.com/shopping/productdetail.asp?SKU=DT003   (353 words)

  
 The story of Monkey Magic and Journey to the West
is very loosely based on a 16th century Chinese book, Journey To The West by Wu Ch'eng-en, which is a collection of stories about the real-life journey of Hsuan Tsangof, a 7th-century monk.
In Wu Ch'eng-en's stories, the Monk, Tripitaka, embarks on the pilgrimage from China to India accompanied and protected by Monkey, Sandy and Pigsy, each a symbol of different types of human nature.
Daily, the wise man gives up some certainty.
http://www.monkeymania.co.uk/monkeymagic/story.htm   (1007 words)

  
 Journey to the West
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.
From Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en, woodblock book, Chinese, 18th century
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.
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/mythical/journey.html   (328 words)

  
 MavisLog - Journey to the West 西遊記: November 2004
In 629, under the protection of three animal spirit disciples - Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, Xuan Zang travelled on foot from China to India to seek for the Sutra (the Buddhist holy book).
Woohoo, my boss Ise has approved my two day vacation request, so I am free for Dec 23 and 24.
I was debating for a while for what to do this XMAS, I went to Vancouver last XMAS and Seattle/Toronto/Montreal this summer, so it is time to try some places new!
http://web.uvic.ca/~mavisl/archive/2004_11_01_index.html   (3804 words)

  
 Journey to the West -- Prologue
Not just the American West, but all of the Sunset Lands of myth and legend from the beginning of time.
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.
In the West, everything is sacred, and nothing is sacrosanct.
http://www.journeytothewest.com/preview.html   (455 words)

  
 Monkey King,The Journey to the west
He is born from stone and the novel follows his adventures in search of the Sutra, the Buddhist holy book.
"The Monkey"or "The Monkey King" is the mischievous protagonist from the ancient Chinese folk tale, Journey to the West.
Please send me e-mail if you have any question about Chinese culture.I will tell you about it if I know it.
http://www.china-on-site.com/literatu/classic/west   (117 words)

  
 Journey to the West
This exhibit follows the 18-year journey of 7th Century Chinese monk XuanZang (Husan Tsang) as he sets out to understand and unify the many different Buddhist sects throughout China, India, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
That journey is divided into a five-part picture exhibition, which includes professional photos of statues and modern day peoples of these countries.
The exhibit is bubbling with smiling guides eager to walk with you and briefly detail the plight of XuanZang through each of the five regions.
http://rossanthony.com/J/journeytothewest.shtml   (368 words)

  
 TVB: Journey to the West
The main four characters should show their developments in saintliness and their understandings of Buddha's words as they progressed in their journey (Please read on.
On side note, the monkey god was so innocent in love that I don't know how they would explain it away with the new coming JTTW.
However, the series missed one important factor -- the giving of the robe to the monk from Guan Yim.
http://www.spcnet.tv/tvb_journeytowest.shtml   (3214 words)

  
 China: Journey to the West
Contrary to the story, the historical monk spent the longest part of his absence in study the language and copying down Buddhism Canons in India and only was on the road for six years or so.
Although this is not a bad thing in some cases, I like it better when the audience was left to interpret the morale of the stories by themselves.
There were no cheesy proclamations or any miracles from praying involved here as those from JTTW I and II.
http://www.spcnet.tv/china_journeytowest.shtml   (1496 words)

  
 Monkey (Journey to the West, Monkey King, Chinese Epic Heroes)
But before Monkey could leap again, the Buddha turned his hand over, thrust Monkey out the West Gate of Heaven, and pushed him down to Earth.
NOTES: Monkey is the most popular figure in all Chinese literature, loved for centuries by young people and adults alike.
The part retold here is about Monkey’s origin and early career—and the one time he didn’t come out on top.
http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/036.html   (5853 words)

  
 Journey to the west
Yet another five hundred years later a wind will blow at you.
It will not be the north, south, east, or west wind, nor will it be a warm, fragrant wind from the northwest; nor will it be the kind of wind that blows among flowers, willows, pine, and bamboo.
He bowed to the Patriarch to express his deep gratitude and went out of the back door to look.
http://www.damo-qigong.net/xiyou-part3.htm   (3161 words)

  
 Journey to the West: to Find the East
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.
As we got to the halfway point in our journey, over known ground, I was getting about halfway through those two books, thinking about those authors as links in a great tradition.
http://www.washburn.edu/reference/bridge24/journey.html   (11738 words)

  
 EntropiaForum - Journey to the West
This was one of four great journeys that I will someday undertake.
The hardest part of my journey was over.
I was able to continue my journey from there.
http://www.entropiaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=296   (1206 words)

  
 Journey to the west - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
many tv/movie producers made "journey to the west" before but the best i still think is the one from China with Liu Xiao Ling Tong as the monkey god.
I always thought he wanted to open the minds of his people.
This post has been edited by NitaKang: Dec 29 2004, 02:25 AM
http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=26114   (581 words)

  
 Journey to the West - RPG Chat
The final battle bewteen the heroes and villans is when they both reach their destinations which are the same;the west.
Any made-up characters will be who the characters meet up with on their journey to the west (thus the title).
Simple really, follow the rules that have been posted for this forum and no god-moding etc. No substituting for other characters unless you have their permission then PM me. After we have the right ammount of characters, we shall begin.
http://forums.rpgchat.com/showthread.php?t=33823   (474 words)

  
 The Holistic Living Collection Journey To The West
Journey to the West is a modern exploration of the ways in which Chinese medicine is being practiced, and what its popularity says about the meeting of Eastern and Western cultures.
This compelling documentary answers fundamental questions amd introduces practitioners from different forms of Asian healing, examining how Chinese medical practices are being imported, taught and reincarnated in other cultures.
http://www.wellspring.com/worldwide/detail.php?qckey=658   (71 words)

  
 A Journey to the West
But when death calls, most of them are taken from their big mansions and stored in the graves that make up the Awudome Cemetery where termites and gravediggers do not separate the "once-rich" from the "once-poor".
Her eyes followed the massive bus that had begun a journey back to the other end and as it melted into the horizon, she thought of her child who like others may rock his cradle and rent a grave along this long mysterious road.
As the sun began its journey to the west, anticipating a rest after a long day, Akua who had just acquired the status of motherhood, alighted from a Willowbrook bus (space car tro tro) at Mallam Junction.
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/artikel.php?ID=40572   (1322 words)

  
 TIMEasia.com China: Journey to the West 5/8/2000
At the house of the Taiwanese, Chen and the others were told to keep out of sight.
At the main railway station, the snakeheads were waiting for him, just as they said they would be.
A rare inside look at the harrowing journey of a Fujian man who broke the law, spent a fortune and put his life in the hands of "snakeheads"--all to get to America
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2000/0508/cover1.html   (3069 words)

  
 Journey to the West Updates
This update section of the Journey to the West was also added today ^o^
Most of the questions presented to the Saiyuki ML were put together and hopefully they were all answered.
There is obviously another update due shortly and that will happen after I scan my new volume 9 of the manga and my new shitajiki to add to the gallery...hopefully the rest of the update will occur then too.
http://hanayume.net/journey/updates.html   (626 words)

  
 IGN: Journey to Tyrannosaurus West
"Sarah came out West to cover the story of the century, the hanging of the world's most notorious outlaw," Loftis says.
"He was the embodiment of the Wild West in the 1880s.
Says Beranek "There's this railroad baron - the true villain of our tale - who in his murderous ambition to exterminate the Native Americans and exploit the West, unwittingly blasts open a canyon unleashing Jurassic horrors.
http://comics.ign.com/articles/673/673831p1.html   (352 words)

  
 Journey To The Rest: Saiyuki & Its Doujinshi
Journey To The Rest: Saiyuki & Its Doujinshi
New art includes a heart-stopper of a color Sanzo on the contents page (see it at Journey To The Rest Area!), and a black-and-white page apiece for Sanzo, Hakkai, Gojyo and Goku.
Bound into the back of the book is a postal order form for a primo premium: a Saiyuki RELOAD Special Drama CD featuring a scenario penned by Minekura-sensei herself!
http://www.madkukkii.com/saiyuuki/saiyuuki.html   (2127 words)

  
 Journey to the West - Page 2
Journey to the West - Click on the page number to visit
In multiple buildings your path winds through the adventures of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, and his companions.
The Journey to the West attraction in Guangzhou
http://www.bartlett-sloan.net/Journey2.htm   (330 words)

  
 IGN: Journey To The West
Find out what other IGN readers have to say about Journey To The West.
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http://cheats.ign.com/objects/616/616610.html   (155 words)

  
 Journey to the West: Culture Archives
But among the prototypes were a few doozies, and Lee spent three years documenting the lives of other Grace Lees around the world.
A Chinese-American rap star, Jin Au-Yeung, 22, became the first Asian to sign with a leading hip-hop label, Ruff Ryders, in 2002 and released his debut album, "The Rest Is History," last fall.
Emulating the do-it-yourself methods of her hero, folk-punk singer Ani DiFranco, Choi initiated the AIR tour and has self-released three records, including her most recent CD, "Postcard Stories," a collection of alternately dreamy and driving piano pop.
http://monkey-king.com/archives/cat_culture.html   (4142 words)

  
 Gypsy Journal - Journey to the West
Nevertheless, they streets are full of life and one can never get bored on the bus journey.
http://www.gypsyjournal.com/Journal.asp?JournalID=58   (111 words)

  
 Journey to the West: May 16, 2004 - May 22, 2004 Archives
This weblog is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Journey to the West: May 16, 2004 - May 22, 2004 Archives
http://monkey-king.com/archives/week_2004_05_16.html   (285 words)

  
 Malian Magic - Journey to Mali, West Africa
Make sure you have links to all pages in site:
Malian Magic - Journey to Mali, West Africa
Put accurate and pertinent information here, because this is where search engine spiders will look.
http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/mali/home.htm   (33 words)

  
 AC Forum - Journey to the West [side travel]
Ryo-kun claims Jiipu as my transport to the West.
AC Forum - Journey to the West [side travel]
AC Forum > Series > Anime Series: G to L > Gensomaden Saiyuki > Saiyuki RPG > Journey to the West [side travel]
http://www.animechains.net/showthread.php?postid=2262079   (547 words)

  
 JOURNEY TO THE WEST GOES HOLLYWOOD
What kind of quest might the characters go on in a movie set in 2001?
- What would make the "Monkey/Journey to the West" story marketable to a movie-going public unfamiliar with it?
How could you emphasize the comedy in the story?)
http://www.public.asu.edu/~ehoran/teaching/ENG201/JTWGoesHollywood.htm   (633 words)

  
 National Geographic: Lewis & Clark
Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West on DVD
Travel a segment of the journey with our experts—book now >>
When Thomas Jefferson dispatched Lewis and Clark to find a water route across North America and explore the uncharted West, he expected they'd encounter woolly mammoths, erupting volcanoes, and a mountain of pure salt.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark   (175 words)

  
 Journey to the West
All content © 2004-05 Journey to the West
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~mqho   (393 words)

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