The monk Tangseng and his disciple, the shorttempered Monkey King Sun Wukong, begin their multiyear journey to retrieve Buddhist scriptures from Thunderclap Mountain in India.They first encounter a mysterious riverdwelling dragon, then run into serious trouble while staying in the temple of a 270 year old abbot.Their troubles deepen when they meet the abbots friend, a terrifying black bear monster. This is the 7th book in the bestselling The Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chenen.That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Xuanzang, who traveled from Changan westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood.The story is written, as much as possible, using the 1200word vocabulary of HSK4. It is presented in Traditional Chinese characters and pinyin, and includes an English version and glossary.A free audiobook is available on YouTubes Imagin8 Press channel and also on .imagin8press.com.

Binding: Paperback;176 pages; Publisher: Imagin8 LLC; Classification: N/A; Weight: 310.51 g; Dimensions: N/A

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