It is about the adventures of a monkey who has been magically awakened from an egg born to a rock impregnated by the elements. Monkey is an epic allegorical tale by the sixteenth century poet Wu Ch’eng-En. įrom the Introduction to Arthur Waley’s translation.Ĭhapter 4 ‘Great Sage, equal of Heaven’ 24:44Ĭhapter 6 Defeat of the Earthly armies 26:19Ĭhapter 7 Downfall of the ‘Great Sage’ 15:50Ĭhapter 11 Emperor T’ang returns to life 16:19Ĭhapter 12 Tripitaka accepts the Quest 26:17Ĭhapter 13 ‘Mountain of the Two Frontiers’ 18:43Ĭhapter 14 Tripitaka recruits Monkey 32:40Ĭhapter 15 A new horse for Tripitaka 20:28Ĭhapter 16 The pilgrims encounter Pigsy 18:59Ĭhapter 21 The impostor is revealed 40:56Ĭhapter 22 A Taoist kingdom is reached 39:13Ĭhapter 23 Monkey duels the immortals 28:19Ĭhapter 24 The immortals meet their end 39:45Ĭhapter 27 The disciples rescue Tripitaka 26:28 Folk-lore, allegory, religion, history, anti-bureaucratic satires and pure poetry - such are the singularly diverse elements out of which the book is compounded. Monkey is unique in its combination of beauty with absurdity, of profundity with nonsense. I have for the most part adopted the opposite principle, omitting many episodes, but translating those that are retained almost in full, leaving out, however, most of the incidental passages in verse, which go very badly into English. The method adopted in these abridgements is to leave the original number of separate episodes, but drastically reduce them in length, particularly by cutting out dialogue. The original book is indeed of immense length, and is usually read in abridged forms. Wu Ch’êng-ên had therefore a great deal to build on when he wrote his long fairy tale. It will NOT play on a standard CD player, although most DVD players, newer CD players, and in-car CD players have the ability to play MP3 discs.įrom the 13th century onwards these legends have been constantly represented on the Chinese stage. MP3 Audio Book: This disc can be played on your computer and can be transferred to your MP3 player or iPOD.
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