Further adventures on the journey to the west / Yue Dong ; translated by Robert E. Hegel and Qiancheng Li ; introduction by Qiancheng Li.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dong, Yue, 1620-1686, author.

Contributor:

Hegel, Robert E., 1943- translator.

Li, Qiancheng, translator, writer of foreword.

funder.

Standardized Title:

Xi you bu. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvii, 235 pages) : illustrations ;

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Li Qiancheng : Qiancheng Li is associate professor of foreign language and literature at Louisiana State University. He is the author of Fictions of Enlightenment: "Journey to the West," "Tower of Mirrors," and "Dream of the Red Chamber" (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004) and the Chinese variorum edition of Further Adventures on the Journey to the West: Xiyou bu jiaozhu (Kunlun Chubanshe, 2011).Hegel Robert E. : Robert E. Hegel is Liselotte Dieckmann Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Professor of Chinese at Washington University. He is the author of The Novel in Seventeenth-Century China (Columbia University Press, 1981); translator of True Crimes in Eighteenth-Century China: Twenty Case Histories (University of Washington Press, 2009); and editor of Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor: A Seventeenth-Century Chinese Story Collection by Aina the Layman (University of Washington Press, 2017).Li Qiancheng : Qiancheng Li is associate professor of foreign language and literature at Louisiana State University. He is the author of Fictions of Enlightenment: "Journey to the West," "Tower of Mirrors," and "Dream of the Red Chamber" (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004) and the Chinese variorum edition of Further Adventures on the Journey to the West: Xiyou bu jiaozhu (Kunlun Chubanshe, 2011).Qiancheng Li is author of Fictions of Enlightenment and Transmutations of Desire and editor of the Chinese variorum, critical edition of Further Adventures on the Journey to the West. Robert E. Hegel is Liselotte Dieckmann Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and emeritus professor of Chinese at Washington University, and author of The Novel in Seventeenth-Century China.

Summary:

As the audacious Monkey King battles his way through a landscape of inexplicable places and unfamiliar passions, Further Adventures on the Journey to the West offers a wry, revisionist critique of the late-Ming fascination with desire. Building on the great sixteenth-century novel Journey to the West, which recounts the escapades of a monk and three companions traveling to India in search of Buddhist scriptures to carry back to China, this sequel is a parable of self-delusion that explores the tension between desire and emptiness from a Buddhist perspective. The consummate literati novel, written by an accomplished artist for a well-educated readership, it is filled with allusions and parodies and features a dream-sequence narrative that is innovative and sophisticated even by modern standards. This new, fully annotated translation by two acclaimed scholars and translators brings to life this remarkably inventive, playful early modern text. The volume includes the original commentaries and illustrations, a critical introduction and afterword, and notes that highlight the sources of the novel’s intertextual references, revealing the author’s erudition and versatility.The open access publication of this book was made possible by a grant from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Note on the Chongzhen Edition Table of Contents and Illustrations

Note on This Translation

Abbreviations and Conventions

Preface from the Chongzhen Edition

Illustrations from the Chongzhen Edition

Answers to Questions concerning Further Adventures on the Journey to the West

1. Peonies Blooming Red, the Qing Fish Exhales; An Elegy Composed, the Great Sage Remains Attached

2. On the Way to the West, a New Tang Miraculously Appears; In the Emerald Palace, a Son of Heaven Displays Youthful Exuberance

3. Xuanzang Is Presented with the Peach Blossom Battle-Ax; Mind-Monkey Is Stunned by the Heaven-Chiseling Hatchets

4. When a Crack Opens, Mirrors Innumerable Confound; Where the Material Form Manifests Itself, the True Form Is Lost

5. Through the Bronze Mirror, Mind-Monkey Joins the Ancients; At Green Pearl’s Pavilion, Pilgrim Knits His Brows

6. Pilgrim’s Tear-Stained Face Spells Doom for the Real Fair Lady; Pinxiang’s Mere Mention Brings Agony to the Chu General

7. Chu Replaces Qin at Four Beats of the Drum; Real and Counterfeit Ladies Appear in a Single Mirror

8. Upon Entering the World of the Future, He Exterminates Six Robbers; Serving Half a Day as King Yama, He Distinguishes Right from Wrong

9. Even with a Hundred Bodies, Qin Hui Cannot Redeem Himself; With Single-Minded Determination, the Great Sage Swears Allegiance to King Mu

10. To the Gallery of a Million Mirrors Pilgrim Returns; From the Palace of Creeping Vines Wukong Saves Himself

11. Accounts Read at the Limitation Palace Gate; Fine Hairs Retrieved atop Sorrows Peak

12. In Ospreys Cry Palace, the Tang Monk Sheds Tears; Accompanied by the Pipa, Young Women Sing Ballads

13. Encountering an Ancient Elder in the Cave of Green Bamboo; Seeking the Qin Emperor on the Reed-Covered Bank

14. On Command, Squire Tang Leads Out a Military Expedition; By the Lake, Lady Kingfisher-Green Cord Ends Her Life

15. Under the Midnight Moon, Xuanzang Marshals His Forces; Among the Five-Colored Flags, the Great Sage’s Mind Is Confounded

16. The Lord of the Void Awakens Monkey from His Dream; The Great Sage Makes His Return Still Early in the Day

Afterthoughts and Reflections

Chinese Character Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Translations of Traditional Chinese Literature Available from the University of Washington Press

Notes:

Generally attributed to Dong Yue; recent scholarship sometimes attributes to his father, Dong Sizhang.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-295-74773-0

OCLC:

1158501998