From Cheng-EN - journey to the West 4 volumes. Deluxe edition bound in leather.

Written Cheng-Enem (1500-1582) in 1570, the novel “journey to the West” was the beginning of the genre fantasticheskoy or heroic fantasy Saga. Narrative of the adventures of monkey-Coon – monkey king – became a favorite in China and one of the most famous abroad.

The novel Cheng-EN “journey to the West” is based on a folk legend about the journey of the monk Xuan Zang to India (VII century). Gradually the plot is overgrown with additional details, becoming more like a fairy tale – appeared for more stories not related to the main topic, new characters. The monk appear “magical helpers” – the monkey king the monkey king, who was exiled to earth arranged for them the commotion in the heavenly Palace, and the pig Zhu BA-Jie, also exiled from heaven for misdemeanors. The monkey king is a character heroic, Zhu BA-Jie – comic. Together with the monk Xuan zzenom they form a very interesting group, very different ways of reacting to reality.In the novel Cheng-EN after folk legends character sun Wu-Kong comes to the fore, he defeats the enemy, while the monk Xuan Zang talks about the universal goodness and resist evil. That is the monkey king has become one of the most popular characters from Chinese literature, the symbol of vitality and rebellion.The novel is interpreted as the Buddhist precept, and as a symbolic reflection of the people's struggle, and as a fairy tale and as a novel about the search for truth.

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