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What's its Western equivalent?

>> No.21048332

The Journey t the East. DUH

>> No.21048377

>>21048320
Jardine Matheson

>> No.21048378

BANG JAPAN by Roosh V

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>>21048320

>> No.21048389

>>21048320
lord of the rings

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>>21048320

>> No.21048401

>>21048397
suth 'fn nrth
on god fr fr

>> No.21048402

>>21048320
https://youtu.be/uwPI80EALPU

>> No.21048426

Is this book good? I have a copy and looking for a nice comfy adventure to dive into right now

>> No.21048558

>>21048320
The Golden Ass, the donkey's quest for self-actualisation mirrors monkey's quest for self-divinization.

>> No.21048601

>>21048426
Sometimes it gets a bit repetitive and is not something you pick up and leave because a lot of plot points and characters reappear back and forth. The plot is is similar to a classical fantasy travel adventure with a buddhist twist, it's fun seeing the group antics and how they develop.
Which version you have? The short one is ok and is around 300 pages long, if you liked it you can try reading the complete one. If you have that read it, if you have the full version you can read the first chapters and see if it's worth it or not.

>> No.21048812

>>21048558
This or the Canterbury Tales

>> No.21048963

>>21048320
xenophon anabasis

>> No.21049319

>>21048320
Is it possible to find a fully translated English version of Journey??

>> No.21049341

Born from an egg on a mountain top, the punkiest Monkey that ever popped,

>> No.21049446

>>21048320
The Incomparable Wisdom of the Mullah Nasrudin Idres Shah.

>muslim isn't western
Lol

>> No.21049696

>>21048320
Good question. I don't think there is one obvious answer. Jason and the Argonauts is a bit like it I suppose.

Some other famous Chinese books have more clearcut Western equivalents. e.g. The Water Margin is pretty much The Adventures Of Robin Hood.

>> No.21049886

>>21049319
The OP is Yu's full translation in several volumes, which is by far the best. Yu also published an abridged version. Monkey's opening narrative is the best part anyway.

>> No.21049895

>>21048426
Monkey's rise to heaven and his war with the gods is definitely worth reading and good fun, especially in Yu's translation which includes the lyric poems that other translations don't. You can decide if you want to keep going after that when it becomes a didactic Buddhist contiki tour.

>> No.21049920

>>21048397
Fucking baste