This book contains the full text of the first three stories in the best-selling Journey to the West series for people learning to read Chinese. The three stories told here – The Rise of the Monkey King , Trouble in Heaven , and The Immortal Peaches – are unchanged from our original versions except for minor editing and reformatting. THIS BOOK IS IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE. It is also available in Simplified Chinese. These three stories all focus on the adventures of Sun Wukong, the Handsome Monkey King, one of the most famous characters in Chinese literature and culture. His legendary bravery, his foolish mistakes, his sharp-tongued commentary and his yearning for immortality and spiritual knowledge have inspired hundreds of books, television shows, graphic novels, video games and films. The full story of Sun Wukong’s adventures is told in the original Journey to the West , an epic 2,000 page novel written in the 16th Century by Wu Cheng’en. Journey to the West is probably the most famous and best-loved novel in China and is considered one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature. These stories are written, as much as possible, using the 600 word vocabulary of HSK3. They are presented in Traditional Chinese characters and pinyin, and include an English version and complete glossary. Free audiobooks are available on YouTube’s Imagin8 Press channel, and on www.imagin8press.com. ======================================= A GUIDE TO DIFFERENT FORMATS ======================================= This easy-to-read retelling of The Journey to the West is available in several different formats, depending on what you’re looking for. They are listed below. To find these on Amazon, use the Amazon search bar to search for the ISBN or ASIN listed after each one. You can also visit www.imagin8press.com to find the Amazon.com links for all the books listed here. In English only Paperback ISBN: 978-1959043379 (original edition) - Paperback ISBN: 978-1959043546 (same as above, but with a more colorful cover) - Kindle ASIN: B0C7PMZT28 and B0DGV55C6X - In Simplified Chinese only Paperback ISBN: 978-1959043102 - Audiobook ASIN: B0BRTC13WQ - In Simplified Chinese, pinyin and English Oversized hardcover ISBN: 978-1959043638 - Kindle ASIN: B0BMTPLD4P - A series of 31 individual books in Simplified Chinese, pinyin and English Paperback and kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B08JCQ44YG - A series of 31 individual books in Traditional Chinese, pinyin and English Paperback and kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B08MVC57VZ - A series of 11 compilations in Simplified Chinese, pinyin and English each compilation contains 2 or 3 individual books - Paperback: www.amazon.com/dp/B08JCQ44YG, scroll to the bottom and click "show all"
