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Monkey King # Volume 01 : Birth of the Stone Monkey by Wei Dong Chen; Chao Peng; YK Kim; Jonathan Evans is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Monkey King is a twenty-volume comics series based on the legendary Chinese novel The Journey to the West. It is a magisterial work that took seventy people over six years to complete. The Journey to the West is at once a comedy, a drama, a satire, a meditation on faith and discipline, and a fantastical dramatization of China's history. Its creation covers many centuries and several dynasties. Begun during the Song Dynasty (10th~13th century), Journey is set against the backdrop of the 7th century Tang Dynasty, and tells the story of a priest named San Zang, who introduces China to the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures of India, and his trio of the monkey king Sun Wu Kong, the gluttonous pig Zhu Bajie, and the quiet but noble sea monster Sha Wu Jing. The San Zang who appears in Journey to the West is a specialist in Tripitaka, and is based on a real priest, named Xuan Zang. Xuan Zang lived from 602 to 664, and have traveled the western lands and traded with other countries along the western border from 627 or 629 to 645. More than three hundred years later, a story based on Xuan Zang's adventures, first appeared. The Journey to the West originated from this story. The Song Dynasty was f

Who reads Monkey King # Volume 01 : Birth of the Stone Monkey?

Author

Wei Dong Chen; Chao Peng; YK Kim; Jonathan Evans

Publisher

JR Comics ʼ : Made available through hoopla

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9788994208633

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Crafts & Hobbies, Children'S

Rating

3.85 / 5 (131 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14