Journey to the West: A Basic Chinese Reading Book, Folk Stories from a Classic Chinese Mythological Novel, Graded Reader Series Level 1, Si - Large Print

Journey to the West is the life story of Tang Sanzang (唐三藏)/Xuanzang (玄奘), a character from the classic Chinese classic novel of the same name (西游记). Tang Sanzang went on to fetch the Buddhist scriptures from India (天竺/西天). The current volume in the Mandarin Chinese Reading Series includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin in the story form. With about 700 unique characters, the volume would be suitable for the beginners, lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the Mandarin Chinese Reading Series offers you a variety of elementary level books (HSK Level 1/2) to learn Chinese culture as well as practice Chinese reading fast.

The book has 10 chapters in the following order:

第一章：Context (《西游记》背景)

第二章：Basic Facts (基本信息)

第三章：Xuanzang (玄奘)

第四章：Outline (概要)

第五章：Disciples of Tang Sanzang (唐三藏的徒弟们)

第六章：Tang Sanzang (唐三藏)

第七章：Sun Wukong (孙悟空)

第八章：Zhu Bajie (猪八戒)

第九章：Sha Wujing (沙悟浄)

第十章：Recap (概括)