The Monkey Pilgrim: The Earliest Tale of the Journey West / Da Tang Sanzang Qujing Shihua: 大唐三藏取经诗话 (English Edition)

by Anonymous, Luo Zhenyu (Editor), Wang GuoWei (Editor)

Before Journey to the West, there was this.

Dating to the Song dynasty, The Tale in Verse of the Great Tang Tripitaka's Quest for Scriptures is the earliest surviving story of Xuanzang's mythic pilgrimage - the very first appearance of the figure who would become the Monkey King. Predating Wu Cheng'en's classic by some four centuries, this is where the legend begins. Now in English for the first time, this haunting precursor follows seven monks through ghost kingdoms, serpent lands, and pools guarded by immortal children, toward scriptures that descend from heaven itself.

58 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 20, 2026

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