The Monkey King

by Wu Cheng

Everything started from the fact that a rock gave birth to an egg. A monkey hatched from it. The future king of monkeys easily found a common language with the monkeys born naturally. After a while, they recognized his superiority and chose him their king. Many years later, the monkey king started worrying about his death. He decided to leave his kingdom and to go into the unknown in search of immortality. At the very beginning of the journey, he studied magic and learned how to transform into various objects. Then he had to kill a demon. Finally, he found the registry of death where he struck out his name and the names of many other monkeys. Gods united and arrested the immortal Monkey King. But the Monkey King didn’t lie when he called himself a great and wise king. He managed to escape from the heaven prison.

111 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 2, 2020

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This took me a loooong time to get into, i read the first chapter and left it for 1 week and then I slooowly got into it, but i liked it, it was fun to see literature from China, a literature i have not previously delved into, and I really liked the mythical aspect

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Monkey Magic was essential viewing throughout my childhood.
It was fascinating to read the original.

[Martein Joaquim · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't know why monkey king feels like an hanuman of China like an ape hanuman