Journey to the West
Journey to the West recounts the epic pilgrimage of Tang Monk and his three disciples. Enduring eighty-one tribulations on their journey westward, they ultimately obtain sacred scriptures and achieve enlightenment.
Table of contents
Chapter 1: The Divine Root Conceived, Its Source Revealed; The Mind-Cultivated, the Great Dao Is Born
Chapter 2: The Monkey King Awakens to the Mystic Truth of Bodhi; He Slays the Demon and Returns to His Primal Spirit
Chapter 3: The Four Seas and a Thousand Mountains All Bow in Submission; The Nine Dark Realms and Ten Species of Being Have Their Names Erased
Chapter 4: An Official Post as Keeper of the Horses Leaves His Heart Unfulfilled; A Title Inscribed as Great Sage Equal to Heaven Leaves His Mind Unset
Chapter 5: The Great Sage Stirs Up the Peach Festival and Steals the Elixir; The Heavenly Hosts Descend to Capture the Demon King
Chapter 6: Guanyin Attends the Feast and Asks the Cause; The Junior Sage Displays His Might and Subdues the Great Sage
Chapter 7: The Great Sage Escapes the Eight Trigram Furnace; The Mind-Ape Is Pinned Beneath Five Elements Mountain
Chapter 8: The Buddha Creates the Scriptures to Spread Bliss; Guanyin Bears the Decree to Chang’an
Chapter 9: Yuan Shoucheng’s Perfect Divination Reveals No Partiality; The Old Dragon King’s Foolish Scheme Violates Heaven’s Decree
Chapter 10: Two Generals Guard the Palace Gate Against Ghosts; The Tang Emperor Returns from the Underworld
Chapter 11: The Tang King Returns to Life Through Good Deeds; Xiao Yu Upholds the True Faith to Liberate Lonely Souls
Chapter 12: Xuanzang Holds a Great Assembly with Sincere Devotion; Guanyin Appears in Her True Form to Enlighten the Golden Cicada
Chapter 13: Trapped in the Tiger’s Den, the Gold Star Delivers from Disaster; At Forked Ridge, Boqin Detains the Monk
Chapter 14: The Mind-Ape Returns to Righteousness; The Six Thieves Vanish Without a Trace
Chapter 15: The Spirits Secretly Guard Coiled Snake Mountain; The Mind-Ape Reins In at Eagle's Sorrow Gorge
Chapter 16: The Monks of Guanyin Temple Plot for Treasure; The Black Wind Mountain Fiend Steals the Cassock
Chapter 17: The Pilgrim Wreaks Havoc on Black Wind Mountain; Guanyin Subdues the Bear Monster
Chapter 18: The Monk Escapes Disaster at Guanyin Temple; The Pilgrim Subdues a Demon at Gao Village
Chapter 19: Sun Wukong Captures Pigsy at Cloud Road Cave; Xuanzang Receives the Heart Sutra at Pagoda Mountain
Chapter 20: Tang Sanzang Encounters Peril on Yellow Wind Ridge; Zhu Bajie Rushes Ahead Mid-Mountain
Chapter 21: The Guardian Spirits Set Up a Hamlet to Keep the Great Sage; Sumeru's Lingji Bodhisattva Subdues the Wind Demon
Chapter 22: Pigsy Battles the Flowing Sands River; Muhca Subdues Wujing by the Buddha's Law
Chapter 23: Tang Sanzang Clings to His Vows; Four Sages Test the Pilgrims’ Hearts
Chapter 24: The Immortal of Long Life Mountain Entertains an Old Friend; The Pilgrim Steals the Ginseng Fruit at Five-Village Temple
Chapter 25: Immortal Zhenyuan Captures the Sutra-Seeking Monks; Sun Wukong Wreaks Havoc at Five-Village Temple
Chapter 26: Sun Wukong Seeks a Remedy on Three Islands; Guanyin's Sweet Dew Revives the Tree
Chapter 27: The Corpse Demon Thrice Deceives the Monk; The Saint Banishes the Monkey King in Rage
Chapter 28: The Monsters Gather in Righteous Cause on Flower-Fruit Mountain; Tang Sanzang Encounters a Demon in the Black Pine Forest
Chapter 29: Escaping the River’s Peril, the Monk Reaches the Kingdom; Receiving the King’s Favor, Bajie Returns to the Mountain Forest
Chapter 30: Evil Magic Invades the True Law; The Dragon Horse Misses the Monkey King
Chapter 31: Zhu Bajie in Righteousness Seeks the Monkey King; The Pilgrim in Wisdom Subdues the Demon
Chapter 32: The Mountain God Delivers a Warning at Pingding Mountain; The Wood Mother Encounters Disaster at Lotus Flower Cave
Chapter 33: Heretic Arts Befuddle the True Nature; The Primordial Spirit Aids the Original Heart
Chapter 34: The Demon Lord’s Cunning Traps the Mind-Ape; The Great Sage’s Cunning Steals the Treasures
Chapter 35: The Heretics Flaunt Their Might and Bully the Righteous; The Mind-Ape Seizes the Treasures and Subdues the Demons
Chapter 36: The Mind-Ape Subdues All Karmic Bonds; Smashing the Heterodox Gates, One Sees the Bright Moon
Chapter 37: The Ghost King Visits Tang Sanzang by Night; Wukong's Divine Transformation Lures the Prince
Chapter 38: The Prince Questions His Mother to Learn Right from Wrong; The Mind-Ape and Wood Mother Unite to Reveal Truth from Falsehood
Chapter 39: A Sacred Elixir Obtained from Heaven; The Long-Dead Monarch Returns to Life
Chapter 40: The Infant’s Tricks Disturb the Meditative Mind; The Ape and Horse Are Vain, the Wood Mother Lost
Chapter 41: The Monkey King Defeated by Fire; Pigsy Captured by the Demon
Chapter 42: The Great Sage Earnestly Visits the Southern Sea; Guanyin Mercifully Binds the Red Boy
Chapter 43: The Black River Demon Seizes the Monk; The Western Sea Dragon Prince Captures the Crocodile
Chapter 44: The Dharma Body Meets the Power of Carts; The Heart Righteous Overcomes Demons at the Spine Pass
Chapter 45: The Great Sage Leaves His Name at the Three Purities Temple; The Monkey King Displays His Powers in Chechi Kingdom
Chapter 46: Heretics Flaunt Their Strength to Bully the True Dharma; The Mind-Ape Reveals His Holiness to Vanquish All Evil
Chapter 47: The Holy Monk Blocked by Celestial River at Night; Metal and Wood Show Mercy to Save the Children
Chapter 48: The Demon Raises a Freezing Wind and Summons a Heavy Snow; The Monk Yearns to Worship the Buddha and Ventures onto the Ice
Chapter 49: Tang Sanzang Meets Disaster, Sinking to the Watery Lair; Guanyin Rescues the Pilgrim, Manifesting the Fish Basket
Chapter 50: Desire Confounds Nature, Lust Stirs the Heart; Spirit Blinded, Mind Aroused, the Demon Is Met
Chapter 51: The Mind-Ape Employs a Thousand Schemes in Vain; Water and Fire Fail to Subdue the Demon
Chapter 52: The Monkey King Wreaks Havoc in the Golden Cave; Tathagata Hints at the True Master
Chapter 53: The Chan Master Eats and Conceives a Ghostly Child; The Yellow Dame Transports Water to Dissolve the Demonic Fetus
Chapter 54: The Dharma Nature Encounters a Kingdom of Women; The Mind-Ape Devises a Plan to Escape the Brothel
Chapter 55: The Lewd Demoness Tempts the Holy Monk; The True Heart Preserves the Incorruptible Body
Chapter 56: The Divine Sage in His Fury Slays the Grass Bandits; The Way Obscured, the Mind-Ape Is Cast Away
Chapter 57: The True Pilgrim Airs His Grievances at Mount Potalaka; The False Monkey King Copies the Passport at Water Curtain Cave
Chapter 58: Two Hearts Throw the Universe into Chaos; One Body Cannot Achieve True Tranquility
Chapter 59: Tang Sanzang's Path Blocked by Flaming Mountain; Sun the Pilgrim Seeks the Plantain Fan Once
Chapter 60: The Bull Demon King Ceases Battle to Attend a Grand Feast; Sun Wukong Borrows the Plantain Fan a Second Time
Chapter 61: Zhu Bajie Lends His Strength to Defeat the Demon King; Sun Wukong Seizes the Plantain Fan a Third Time
Chapter 62: Cleansing the Filth and Purifying the Mind by Sweeping the Pagoda; Binding the Demon and Returning to Righteousness Is Cultivating the Self
Chapter 63: Two Monks Quell the Monsters and Storm the Dragon Palace; The Sages Banish Evil and Win the Treasures
Chapter Sixty-Four: On Thorns Ridge, Wuneng Exerts Himself; In the Wood-Immortal Convent, Sanzang Discusses Poetry
Chapter 65: The Evil Fiend Falsely Builds a Small Thunder Monastery; The Four Pilgrims All Meet a Great Calamity
Chapter 66: The Deities Fall to Deadly Hands; Maitreya Binds the Demon
Chapter 67: The Pilgrims Purify Their Zen Nature at Camel Luo; They Shed the Filth to Clear Their Daoist Heart
Chapter 68: In the Purple-Gold Kingdom, Tang Seng Discusses Past Dynasties; The Pilgrim Wields His Skills, Thrice a Healer
Chapter 69: The Mind-Ape Prepares the Medicine by Night; The King Discusses the Demon at the Banquet
Chapter 70: The Demon's Treasure Unleashes Smoke, Fire, and Sand; Wukong's Scheme to Steal the Purple-Gold Bells
Chapter 71: The Pilgrim Defeats the Demon with a False Name; Guanyin Appears and Subdues the Demon King
Chapter 72: The Seven Passions of the Spider-Den Bewilder the True Nature; Pigsy Forgets His Dignity at the Cleansing Spring
Chapter 73: Old Hatred Breeds New Poison; The Mind’s Master Meets a Demon, Saved by a Beam of Light
Chapter 74: The Evening Star Reports the Fiend’s Ferocity; The Pilgrim Tests His Transformative Powers
Chapter 75: The Mind-Ape Pierces the Cavity of Yin and Yang; The Demon King Returns to the Great Dao of Truth
Chapter 76: The Mind-Ape Dwells in the Body, the Demon Returns to His True Nature; The Wood Mother Descends Together, the Strange Demon's Body is Made
Chapter 77: The Demons Corrupt the True Nature; The Pilgrims Bow to the Absolute Truth
Chapter 78: The King of Children-Snatching Kingdom Pities His Subjects and Sends the Spirits of the Night; The Pilgrim Recognizes the Demon in the Gold
Chapter 79: Seeking the Cave to Capture the Demon, Meeting the Ancient of Longevity; The True Ruler of the Kingdom Saves the Infant Children
Chapter 80: The Maiden Nurtures Yang, Seeking a Mate; The Mind-Ape Guards His Master, Recognizing Evil
Chapter 81: The Mind-Ape Knows the Fiend at Zhenhai Temple; Three Disciples Seek Their Master in the Black Pine Forest
Chapter 82: The Maiden Seeks Yang Essence; The Primordial Spirit Guards the Dao
Chapter 83: The Mind-Ape Recognizes the Elixir's Source; The Maiden Returns to Her True Nature
Chapter 84: The Dharma-Destroying Kingdom Tests the Pilgrims; The King Attains True Form by the Dao
Chapter 85: The Mind-Ape Envies the Wood Mother; The Demon Lord Schemes to Swallow the Zen Master
Chapter 86: The Wood Mother Lends His Might to Vanquish the Monster; The Metal Lord Works His Magic to Destroy the Demon
Chapter 87: The Phoenix Immortal Prefecture Offends Heaven and Halts the Rain; The Great Sage Sun Wukong Urges Goodness and Bestows a Downpour
Chapter 88: The Chan Reaches Yuhua and Holds a Dharma Assembly; The Mind-Ape, Wood, and Earth Take on Disciples
Chapter 89: The Yellow Lion Spirit Sets a False Rake Feast; The Gold, Wood, and Earth Pilgrims Stir Up Panther-Head Mountain
Chapter 90: Master and Lion Merge as One; Theft of the Dao, Zen Stillness, and the Ninefold Spirit
Chapter 91: At Golden Peace Prefecture, They Watch Lanterns on the Night of the First Full Moon; In Dark Abyss Cave, Tang Sanzang Gives His Statement
Chapter 92: The Three Monks Do Battle on Azure Dragon Mountain; The Four Stars Capture the Rhinoceros Demons
Chapter 93: Seeking Ancient Tales at the Garden of the Solitary Giver; Encountering Fate While Attending Court in the Heavenly Kingdom
Chapter 94: Four Pilgrims Feast in the Imperial Garden; One Demon Clings to Hollow Lust and Joy
Chapter 95: False Form Captures the Jade Hare; True Yin Returns to Its Source
Chapter 96: Squire Kou Gladly Welcomes the High Monks; The Tang Monk Covets No Wealth or Comfort
Chapter 97: Gold Rewards the Outer Guardians, Yet They Suffer Stings; The Sage’s Spirit Rescues the Lost, Returning Them to Their Origin
Chapter 98: The Mind-Ape Tamed, the Horse Gentle, the Mortal Shell Cast Off; Spiritual Work Complete, Pilgrimage Fulfilled, the True Reality Beheld
Chapter 99: Ninefold Ordeals Done, All Fiends Defeated; Threefold Pilgrimage Fulfilled, the Dao Returns to Its Origin
Chapter 100: The Journey Returns to the Eastern Land; The Five Sages Attain Buddhahood