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[journeytothewestresearch]

PDFs of Foreign Language Journey to the West Translations

I’m happy to host a number of foreign language translations of the noted Chinese classic Journey to the West (Xiyouji, 西遊記, 1592 CE). This archive currently houses the following editions:

English

French

German

Hungarian

Italian

Romanian

Russian

Spanish

Thai

Vietnamese

As of this writing, I don’t yet have a modern Japanese translation. But you can read an original copy of the 1835 translation here.

I have also included translations of the unofficial sequel, A Supplement to the Journey to the West (Xiyoubu, 西遊補, 1640), in the following languages:

English

Hungarian

I will add more languages as they become available. Please let me know if you have access to other editions.

Archive #42 – PDFs of Journey to the West Translations

Note: My blog is not monetized, so I am not making any money from this post. My hope is that the PDFs will make this legendary story more ac

[stone-kingdom-official-blog]

Who was going to tell me Sandy was 12.5 ft tall?! And who was going to tell me that that was on the LOW END

According to Xuanzang(the real guy)‘s biography from the seventh century our delightful guy is “several zhang tall” and a zhang is about 10.43 ft which would make Sandy

31.29 feet tall at LEAST

No wonder people were terrified of him!

Bajie is also like 11.81 ft tall if we pull data from the real world megalochoerus homungous pig data we kinda know from prehistoric times and maybe apply it but also just because we need someone even slightly close to Wujings height

Bro needs a friend in height based terror of the masses and Wukong needs his brothers to be big enough that he can climb them like trees

Btw Wukong is 4 foot nothing, child size, punting size, they deserve to feel tall

Tripitaka is like 5 foot 7 inches

And we’re not even getting into the difference between Ao Lie’s height vs length in humanish vs true form

[gojospee]

Wukong being in a decapitation contest and being excited for it is crazy😭 he even said “it was fun”

I like whenever we see different sides of Wukong, such as being anxious whenever his severed head didn’t come back to his body, which caused him to grow another head lol.

Wukong then acting like he didn’t almost die and shows off to an astonished Bajie that he doesn’t even have a scar from the sword 😭💀

[gojospee]

Wukong, Bajie, and Friar Sand all share one brain cell and it’s very evident in this moment of the story 😭

The Taoist monks asked for holy water and Wukong had the grand idea of filling the jars with urine instead T_T

“Stinking piss” “sound was like that of a torrent” I CANT WITH THE DETAILS😂💀

Then they have the audacity to straighten themselves, act all professional, and tell the monks to come get the “holy water.”😩

I didn’t include the rest but just know the elder Taoist monks ended up drinking the piss and even smacked their lips to taste it better….

(Mind you, all 3 of them did this while Sanzang was sleeping)

[gojospee]

The way Sanzang speaks to Wukong sometimes kills me lol. Yet even tho he insults Wukong he still ends up listening to his advice🥹

I think it’s cute how Wukong decided that instead of sleeping (after being awake all night💀) he amuses himself by hopping around the trees😂

Also can we take some time to appreciate Friar sand??? He’s so forgotten 🥲 he’s just a chill guy who usually keeps to himself

[journeytothewestresearch]

Sizes of the JTTW Pilgrims

Someone posted the following picture to a Monkey King-related Facebook group that I belong to. The bottom part reads:

"The original novel describes Bajie's body as being one zhang tall. Three Chinese feet is 1 meter. One zhang is around 3.3 meters. Sha Monk is 1.2 zhang, which is close to 4 meters. The Tang monk is 1.8 meters. The Great Sage Lord is 4 Chinese feet, or approximately 1.3 meters."

Edit: I've written an article about the picture.

How Tall are the Main Characters from Journey to the West?

A member of a Monkey King Facebook group I belong to posted a Chinese informational picture titled “Journey to the West: The Four Body Heigh

[gojospee]

Friar Sand and Bajie caring for dead Wukong is so endearing to me 🫠🥹 Bajie is usually getting Wukong in trouble or badmouthing him so seeing him bring Wukong back to life lets me know that they truly do have a sincere brotherhood.

Let’s not forget Friar Sand, he’s always been quite respectful and nice to Wukong ;) Friar crying for Wukong is so on brand for him and shows he does have a compassionate soul.

I just felt the need to upload this to show that all three disciples really do care for each other even though they have been through a lot together lol💜

[journeytothewestresearch]

Is there an English translation of JttW that you consider definitive, or just personally recommend over others? Sorry if you've been asked this a million times!

See my previous answer.

Journey to the West Research

hey your blog is pretty neat! thanks for the jjtw pdf link too, i found a pdf online that was a lot less well-translated than yours :) Than

I have numerous foreign language translations of the novel available here.

Archive #42 – PDFs of Journey to the West Translations

Note: My blog is not monetized, so I am not making any money from this post. My hope is that the PDFs will make this legendary story more ac