Monkey King: A Basic Chinese Reading Book (Simplified Characters), Folk Story of Sun Wukong from the Novel Journey to the West

By S.K. Mishra

The book, Monkey King, is a story of Sun Wukong (孙悟空), the mythical character from the Chinese classical novel Journey to the West (西游记). The books narrate early adventures of the ape king who later accompanied Tang Sanzang to fetch the Buddhist scripture from India. The current volume is the fourth book in Mandarin Chinese Reading series. The volume, made of about 600 characters, is suitable for the low intermediate to advanced level Chinese language learners. It includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin in the story form. This is a basic book (Level 1) to practice Chinese reading.

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The book has 10 chapters in the following order:
第一章 The Stone Ape is Borne
第二章 The New Found Cave
第三章 Fear of Death
第四章 The King Left the Cave
第五章 The Woodchopper
第六章 The Ape King Meets the Saint
第七章 The Ways to Immortal Life
第八章 The Angry Saint
第九章 Sun Wukong and Pine-tree
第十章 Sun Wukong Returns to the Cave

Monkey King 2 (Book 2)
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 170041237X
• ISBN13: 9781700412379
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"