Role Play

Journey to the West

by Wu Cheng'en

About this book

Flower-Fruit Mountain, the road west, and eighty-one calamities in between — a stone monkey who once turned Heaven upside down now walks behind a monk who can bring him to his knees with a single spoken charm. Twelve ways in, from the moment the rock splits open on the summit to the scriptures spread out to dry on a stone beside the last river.

Characters in this book

Sun Wukong (孙悟空)Sharp-mouthed and simian-faced, clad in golden armor | Unruly and disdainful | Scratches his ears and cheeks, always calling himself Old Sun
Tang Seng (唐僧)Clear-featured, solemn Buddhist robes | Calm and gentle in speech | Recites Buddha's name in danger, unwavering in faith
Zhu Bajie (猪八戒)Pig's head on a man's body, nine-toothed rake | Gluttonous and lustful, lazy and complaining | Easily retreats when trouble comes
Sha Wujing (沙悟净)Red-haired and tusked, barefoot and powerfully built | Taciturn, enduring humiliation and hardship | Skull necklace, silently carrying the luggage
Tathagata (如来)Sixteen-foot golden body, solemn and imposing | Sees through the Three Realms, banishes demons with ease
Emperor Taizong (唐太宗)Saffron dragon robes, magnificent bearing | Steady and decisive, reverent toward the divine | Worries over the realm, welcomes worthy talent

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