Journey to the West: A Popular Retelling

Tang Sanzang is compassionate and kind, with unwavering resolve. On the Tang Emperor’s orders, he journeys west to obtain the sacred scriptures and save all living beings. Sun Wukong is powerful, clever, and brave, with the Seventy-Two Transformations and the Somersault Cloud at his command. After causing Havoc in Heaven, he was pinned beneath Five Elements Mountain by Tathagata Buddha for five hundred years. Guided by Guanyin Bodhisattva, he then protected Tang Sanzang on his Journey to the West. Zhu Bajie is simple and honest, fond of food and idleness, yet still kindhearted. Once Marshal Tianpeng, he was banished to the mortal realm for making advances toward Chang’e. Sha Wujing is loyal, honest, and hardworking. Once the Curtain-Rolling General, he was banished to the lower world after accidentally breaking the Glazed Lamp.

And so the four master and disciples formed a team and embarked on a fantastical adventure through the Eighty-One Tribulations...