Journey to the West

You can find the original Chinese text for free here.

You can find a free English translation by WJF Jenner here. I am referencing Dr. Anthony Yu’s translation, which you can find on Amazon.

Wondering about a specific character or place? Here’s a glossary!

A note about my translation attempts.

Chapter 1.1 – A stone monkey is born on Flower Fruit Mountain.
Chapter 1.2 – The stone monkey becomes king and goes to seek immortality.
Chapter 1.3 – The Monkey King becomes a disciple of Master Puti and receives the name Sun Wukong.

Chapter 2.1 – Wukong refuses to learn and earns a secret as a result.
Chapter 2.2 – Wukong learns the secret to immortality and its caveats. Go down a rabbit hole?
Chapter 2.3 – Wukong becomes one of the most powerful characters in literature.
Chapter 2.4 – Wukong gets into a fist fight.

Chapter 3.1 – Wukong raises a monkey army.
Chapter 3.2 – Wukong goes to beg the Dragon King for a weapon.
Chapter 3.3 – Wukong terrorizes the Dragon King into giving him a set of armor.
Chapter 3.4 – Wukong goes to the Underworld and makes all of the monkeys immortal.
Chapter 3.5 – The Jade Emperor receives two reports concerning a certain stone monkey.

Chapter 4.1 – Wukong visits Heaven and receives an appointment from the Jade Emperor. Go down a rabbit hole?
Chapter 4.2 – Wukong quits his job and becomes Great Sage, Equal to Heaven.
Chapter 4.3 – The Jade Emperor sends Lord Li and Prince Nezha to arrest Wukong.
Chapter 4.4 – Wukong and Nezha battle and Wukong gets his dream job.

Chapter 5.1 – Wukong gets a new job up in Heaven.
Chapter 5.2 – Wukong schemes to get invited to the Immortal Peach Festival
Chapter 5.3 – Wukong finally realizes that he might be in trouble
Chapter 5.4 – Everyone goes to tell on Wukong.
Chapter 5.5 – Huaguo Mountain is under siege.

Chapter 6.1 – Guanyin arrives to find the festival in ruins.
Chapter 6.2 – Wukong fights Lord Li’s second son, Prince Muzha.
Chapter 6.3 – Wukong fights the Jade Emperor’s nephew, Erlang.
Chapter 6.4 – Wukong and Erlang begin a contest of wits and transformations.
Chapter 6.5 – Guanyin and Laozi lend a hand and Wukong is finally captured.

Chapter 7.1 – Wukong survives Laozi’s furnace and goes on the rampage.
Chapter 7.2 – Wukong makes a wager with the Buddha for the Jade Emperor’s throne.
Chapter 7.3 – There’s peace in Heaven so everyone gets drunk.

Chapter 8.1 – Guanyin sets off in search of a scripture pilgrim and recruits a river yao.
Chapter 8.2 – Guanyin recruits the rest of the crew and finally arrives in China.

Chapter 9.1 – Chen Guangrui aces a test and meets with disaster.
Chapter 9.2 – Lady Yin reunites with her son Xuanzang, now 18 years-old.
Chapter 9.3 – Chen Guangrui is finally avenged and the family moves to Chang’an.

Chapter 10.1 – The fisherman and a woodcutter have a Tang Dynasty-style rap battle.
Chapter 10.2 – The Dragon King of the Jing River makes a bet with a fortuneteller.
Chapter 10.3 – The Dragon King of the Jing River begs the Tang Emperor to save him in a dream.
Chapter 10.4 – The Tang Emperor discovers that one of this ministers can commune with spirits.