They say that Yuchi Gong took a storehouse full of gold and silver to Kaifeng in Henan to visit Xiang Liang. It turned out that he sold water while his wife Madam Zhang sold porcelain bowls from their doorway, and in this way they earned their living. Whatever money they earned, they only kept enoughContinue reading “Journey to the West – Chapter 12.5”
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Journey to the West – Chapter 12.1
They say that Taizong traveled with Magistrate Cui and General Zhu for a long time and came to the Sixfold Path of Transmigration.1 They saw people draped in dawn-colored cloaks flying in the clouds, people with golden fish hanging from their sashes receiving prophecies; monks, nuns, Daoists, and common folks; walking beasts and birds ofContinue reading “Journey to the West – Chapter 12.1”
Etymology Adventures 