Saturday, August 05, 2023

Journey to the West Volume 3 by Wu Cheng'en translated by W. J. F. Jenner: Book Review


Started: June 05, 2023
Finished: August 05, 2023

(For my video on volume 1, see HERE. For volume 2, see HERE.)



Here is the summary I made before filming this video, to help me keep the storylines straight: docs, pub

Story 1: The Rhinoceros King
Chapter 52
Wrapping up storyline from previous volume about rhinoceros king

Story 2: The pregnancy and the abortion water (Land of Women part 1)
Chapter 53
Interesting.  Something different

Story 3: The Queen of the land of women wants to marry the monk (Land of Women part 2)
Chapter 54
Something different

Story 4: The Scorpion Woman captures the Monk (Land of Women part 3)
Chapter 56

Story 5: Monkey is banished and a look alike takes his place
Chapter 56-58

Story 6: Mountain of Fire, Bull Demon and his wife Princess Iron Fan
Chapter 59-61

Story 7: Battle with the dragon in the lake (who was a friend of Bull Demon)
Chapter 62-63

Story 8: The Monk is abducted by the plant spirits
Chapter 64

Story 9: Monk gets trapped by demon who has the ability to catch everyone in his magic bands
Chapter 65-66

Story 10: Battle against the big python, and the rotting persimmon fruits
Chapter 67

Story 11: Kingdom of Purpuria Part 1: Monkey heals the King
Chapter 68-69

Story 12: Kingdom of Purpuria Part 2: Monkey rescues the queen
Chapter 70-71

Story 13: The female Spider Demons
Chapter 72-73

Story 14: The 3 senior demons of the mountains
Chapter 74-76

And here is the Weebly site I used to help jog my memory and help me make that summary: https://journeytothewestlibrary.weebly.com/novel-summary .


June 11, 2023 Journey to the West p.1177-1192
June 18, 2023 Journey to the West p.1192-1200
June 25, 2023 Journey to the West p.1200-1258
July 2, 2023 Journey to the West p.1258-1336
July 9, 2023 Journey to the West p.1336-1392
July 16, 2023 Journey to the West p.1392-1486
July 23, 2023 Journey to the West p.1486-1520
July 30, 2023 Journey to the West p.1520-1660

Volume 3 Playlist HERE:


Journey to the West Playlist HERE

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