The Journey to the West, Books 16, 17 and 18: Three Classic Stories in Simplified Chinese and Pinyin, 1800 Word Vocabulary Level (Journey to the West in Simplified Chinese)

The four travelers run into difficulties and temptations in a nation of women and girls. First, the monk Tangseng and his disciple Zhu become pregnant after drinking from the Mother and Child River. Later, the nation's queen meets Tangseng and pressures him to marry her. He barely escapes that fate, only to be kidnapped by a powerful female demon who takes him to her cave and tries to seduce him. The travelers must use all their tricks and strength to escape.This is the 18th book in the best-selling The Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen’en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang’an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood.The story is written using the 1200 word vocabulary of HSK4 plus several hundred words introduced in previous books in the series. It is presented in Simplified Chinese characters and pinyin, and includes an English version and glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube’s Imagin8 Press channel and also on www.imagin8press.com.=======================================A GUIDE TO DIFFERENT FORMATS=======================================This easy-to-read retelling of The Journey to the West is available in several different formats, depending on what you’re looking for. They are listed below. To find these on Amazon, use the Amazon search bar to search for the ISBN or ASIN listed after each one. You can also visit www.imagin8press.com to find the Amazon.com links for all the books listed here.In English onlyPaperback ISBN: 978-1959043379 (original edition)Paperback ISBN: 978-1959043546 (same as above, but with a more colorful cover)Kindle ASIN: B0C7PMZT28 and B0DGV55C6XIn Simplified Chinese onlyPaperback ISBN: 978-1959043102Audiobook ASIN: B0BRTC13WQIn Simplified Chinese, pinyin and EnglishOversized hardcover ISBN: 978-1959043638Kindle ASIN: B0BMTPLD4PA series of 31 individual books in Simplified Chinese, pinyin and EnglishPaperback and kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B08JCQ44YGA series of 31 individual books in Traditional Chinese, pinyin and EnglishPaperback and kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B08MVC57VZA series of 11 compilations in Simplified Chinese, pinyin and Englisheach compilation contains 2 or 3 individual booksPaperback: www.amazon.com/dp/B08JCQ44YG, scroll to the bottom and click "show all" Read more