China's Greatest Classic Novel: "Journey to the West"

Unique Features:

Main text in Simplified Chinese
Each book builds on the previous one, with vocabulary starting at 600 words and increasing to 2,000 words
Pinyin (phonetic spelling) facing each page of Chinese
Full English translation
New words defined where they first appear
Full glossary
Online audiobooks included

A Multi-Volume Graded Reader, Told in Easy-to-Read Chinese with Pinyin and English, Audiobook Included

Journey to the West is probably the most famous of all Chinese novels. Written in the 16th century by Wu Chen'en, it tells the story of the Buddhist monk Tangseng's 16 year journey from China to India to acquire the Buddha's sacred scriptures, traveling with three powerful and troublemaking disciples including the monkey king Sun Wukong.

This series will help you learn to read Chinese and get a deeper understanding of Chinese culture, while reading one of the greatest stories ever written!

Your JTW series is the first Chinese language "reader" I've ever lost myself in.... I'm constantly looking forward to my scheduled breaks! Bravo!!! - Dan Nalesnik, CEO, HackChinese


	Rise of the Monkey King	Trouble in Heaven	The Immortal Peaches	The Young Monk	The Emperor in Hell	The Journey Begins

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Book number	1	2	3	4	5	6
Book length (# pages)	119	105	119	119	133	169
Chinese words used in this book	507	431	524	517	588	559
Cumulative vocabulary (approx.)	600	600	600	600	600	600
Based on chapters in original novel	1-2	3-4	5-7	8-9	10-11	12-14


	The Monster of Black Wind Mountain	The Hungry Pig	The Three Beautiful Daughters	The Magic Ginseng Tree	The Monster's Secret	The Five Treasures

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Book number	7	8	9	10	11	12
Book length (# pages)	183	187	173	169	169	185
Chinese words used in this book	572	699	641	629	680	684
Cumulative vocabulary (approx.)	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200
Based on chapters in original novel	15-17	18-21	22-23	24-26	27-31	32-35


	The Ghost King	The Cave of Fire	The Daoist Immortals	The Great Demon King	The Thieves	The Country of Women

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Book number	13	14	15	16	17	18
Book length (# pages)	185	181	181	163	163	177
Chinese words used in this book	691	776	827	861	801
Cumulative vocabulary (approx.)	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,800	1,800	1,800
Based on chapters in original novel	36-39	40-43	44-46	47-49	50-52	53-55

The Authors

Jeff Pepper is President and CEO of Imagin8 Press, and has written dozens of books about Chinese language and culture. Over his thirty-five year career he has founded and led several successful computer software firms, including one that became a publicly traded company. He’s authored two software related books and was awarded three U.S. software patents.

Dr. Xiao Hui Wang (translator) has an M.S. in Information Science, an M.D. in Medicine, a Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Neuroscience, and 25 years experience in academic and clinical research. She has taught Chinese for over 10 years and has extensive experience in translating Chinese to English and English to Chinese.

From the Publisher

China's Greatest Classic Novel: "Journey to the West"

Unique Features:

A Multi-Volume Graded Reader, Told in Easy-to-Read Chinese with Pinyin and English, Audiobook Included

The Authors