The Four Journeys

The Four Journeys

"The Four Journeys" ("Si-you Ji" -- published in Chinese in Harbin in 1985) consist of :- "Journey to the North", "Journey to the South", "Journey to the East", and "Journey to the West".

*"The Journey to the North" (composed during the Ming dynasty) is on the apotheosis of True-Warrior (Chen-wu, Zhen-wu) as Mysterious-Heaven Supreme-Emperor (Hsuan-t'ien Shang-ti, Xuan-tian Shang-di).
*"The Journey to the East" was composed by Wu Yuan-tai (fl. 1522-1526).
*"The Journey to the West" is the itinerary of animal-gods (Monkey, Pig, Horse).

Bibliography

*Gary Seaman (tr.) : "Journey to the North". U of California Pr, 1987.
* [http://texts.00.gs/Journey_to_the_%20North.htm list of personages in the "Journey to the North"]
* [http://www.jstor.org/pss/2056527 "Divine Authorship of the "Journey to the North"] .

*Anthony C. Wu (tr.) : "Journey to the West". U of Chicago Pr, 1977.
*W.J.F. Jenner (tr.) : "Journey to the West". Beijing : Foreign Languages Pr, 1990.
* [http://www.chinapage.com/monkey/monkey.html Monkey -- Journey to the West]

Disambiguation

These four Chinese novels are distinct from "The Four Journeys in Mysticism" known to the Ṣūfī ( [http://iranianstudies.org/philosophy%205.htm Seyed Safavi : "The Practice of Mysticism"] -- In :- "TRANSCENDENT PHILOSOPHY", Vol. 2, 2001).


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