Journey to the West - Abridged Chinese Classic Series

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the four great novels of ancient China written in the middle of XVIII century. It is considered a masterpiece of Chinese literature. 

The story is focused how master Xuanzang tries to find Buddhist scriptures.  This book is a short version of the original novel and contains 37 stories with approximately 3000 characters. Each of the narrations uses the characters of HSK 5 exam, so this reading is a great method to practice for the exam. 

Each of the stories contains an introduction written in English to make easier the whole understanding of the texts. 

All stories contain pinyin. 

The book also includes a card to hide pinyin, so that readers have to read only Chinese characters. 

This collection contains other classics from Chinese literature such as: Romance of the three kingdoms, A Dream of Red Mansions, Spring, Autumn, The besieged City or Family. 

Description by the publishers

Journey to the West is one of China’s four classic novels. It recounts how Master Xuanzang, together with his disciples Monkey King, Pig and Sandy, overcome 81 tribulations on their way to West Heaven in pursuit of Buddhist scriptures.