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Using “Monkey” to Teach Religions of China

by Jean Johnson, Ryan Bradeen

Like most classics of literature, journey to the West (also known as Monkey, after its main character, the wondrous Monkey King) can be read on many levels. Besides being a tale of epic adventure on the scale of Star Wars or the Lord of the Rings, Monkey has been read as political and religious satire, as allegory, and as fantastical historical fiction. In this essay we will undertake a jour­ney to discover what Monkey can reveal about Chinese religion. First, we will show how, in the early ch...

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