The Country of Women: A Story in Simplified Chinese and Pinyin 1800 Word Vocabulary Level (Journey to the West)

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 nations 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 Chenen. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng who traveled from Changan 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 YouTubes Imagin8 Press channel and also on www.imagin8press.com.