The Hungry Pig: A Story in Traditional Chinese and Pinyin 1200 Word Vocabulary Level: 8 (Journey to the West)

The pig-man Zhu Bajie becomes Tangsengs second disciple. In his previous life Zhu was the Marshal of the Heavenly Reeds responsible for the Jade Emperors entire navy and 80000 sailors. But unable to control his appetites he got drunk at a festival and attempted to seduce the Goddess of the Moon. The Jade Emperor banished him to earth but as he plunged from heaven to earth he ended up in the womb of a sow and was reborn as a man-eating pig monster. He marries a farmers daughter fights with Sun Wukong and ends up joining Tangseng and Sun Wukong in their journey to the Western Heaven. This is the 8th 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 as much as possible using the 1200-word vocabulary of HSK4. It is presented in Traditional 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.