The Immortal Peaches: A Story in Traditional Chinese and Pinyin 600 Word Vocabulary Level: 3 (Journey to the West (in Traditional Chinese))

Once again the Monkey Kings unlimited ambitions and uncontrolled appetites land him in deep trouble. He is given a job in heaven taking care of the Emperors Garden of Immortal Peaches but he cant stop himself from eating all the peaches. He impersonates a great Immortal and crashes a party in Heaven stealing the guests food and drink and barely escaping to his loyal troop of monkeys back on Earth. And in the end he battles an entire army of Immortals and men and discovers that even calling himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven does not make him equal to everyone in Heaven.This is the 3rd 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 (formerly called Xuanzang) 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 600-word vocabulary of HSK3. 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.