![]() ![]() Một người duy mỹ nặng đọc cũng không cảm thấy phí thời gian. Phần đa chuyện phiêu lưu thường không nghệ thuật. Nhưng Tây Du Ký thì gần như không có lúc nào chán. Kiểu sự việc cứ lặp đi lặp lại không chán sao được. Điển hình như Thần thoại Hy Lạp hay thậm chí là kinh sách một số tôn giáo. Phần đa những sách viết theo kiểu sử thi lớp lang đều đọc rất nản. Here's what in Mahabharata: Family drama.Thật sự hiếm có cuốn sách nào được như Tây Du Ký khi có cả 3 thứ: giải trí, nghệ thuật và triết lý. Journey to the west and Mahabharata are prototypes of over-the-top 300 episodes long shonen anime after all There's only so many ways you can write "and an immortal, nigh omnipotent monkey god swoops down and kicks the ever-loving crap out of everything" before it gets tedious. If I remember correctly, it's because Sanzang has to face 81 (9x9) trials as that's a spiritually significant number combination. I actually got interested originally because of the old Monkey series.Īnd I wish OSP would hurry up with the next one in their series. The Waley translation is the first one I read (in school, no less), and afterwards I made a point of getting the Yu translation as several Christmas and Birthday presents. It was still in print last time I checked. This means that you get the bulk of the story in a single volume. He cuts out most of the poetry, most of the repeated/uninteresting stories and concentrates on the more interesting ones. My recommendation for an abridgement is Monkey: A Folk-Tale of China (1942), an translation by Arthur Waley. However, I recommend getting an abridgement first - you don't want to pay out a lot of money for four books and then find you don't like it. That said, it is an excellent translation and if you want the while thing I fully recommend it. It is also four large volumes, and likely to cost quite a bit. The Yu translation is a scholarly translation (soggy with footnotes) and includes all the poetry (of which there is a lot - it seems like the characters can't go two pages without attempting to poem). Be absolutely sure what you want to read first! ![]()
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