宁 Posted May 9, 2010 (edited) 'Journey to the West is a book of immortals not a book of intelectuals. The books of intellectuals talk about the ways of the world, appearing real but actually false; The books of immortals talk about the celestial Way, appearing false but actually real' Liu Yiming, 1734-1821, Taoist master 'The book known as Journey to the West is about the universal Way that has been handed on by word to mouth from sage to sage, and verified by each of them. Ch'ang-ch'un, the originator of the Journey to the West cycle, dared to say what the ancients did not dare to say, revealing the celestial mechanism. In Journey to the West is to be found the method of transforming life and death, the way to escape nature. This is the most extraordinary Taoist book of all time.' PS: 'Authorship of Journey to the West is still disputed between Wu Cheng-en and Qiu Chu Ji, the founder of the Dragon Gate Sect, a Taoist School. Many of the poems in the book are taken from Taoist scriptures.' Comments? PPS: It seems there are two novels with that name, one of them indeed written by Qiu Changchun, yet the content and the subject are entirely different.... Wiki, the darn thing... Edited May 9, 2010 by Little1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
