Bringing Back the Scriptures(10) ;ISBN:9787119050843; Erste Auflage im 2007 ; 209 Seiten; Format:26 x18,6 cm ;The Monkey Series are picture books based on the ancient Chinese fantasy novel Journey to the West,a story rich in tales about demons and monsters who try to stop the Tang Priest Xuanzang from reaching the Thunder Monstery in India to fetch Buddhist scriptures.The real hero of this novel,loved for four hunderes years by Chinese readers,is the resourceful,brave and humorous Monkey.This book contains three stories: Monkey defeats Jade Hare;Monkey Revives the Dead;Bringing Back the Scriptures. Bringing Back the Scriptures tells how the Tang Priest,Xuanyang,and his discriples,after many hardships,finally bring the scriptures from India to China.After fourteen years,crossing nine kingdoms and thress prefectures and covering a distance of thirty-six thousand miles,they arrive at the Thunder Monstery,where sakyamuni Buddha gives them 5,048 volumes of the true scriptures.Upon their returm to the Tang capital of Chang'an the Tang emperor,Taiyong,orders the teachings of the Buddhist scripturs to be spread throughout China. Best.Nr.: L647