{"product_id":"the-five-treasures-a-story-in-simplified-chinese-and-pinyin-1200-word-vocabulary-level-paperback","title":"The Five Treasures: A Story in Simplified Chinese and Pinyin, 1200 Word Vocabulary Level - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff Pepper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eXiao Hui Wang\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur band of travelers arrives at Level Top Mountain and encounters their most powerful adversaries yet: Great King Golden Horn and his younger brother Great King Silver Horn. These two monsters, assisted by their elderly mother and hundreds of well-armed demons, attempt to capture and liquefy Sun Wukong, and eat the Tang monk and his other disciples. Led by Sun Wukong, the travelers desperately battle their foes through a combination of trickery, deception and magic, and barely survive the encounter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the 12th 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 Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang'an 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is written, as much as possible, using the 1200-word vocabulary of HSK4. It is presented in Simplified Chinese characters and pinyin, and includes an English version and glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and also on www.imagin8press.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51787035279648,"sku":"9781952601194","price":15.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c017560df284abc3af2b5a219eb2c65b.webp?v=1780643592","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-five-treasures-a-story-in-simplified-chinese-and-pinyin-1200-word-vocabulary-level-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}