Monkey King (Part 3) - A Basic Chinese Reading Book (Simplified Characters), Folk Story of Sun Wukong from the Novel Journey to the West, Self-Learn Reading Mandarin Chinese

The book, Monkey King 3, is the story of Sun Wukong (孙悟空), a mythical character from the Chinese classical novel Journey to the West (西游记). The book includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin in the story form. The "Monkey King" series books narrate early adventures of the ape king Sun Wukong who later accompanied Tang Sanzang (唐三藏) to fetch the Buddhist scripture from India (西天). The current volume, a sequel to the Monkey King 2, is the fifth book in the Mandarin Chinese Reading series. Each of the "Monkey King" volumes, made of about 600 characters, would be suitable for the lower intermediate to advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the initial volumes in the "Monkey King" series books are the elementary level books (Level 1) to practice Mandarin Chinese reading fast.

The book has 10 chapters in the following order:

第一章 Appeasement of Sun Wukong

第二章 Home Garden Peaches

第三章 The Angels

第四章 The Heavenly Nectar

第五章 The pills of life

第六章 The Angry Lord of the Heavens

第七章 Sun Wukong and Yang Oerlang

第八章 The Ape King Was Captured

第九章 Calling the Buddha

第十章 Buddha and Sun Wukong